Ask HN: How do you read 1K+ comments in a HN thread

[deep_thinker26]

The title is self explanatory. Thanks!

[appreciatorBus]

Just don’t.

No thread with 1000 comments will have anything original or anything of value. Inevitably it is just partisans throwing the same talking points at each other back-and-forth until one party gets tired and the other declares victory.

[enz]

It may be 1000 comments, but including answers to comments, and answers to answers to comments and so on. Since it’s possible to fold "sub threads" of answers in which I am not interested, it becomes pretty manageable.

[iambateman]

I start at the top comment and read replies until it gets boring.

From there, I read top-level comments and collapse the ones that look dull.

But I never get very far into it.

I also religious check my replies and try to reply when people have something interesting to say.

[toomuchtodo]

Quick scan for anything of near term significance, favorite the thread, and then I’ll revisit the thread once the window times out for further replies and comment edits.

[adversary122]

Usually, if topic is interesting, I will save it and read all of it on weekend. Otherwise, I will try to read around 2-3 first comments with its subs.

[abstractspoon]

AI

[pestatije]

I. DO. NOT. I do, however, wonder what made you think i do.