# Threaded comments when using Discourse for website comments?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-comments-when-using-discourse-for-website-comments/68426
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 20, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-comments-when-using-discourse-for-website-comments/68426 "2017-08-20T15:25:39Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-comments-when-using-discourse-for-website-comments/68426/8 "2019-07-25T20:13:45Z")

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It’s a fundamental decision behind the design of Discourse, see this blog post from one of our co-founders for more details [Web Discussions: Flat by Design](https://blog.codinghorror.com/web-discussions-flat-by-design/)

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