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24 alternatives to Collapse Comments on Hacker News
Collapse Comments on Hacker News is a Chrome extension that allows users to collapse comment threads on Hacker News. The tool helps readers navigate discussions more efficiently by toggling the visibility of nested… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Collapse Comments on Hacker News launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 2HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News commenting improvement extension for Google Chrome - j-clark/hacked_hacker_news
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Highlight new comments, mute users & tweak UI on Hacker News
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 9LB
2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →
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Hide deeply threaded comments in hacker news.
2014 · sagargv.blogspot.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to marcosnils/orange-juicer development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 12UH
2013 · blog.tommoor.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension that injects a button to return to HN
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →
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HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · comments.network · its alternatives →
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2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 22FT
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
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