A discussion on the Missing replies in embedded topic on Discourse blog revealed that some replies were missing in the embedded topic of a blog post. joebuhlig noticed the missing replies, specifically two by @Ad_Huikeshoven, when comparing the embedded topic to the original topic on meta. david initially suspected it might be due to the missing profile picture, but later found it was caused by AdBlock. sam explained that the missing replies are due to the “notable replies” logic, which tries to find the most notable replies. However, joebuhlig pointed out that this is not immediately clear to users, who may assume they are seeing the full content. codinghorror clarified that the missing replies do not meet the score threshold to appear.
Whenever I start the build of a community for myself I try to read through this post again:
I figure it’s linked in the bootstrap message of a blank forum so it must be important, right?
As I made it to the bottom I read through the discussion and the conversation just sounded funny. There are replies that sound like they’re answering questions that haven’t been asked. I clicked into the topic here on meta and realized there were a couple posts missing in the embedded topic that do exist on meta.
Namely, the two replies by @Ad_Huikeshoven are missing in the embedded topic. Maybe there’s something else going on there but it made the discussion sound odd.
It looks like @Ad_Huikeshoven doesn’t have a profile picture… I didn’t even know that was possible, I certainly can’t find any way to remove my own profile picture.
Maybe that’s why the embedding logic is getting confused???
Edit: Apparently AdBlock was blocking the profile picture… weird…
The text there is “notable replies” The logic is trying to find the “most notable” replies, I agree that the UI should do a much better job at rendering that something is in reply to something else.
That makes sense. Though I have to admit that in the process of reading the article I never saw the text “Notable Replies.” I just assumed it was the full content as that’s what I’m used to. It never occurred to me (thus my reasoning for this topic) that the replies would be cherry-picked. I’m not sure it would be possible to make sure people know this is happening with our skimming nature.
The logic is trying to find the “most notable” replies, I agree that the UI should do a much better job at rendering that something is in reply to something else.