I'm not seeing any switch or option to turn on view all comments/replies in a thread, which is what I want so I can check a thread and see the entire thread, replies, comments, everything, at the same time. Is there such a view option? It's very difficult to actually read all replies and comments when you have to click many of them individually just to read what was hidden.

Also, I'd like to get rid of the "Replies are listed 'Best First'" sort because that's not the sort I want, I want either straight chronological, or nested chronological. This was particularly noticeable in a recent thread where 'best' had no meaning in the context of the thread, and the actual 'best' answers were actually hidden as comments you had to click to view.

In reply to Basic forum use question - show all replies and comments by h2

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