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Yes, please! I often tap the “[-]” button as well and it is quite difficult to get right.

Especially now that the “next” button has been added. It is very disorientating when I accidentally tap that.

In fact, all tap targets are too small for mobile. Clicking the comments link to open a post is difficult and I sometimes click flag or hide by accident.

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^^ This so much. I click the [-] a lot and often click on the wrong 'link'.

What is prev next and parent for? am I missing out, not using them?

- 'parent' goes to the comment that is replied to

- 'prev' / 'next' goes to the adjacent sibling comments

- 'root' goes to the top level comment in the thread (not the post)

They are very useful on mobile if you're deep in a thread, and want to go to the next top-level thread. To do that, press 'root' and then 'next' (or collapse it with [-]).

You can press "parent" and then "next" to jump to the next (sub)thread. I wish there was a single button for that.

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