jwhendy comments on Official Less Wrong Redesign: Call for Suggestions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jwhendy 21 April 2011 03:28:08AM *  -1 points [-]

Absolutely, so many parallel lines get insane. What about something like Disqus where you click reply to someone and it creates a link to the post you're replying to? Maybe that'd be cumbersome. Brainstorming...

Comment author: AstroCJ 21 April 2011 11:17:31AM 1 point [-]

Do you mean something different from the "Parent" link beneath each post?

Comment author: jwhendy 21 April 2011 02:45:06PM 1 point [-]

Yes -- Disqus does essentially the same thing, but instead of "Parent," it says, "In reply to AstroCJ" -- and that hyperlinks to the comment. Not a vast difference, but if you've been reading through a string of comments that's, say, 30 comments long. There's a top thread, 5 second level threads, and the rest of the 24 comments are between 3-6 levels deep as people respond to each other.

I just thought it might be helpful to re-see the name of the parent thread as you go down that deep. Maybe it's just me, but I sometimes forget which higher-level comment started all the commotion and have to go back up to look. If I saw the name, I might not even have to click it -- that'd be enough to remind me.