byrnema comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 06 February 2010 07:38:45PM 0 points [-]

Would I modify this, or something else, to get the first comment of a particular user?

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 06 February 2010 09:55:59PM 2 points [-]

Would I modify this, or something else, to get the first comment of a particular user?

You can stick ?before=t1_1 onto the end of a user page to get the first comment. yours

Comment author: byrnema 06 February 2010 10:13:06PM 0 points [-]

Awesome! I occasionally want to skim through someone's posts chronologically, or at least read their first few comments, to see how their views might have changed over time, and see to what extent I can tell the state of mind they were in when they arrived here.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 06 February 2010 10:25:54PM *  2 points [-]

Since this interface is broken, it's not so easy to skim. The page is supposed to have a "prev"[1] link at the bottom, but it doesn't.

ETA: better for skimming is to add not just ?before=t1_1 to the user page, but also &count=100000

[1] I hate the use of prev/next, at least because it isn't standard (eg, it's opposite to livejournal). "earlier" and "later" would be clear.