# Display 'top level comments' separate from comment replies (Alternative to Threaded Comments?)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-top-level-comments-separate-from-comment-replies-alternative-to-threaded-comments/199585
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-top-level-comments-separate-from-comment-replies-alternative-to-threaded-comments/199585 "2021-08-07T13:36:05Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-top-level-comments-separate-from-comment-replies-alternative-to-threaded-comments/199585/17 "2021-08-08T19:41:26Z")

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I believe the Summarise/Post Score formula is in this post, if you’re interested:

> [@Score. Score for a Post. How is this calculated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/3):
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> As for how it’s calculated, everything is in the [ScoreCalculator](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/score_calculator.rb) class wink

But according to the Reactions topic you can pull some data out a different way:

> [@Is it possible to find who Reacted via the API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-find-who-reacted-via-the-api/272286/1):
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> I wonder - is it possible to get information on who reacted and how to a post via the API?

> [@Discourse Reactions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261/130):
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> Hi, yes you can do this:
> 
> ```plaintext
> GET /discourse-reactions/posts/:post_id/reactions-users.json
> 
> ```

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