I&#x27;m a practical person.  The move to simplify UI has it&#x27;s costs.  This is one of them.<p>Your point is entirely valid.  But, there is a lot of momentum in the wrong directions right now too.  This pendulum will swing again, and maybe we will once again value threaded discussion enough to put a more effective UI on it.<p>One thing I&#x27;ve noticed is flat UI has impacted many aspects of online discussion.  Many people don&#x27;t even understand threaded, and moves to serve the &quot;sweet spot&quot; use cases are efficient, but they also take the good features away or do not deliver them to people ready or wanting to take advantage of them.<p>Personally, I&#x27;ll just find the flow that makes the most sense, employ it, move on, and hope for better times.