Hey everyone! I just set up my first Discourse forum woot woot!
When someone replies to a post, it also shows up essentially as it’s own post. Is there a way to change this so the post replies are only visible by expanding the post?
I feel like it will make things more streamlined. Let me know!
I don’t think so, but this might help you to an extent:
Thanks for the reply. I think nested replies would be a great feature, but maybe I’m in the minority
It’s a commonly used way to show branching replies, but it comes with its own downsides. Some of the thought behind Discourse sticking to a flat discussion structure is covered here:
Ok I don’t mind the idea of flat by design and I see the benefit, however it has it’s draw backs as well. Could this be changed with a theme so if we wanted to try it, we would have the option?
Hi Garett, welcome here 
Nested replies are likely not to happen on Discourse and it’s not on the roadmap. It would be huge work.
Even if someone was to develop a plugin to implement such a feature, it should probably be heavily maintained not to break along Discourse’s core changes over time.
Here’s a Discourse team member’s reply made to someone on marketplace who wanted to have nested replies:
I think the universal forum approach wants a single discussion, with possibilities to link and mention another ones.
Threaded discussions sounds more like Reddit, Slack or Discord: social media, teams and trivial chat (not forum systems).
Thank you guys. I appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me
You’re welcome! We, whether we are regular members or part of the team, do our best to help here