# Discourse vs Reddit

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-reddit/9741>\
**Category:** Comparison\
**Created:** [September 12, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-reddit/9741 "2013-09-12T02:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-reddit/9741/5 "2013-09-12T05:14:57Z")

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Oh, nice. A threaded discussion that doesn’t allow collapsing..

[https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/378023199675392000](https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/378023199675392000)

Threading is [kind of a disaster anyway](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/12/web-discussions-flat-by-design.html), but threading without collapsing, as in the example you just provided, is just plain cruel.

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