Ask HN: Why do threads show up minimised?

1 pointNeedMoreTea2 comments

Is it auto in some way like flagging or moderator censorship? I've noticed many more lately, not just today, and most of the time the comment starting the hidden sub-thread seems perfectly factual and innocuous. There are exceptions of course. :)

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Here are some comments by ‘dang on the topic of collapsed threads: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dang%20collapse&sort=byDate&pr...

None of which answer the question. I had searched before I asked to see if there was any indication as to what might have changed - either algorithm or actions of site users :)

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