Comment on Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?Comments−lapcat2yIf you want to read every comment in a thread, https://hnrss.org/item?id=Otherwise, though, HN itself has a terrible format that's nearly impossible to follow.−xigoi2yWhat’s easier to follow than a tree which naturally groups comments by what they’re replying to?−lapcat2yIt's a tree with no branches, only leaves. And only a small amount of indentation distinguishes the various levels.Just look at any submission with hundreds of comments and deeply nested replies. It's a total unreadable mess.−CoastalCoder2yI'm not a web developer. Would you mind explaining how I'd use that snippet?−compressedgas2yFor example for this story one would place the number 40952952 from the URL https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40952952 at the end of the given URL such https://hnrss.org/item?id=40952952−wruza2yjavascript:(_=>{location.href=location.href.replace("news.ycombinator.com","hnrss.org")})();This is a bookmarklet for it. Add it to bookmarks and click on it after opening a HN thread.
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If you want to read every comment in a thread, https://hnrss.org/item?id=
Otherwise, though, HN itself has a terrible format that's nearly impossible to follow.
What’s easier to follow than a tree which naturally groups comments by what they’re replying to?
It's a tree with no branches, only leaves. And only a small amount of indentation distinguishes the various levels.
Just look at any submission with hundreds of comments and deeply nested replies. It's a total unreadable mess.
I'm not a web developer. Would you mind explaining how I'd use that snippet?
For example for this story one would place the number 40952952 from the URL https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40952952 at the end of the given URL such https://hnrss.org/item?id=40952952
javascript:(_=>{location.href=location.href.replace("news.ycombinator.com","hnrss.org")})();
This is a bookmarklet for it. Add it to bookmarks and click on it after opening a HN thread.