Is it my imagination, or did Discourse add threading to discussions? I am new here but don’t remember seeing an expandable “replies” section previously. Is there a thread where this is announced/discussed?

There are some settings around this. AFAIK it’s been a feature for a long time, but since it doesn’t appear constantly you just might not have come across it. [image] (I find it’s a nice way to enable jumping to direct replies without the downsides of confusing threading.)

Where do I find those settings? I want to Preferences | Interface but it was not there. The one part of threading as implemented that I did not like was duplicating the same post both as an indented reply and again in the linear flow. That ended up getting me lost a few times. My mind wants to anchor to either threaded or linear, but doing both in an overlapping fashion creates confusion (for me).

As Bhanu notes, it’s a sitewide setting, not a user preference. I don’t find it distracting with the habits I’ve developed. When reading for information I generally ignore the Replies dropdowns on first pass, at least. People use the reply-to-topic button enough that replies-to-replies aren’t always “threaded” anyway. (I’ve altered the button labels in hopes of encouraging better practices.)

Are you referring to the “replies” button if there are replies linked? [CleanShot 2026-01-05 at 10.58.20] Which unfurls to this: [CleanShot 2026-01-05 at 10.56.42]

[image] putty: Are you referring to the “replies” button if there are replies linked? Yes, and I understand now that this is a forum-wide feature not an individual user preference. I think the feature would be better done as a view that is controlled by each user, with a forum-wide default setting.

How to jump to direct replies in Discourse

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) January 5, 2026, 4:54am 4

As an admin, go to admin > all settings

Then search for the relevant setting name

Topic		Replies	Views
Disable showing forked replies as strays at the bottom UX	19	2545	March 2, 2019
Prevent Reply to Post showing as a Reply to topic? UX	8	842	April 12, 2023
Discourse CAN show nested replies? Feature	3	1756	June 10, 2026
Comments and replies are shown double Feature	8	1606	March 30, 2022
Possible to enable one level reply and display them automatically? Feature	1	1802	September 2, 2016

How to jump to direct replies in Discourse

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