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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by Klathmon on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @06:41PM (#12593834)
Personally I really like that change because it helps keep one thread from derailing a whole submission.

But I also feel like my karma goes up faster now too, but that could just be in my head.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by mikeash on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @10:21AM (#12597808)
Certainly I'd be a lot more ashamed at having my rant at the top here if not for the ability to collapse it.
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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by Klathmon on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:45PM (#12600684)
And there is an aspect to that ability that I know people don't like.

The ability to collapse means you feel less bad about somewhat-off-topic conversation, which in a way can create worse discussion for the actual topic.

But at the same time some of my favorite HN threads have been offshoots of the submission's topic.

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