# Optional filtered replies view
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578 "2021-02-05T18:07:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578/1 "2021-02-05T18:07:38Z")
We have been testing a new flow for filtering replies here on meta.
This has been in core for a few weeks now, and it can be enabled on any up-to-date Discourse site using the `enable filtered replies view` site setting. When enabled, clicking the “n Replies” button will collapse all posts that are outside that conversation:
The in-reply-to button also does a similar filtering out of posts to help the reader focus on a specific reply flow.
In the videos above, you can also see a sticky bar at the bottom of the page when a filtered conversation is being shown. (There are four kinds of filters, the two mentioned above, replies and in-reply-tos, plus posts by a specific user and topic summaries.)
Feel free to use the replies below to share feedback on this feature.
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578/2 "2021-02-05T19:49:24Z")
Personally, I prefer the old approach. Generally, when I click the `n Replies` button, it’s to get a quick glance at the replies and then I keep scrolling through the topic. The new workflow makes that take much longer.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578/3 "2021-02-05T19:59:40Z")
Right, this is an alternative for people that want a more “threaded” view of the world on their Discourse. It also leverages existing functionality when you filter a topic by user, that is:
1. enter a long topic
2. click or tap avatar of a user who posted a few times
3. press the filter button
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-filtered-replies-view/178578/4 "2021-02-05T20:24:48Z")
It reminds me a bit of how Reddit works, where drilling into a top-level reply opens that reply and all its sub-replies in a new view. Just more streamlined I guess. In that sense I think the features achieves what it sets out to achieve. I just personally wouldn’t want it enabled on Discourse instances I use regularly.