I personally use [0] since it adds on top of collapsible comments threads the highlighting of new comments.
To reply to a few of the posts below
AndrewDucker
> I don't want it often, but when the top comment is a tangent that then leads to hundreds of comments that are all about that tangent and not the link, then being able to minimise it would be nice
I prefer to bail out of these early. As was commented below, I potentially miss out on good comments made in replies, but I also save a lot of time for doings things I enjoy a lot more, like programming.
DanBC
> If a comment is bad enough to need collapsing it's likely there are going to be other lousy comments that need downvoting.
I collapse good comments just to get them off my screen when I'm done with them. The extension I linked too has a [collapse whole thread] that I can click on when reaching the last reply it will collapse everything off my screen and automatically scroll to the right place for me.
I am very grateful for the people who do downvote low quality comments and any children that are equally low quality. Everyone browsing how I do this wouldn't be ideal. If I ever get the ability to downvote, I can at least target my minor moderations to topics I particularly enjoy seeing high quality commenting in, not every thread. That would get tiring quick. Again, I much prefer to bail out of tangent or low quality comments quickly.
The point about excellent replies is valid, and I do wish individuals would considering posting them more visibly (but still on topic) instead of under troll replies, etc.
I have recently got into the habit of opening good comments by their permalink. I can continue going through the thread looking for good content, and them come back and go through the good comments and replies.
To reply to a few of the posts below
AndrewDucker
> I don't want it often, but when the top comment is a tangent that then leads to hundreds of comments that are all about that tangent and not the link, then being able to minimise it would be nice
I prefer to bail out of these early. As was commented below, I potentially miss out on good comments made in replies, but I also save a lot of time for doings things I enjoy a lot more, like programming.
DanBC
> If a comment is bad enough to need collapsing it's likely there are going to be other lousy comments that need downvoting.
I collapse good comments just to get them off my screen when I'm done with them. The extension I linked too has a [collapse whole thread] that I can click on when reaching the last reply it will collapse everything off my screen and automatically scroll to the right place for me.
I am very grateful for the people who do downvote low quality comments and any children that are equally low quality. Everyone browsing how I do this wouldn't be ideal. If I ever get the ability to downvote, I can at least target my minor moderations to topics I particularly enjoy seeing high quality commenting in, not every thread. That would get tiring quick. Again, I much prefer to bail out of tangent or low quality comments quickly.
The point about excellent replies is valid, and I do wish individuals would considering posting them more visibly (but still on topic) instead of under troll replies, etc.
I have recently got into the habit of opening good comments by their permalink. I can continue going through the thread looking for good content, and them come back and go through the good comments and replies.
[0] http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions