# Can Discourse collapse comments?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-collapse-comments/320648>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-collapse-comments/320648 "2024-08-08T02:44:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![toanvoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toanvoc/32/423586_2.png) [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-collapse-comments/320648/1 "2024-08-08T02:44:48Z")

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I am new to Discourse source code but really want to shorten comments like on Facebook comments, I wonder if Source discourse can do that? Because I don’t want the replies to be stretched down…

If it can be done, how would it be? I look forward to further instructions

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