Do you read threads over 100 posts? [View All]

[sweetheart]

Based on the performance limitations of either my computer or the DU servers, i avoid at all costs threads over 100 posts. It takes forever for them to come up (not even in view all mode) but if on view all, geez, i make coffee between clicks.

It is relevant for GD, in that politics and discussion become secondary to technology for me at 100. Sadly, the larger threads are often those where more complex discussions and views are debated. Is there a way to improve the architecture that threads could grow 10 times larger, yet remain coherent?

Maybe every 24 hours, a thread should be re-indexed to come up without rendering the entire tree for every user? Heck, maybe its just my slow computer... but i'm sorry for the threads i miss.