7 votes

New comments column

Posted by pipsy
Tags: suggestions, comments

One of the more frustrating things about posts that become popular on reddit, is when you get to them several hours later when they have 1000+ comments. You'd love to give input, but know it'll be lost in all the traffic. No one ever scrolls to the very bottom to see the newer comments.

What if the sidebar displayed a handful of newer comments, with the main comment section remaining as it currently is? Think of it being similar to Amazon reviews, where the newest reviews are displayed on the right. This way you get to see both the most popular and newest comments at the same time.

6 comments

  1. what
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    There are a few feature requests in the issue tracker that could help users traverse a large amount of comments, I've pasted their links and titles/descriptions here for easy reading: #17: Allow...

    There are a few feature requests in the issue tracker that could help users traverse a large amount of comments, I've pasted their links and titles/descriptions here for easy reading:

    • #17: Allow changing the threshold for highlighting new comments
      • Currently, the "track comment visits" feature will highlight any new comments posted since a user's last visit to the thread. Users should be able to also pick any time threshold they like while they're viewing the thread - "highlight comments posted less than 3 hours ago" or similar.
    • #45: Have collapse comment button presses remembered
      • So refreshing does not reset the comment section state.
      • Could possibly also have a setting to automatically uncollapse comment threads when a new comment in that thread is made.
    • #111: Sort comments by newest leaf, not branch / depth instead of breadth / new activity within threads
    • #74: exclude "mark as read" comments from the (# new) comments function
      • Often times I find myself marking a comment and read and then seeing a new comment somewhere so going to check it out, only to find it's the same comment I just read. It would be nice if they were excluded from the new comment count.
    7 votes
  2. temporalarcheologist
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    maybe have an option to sort by "activity" and set it as the default so newest comments will appear first but also the busiest comment chains

    maybe have an option to sort by "activity" and set it as the default so newest comments will appear first but also the busiest comment chains

    3 votes
  3. meghan
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    by the time a post has 1000+ comments the conversation has mostly likely run its course. if you'd really like to participate you can read through the comment chains and add to what you will but...

    by the time a post has 1000+ comments the conversation has mostly likely run its course. if you'd really like to participate you can read through the comment chains and add to what you will but most of the comments end of being "why is this so me" or "big mood" so at that point the best course of action is to vote and move on. to help with finding good comments to respond to, you may also sort by "newest" or "activity" instead of the default "most votes"

    3 votes
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    lol
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    While I mostly agree with what others are saying here, one feature I'll miss if it never gets implemented are 'live threads' for sports or other events. It's a pretty minor feature but they're...

    While I mostly agree with what others are saying here, one feature I'll miss if it never gets implemented are 'live threads' for sports or other events. It's a pretty minor feature but they're also some of my favorite threads

    2 votes
    1. unknown user
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      That shouldn't be too difficult to implement, and there's no need to go overboard on websockets or anything if the aesthetic of tildes is to be simple and sparse; AJAX polling every few seconds...

      That shouldn't be too difficult to implement, and there's no need to go overboard on websockets or anything if the aesthetic of tildes is to be simple and sparse; AJAX polling every few seconds should suffice, coupled with a bit of smarts to cache data on the server (I believe Deimos is already using Redis), and rate-limiting requests when the browser tab is inactive.

      3 votes
  5. DrStone
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    One thing I'd love is a setting that when enabled will auto-collapse all threads without any new comments since last view. Leaves you with context, for the new comment, doesn't make you scroll...

    One thing I'd love is a setting that when enabled will auto-collapse all threads without any new comments since last view. Leaves you with context, for the new comment, doesn't make you scroll past a hundred comments you've seen over and over again while trying to follow the new thread over time.