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 an admin, go to admin > all settings Then search for the relevant setting name

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.

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putty (putty) January 5, 2026, 3:59pm 6

Are you referring to the “replies” button if there are replies linked?

Which unfurls to this:

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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