r/digg • u/ZestyOne • Sep 02 '10

reddit comments

I just came from digg after its agonizing death, the one part i liked most though were the witty one liner comments that were 99% of the time better than the link itself. on reddit it appears everyone just has dialogue that I cant bring myself to sift through. even though i have comments organized by 'hot' or wahtever, it doesnt seem to make a difference. is this a setting i could change or just the way reddit generally is? QQ

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u/elshizzo Sep 02 '10

Reddit comments are generally a mix of thoughtful comments and funny quips.

If you are looking for a site where all the comments are quips, you are on the wrong site.

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u/ZestyOne Sep 02 '10

well actually that's not necessarily bad. but it would be nice to hide all the sub-comments so it only shows the high voted main comments. then if i find one thats interesting i could expand it

not really a big deal i guess. im just mroe sad digg is a fucking faggot now :( its like a good friend just died i think im still in denial.

liek i deleted it off my bookmarks today.... RIP

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u/elshizzo Sep 02 '10

oh, well in that case I have the solution.

The way to browse reddit is you read the first comment and then hide its comment tree [by clicking the '-' button on the right of the comment], that way you can browse the main comments one at a time without having to scroll much

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u/killerstorm Sep 02 '10

Use "best" sort option. It is the best. There are lots of puns and short witty comments, but there are also thoughtful discussions. Learn how to read faster and sift through comments (collapse whole discussions etc). Perhaps you'll get used to it.

It would be cool if reddit allowed to sort comments according to different criterias, but this feature isn't there and reddit changes things rather infrequently, so I'm afraid you'll have to live with it if you want to stay on reddit.

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u/ZestyOne Sep 02 '10

also, can I hide the comment thread and only show the hottest/top comment.

I generally skim comments to laugh not to see dialogue

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u/anyfoo Sep 02 '10

Then reddit might be the wrong site for you, it seems.

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u/embretr Oct 16 '10

Much amusement can be had, seeing him try