Nesting replies in the forum

Is there a way to view the forum with indentation/nesting of replies directly below the message being responded to? The way I see the forum is strictly time sequenced and you have to pay attention to which person/comment is being replied to in order to keep things more organized.

I don’t see a way to view the threads this way but it wouldn’t be the first time I missed something obvious.

like on reddit ?

nope.

often you’ll see people quote part of the message they’re answering to, it gives a “link” to follow. but sometimes people will scroll down, spot something, answer, not realising there have been 10 messages after that, and we’re just puzzled.

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but sometimes people will scroll down, spot something, answer, not realizing there have been 10 messages after that, and we’re just puzzled.

This is the problem in the forum, to me. Replies are out of context and if people aren’t careful to follow the thread then you end up with a bit of a mess.

well this is the forum model. personally I find the reddit system of indentation really messy to read, you read answers, and answers and suddenly back to an answer to something higher up.

it’s a question of habit I guess, I’ve been on forum for the last 20+ years

Sure, but there are many, many forums that have nested reply support. Just because that’s the way it’s been doesn’t mean that’s the way it needs to be.

Some forum software let’s the admin or even the user choose how to view the threads, which is why I asked.