# Discourse CAN show nested replies? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-can-show-nested-replies/194095 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [June 16, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-can-show-nested-replies/194095 "2021-06-16T18:25:09Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/32/540179_2.png) [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart) #### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-can-show-nested-replies/194095/3 "2025-10-01T14:57:20Z")
> [@ivanovitch](#): > > Would love to be able to have threaded replies collapsed into a drop-down like this! @ivanovitch, the undermentioned provides almost exactly that: > [@Question Answer Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032): > > mega This plugin is now retired in favour of the official [Discourse Post Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808) plugin Question Answer plugin that allows you to create topics in a similar QA style used by Stack Overflow. [page_facing_up Get the code](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-question-answer)[desktop_computer See an example](https://try.thepavilion.io/c/qa/)[raising_hand_woman Request a feature](https://thepavilion.io/w/feature-request)[bug Report a bug](https://thepavilion.io/w/bug-report)Of note memoUp-votes, but no down-votes (yet) The first post of the topic cannot be voted on (yet). Adding this would raise some … Otherwise, you may need to create a plugin: > [@Threaded comments when using Discourse for website comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-comments-when-using-discourse-for-website-comments/68426/8): > > It’s a fundamental decision behind the design of Discourse, see this blog post from one of our co-founders for more details [Web Discussions: Flat by Design](https://blog.codinghorror.com/web-discussions-flat-by-design/) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-can-show-nested-replies/194095)._