Ask HN: Does Collapsing an HN Thread in a Popular story spike your CPU use?
For popular threads with a lot of comments, collapsing a top comment leads to high CPU usage and can cause browsers (I tried in Chrome and Vivaldi) to freeze up.For example, this very popular thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43561253&utm_term=commentIf you collapse the top comment, I see a huge spike in CPU and my system freezes temporarily.Is it just me? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43582985 Points: 6 # Comments: 5

For popular threads with a lot of comments, collapsing a top comment leads to high CPU usage and can cause browsers (I tried in Chrome and Vivaldi) to freeze up.
For example, this very popular thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43561253&utm_term=comment
If you collapse the top comment, I see a huge spike in CPU and my system freezes temporarily.
Is it just me?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43582985
Points: 6
# Comments: 5