HN Comments UI Issues

Users discuss frustrations and suggestions for improving Hacker News comment interface, such as collapsible threads, hiding read comments, better organization, and avoiding distractions when viewing comments.

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Sample Comments

sprice Jan 23, 2009 View on HN

Feeds of comments would be nice.

skellyclock Jun 21, 2023 View on HN

Youtube also does this to comments, as well as HN with submissions.

bosky101 Mar 21, 2025 View on HN

We need a way to collapse comments on HN

orky7 Jul 30, 2010 View on HN

the interface of the comment page should be more friendlier/organised. the reply comments should be folded/hidden so that if we like the comment and want to see what other people reply to this awesome/crappy comment i can do that by clicking a button and all the reply will be shown, everything should not be visible since it is very time consuming if there are more comments on a topic.

zupa-hu Jul 6, 2015 View on HN

the comments on the page seem to go in blackhole

faceyspacey Aug 3, 2015 View on HN

i'd like to be able to see comments in the widget without having to go to hacker news.

k__ Sep 5, 2019 View on HN

Does only happen in comments, not in "threads"

JJJollyjim Jan 29, 2021 View on HN

Have you considered making the website actually show the comments instead of pinning yourself on every large post?

10098 Oct 25, 2013 View on HN

Is there something that lets me fold/hide comments that I have already read (like on Reddit)?

maaku Apr 29, 2016 View on HN

Downvoted because when I click "comments" I want to see comments about the article, not some unrelated system.