Minimal, clean – Pivit - Hacker News Review

I've been trying a lot of the hacker news apps to see if I could find the perfect app for me. Despite the fact that HN is a pretty simple site, most of the apps don't provide a great, smooth experience. This app is good if you like minimalism and use HN primarily to find interesting links. But if you're interested in the discussions/community aspect, like I am, this app falls short big time: 1. The number of comments isn't shown. I like to know immediately what links are getting a lot of discussion. 2. Comment threads are collapsed by default, which is incredibly annoying. 3. The little three dots to show that you can expand a discussion are too subtle. 4. The expansion itself is annoying and distracts me from the actual discussion. If there is a good discussion going on then it should be easy for me to get absorbed and enjoy it. The comment model just wasn't well thought out. If I've navigated to the comment section then I probably WANT to read the comments so adding obstacles to that doesn't make sense. Comments should be expanded by default and then collapsible if the user finds a particular discussion uninteresting.
Review by ruishigao on Pivit - Hacker News.