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

Question

The title is self explanatory. Thanks!

toomuchtodo · Accepted Answer

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

iambateman · Answer

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.

enz · Answer

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

pestatije · Answer

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

appreciatorBus · Answer

Just don&rsquo;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.

adversary122 · Answer

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.

aebtebeten · Answer

Much more rapidly than I read 350pp books(the more I read, the easier it got; does this imply that if people today read less, they find it more difficult?)

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

The title is self explanatory. Thanks!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Much more rapidly than I read 350pp books
(the more I read, the easier it got; does this imply that if people today read less, they find it more difficult?)

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

The title is self explanatory. Thanks!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Much more rapidly than I read 350pp books(the more I read, the easier it got; does this imply that if people today read less, they find it more difficult?)

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.

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.

Much more rapidly than I read 350pp books
(the more I read, the easier it got; does this imply that if people today read less, they find it more difficult?)