# How do Hidden Comments work?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-hidden-comments-work/213840>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-hidden-comments-work/213840 "2022-01-04T18:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dan\_Eastwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dan_eastwood/32/571365_2.png) [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-hidden-comments-work/213840/1 "2022-01-04T18:32:54Z")

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Recently I’m noticing that some comments seem to be automatically hidden, which seems like a nifty feature, but I’m confused about what gets hidden and why. I like the idea of more easily following a chain of comments without being distracted by other noise, but as a moderator I wonder what I’m not being shown. Is this written out anywhere that I can read up on this feature?

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