diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index ba1e58d..274939f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ li div.details {
 	opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
-.comment.highlighted {
+.comment:target {
 	background-color: #fffcd7;
 	border-radius: 20px;
 }
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ li .comment_folder_button:checked ~ ol.comments li {
  	display: none;
 }
 
+/* try to force a highlighted comment to stay visible */
+li .comment_folder_button:checked ~ div.comment div.comment_text,
+li .comment_folder_button:checked ~ div.comment div.voters {
+	display: block;
+}
+
 li .byline {
 	color: #888;
 	font-size: 9.5pt;
diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index 204ff7c..2ba3169 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -136,18 +136,6 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
     @comments = @story.merged_comments.includes(:user, :story, :hat,
       :votes => :user).arrange_for_user(@user)
 
-    @force_show_thread_id = nil
-
-    if params[:comment_short_id]
-      @comments.each do |c,x|
-        if c.short_id == params[:comment_short_id]
-          c.highlighted = true
-          @force_show_thread_id = c.thread_id
-          break
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html {
         @comment = @story.comments.build
diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index a23f399..80b0fda 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
     :class_name => "Moderation"
   belongs_to :hat
 
-  attr_accessor :current_vote, :previewing, :indent_level, :highlighted
+  attr_accessor :current_vote, :previewing, :indent_level
 
   before_validation :on => :create do
     self.assign_short_id_and_upvote
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.upvotes - self.downvotes
   end
 
-  def short_id_path
-    self.story.short_id_path + "/c/#{self.short_id}"
-  end
-
   def short_id_url
     Rails.application.root_url + "c/#{self.short_id}"
   end
@@ -446,7 +442,7 @@ class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def url
-    self.story.comments_url + "/comments/#{self.short_id}#c_#{self.short_id}"
+    self.story.comments_path + "#c_#{self.short_id}"
   end
 
   def vote_summary_for_user(u)
diff --git a/app/views/comments/_comment.html.erb b/app/views/comments/_comment.html.erb
index 51d3337..e5957a7 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/_comment.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/comments/_comment.html.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 <input id="comment_folder_<%= comment.short_id %>"
   class="comment_folder_button" type="checkbox"
-  <%= comment.score <= Comment::DOWNVOTABLE_MIN_SCORE &&
-  !(@force_show_thread_id && @force_show_thread_id == comment.thread_id) ?
-  "checked" : "" %>>
-<div id="comment_<%= comment.short_id %>"
+  <%= comment.score <= Comment::DOWNVOTABLE_MIN_SCORE ? "checked" : "" %>>
+<div id="c_<%= comment.short_id %>"
 data-shortid="<%= comment.short_id if comment.persisted? %>"
 class="comment <%= comment.current_vote ? (comment.current_vote[:vote] == 1 ?
 "upvoted" : "downvoted") : "" %>
-  <%= comment.highlighted ? "highlighted" : "" %>
   <%= comment.score <= -1 ? "negative_1" : "" %>
   <%= comment.score <= -3 ? "negative_3" : "" %>
   <%= comment.score <= -5 ? "negative_5" : "" %>">
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ class="comment <%= comment.current_vote ? (comment.current_vote[:vote] == 1 ?
 
       <% if !comment.previewing %>
         |
-        <a href="<%= comment.short_id_url %>"><%= t('.link') %></a>
+        <a href="<%= comment.url %>"><%= t('.link') %></a>
 
         <% if comment.is_editable_by_user?(@user) %>
           |
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c0e2994..5d47fe2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ Lobsters::Application.routes.draw do
       post "keep_as_new"
     end
 
-    get "/s/:id/:title/comments/:comment_short_id" => "stories#show"
-    get "/s/:id/(:title)" => "stories#show", :format => /html|json/
-
     get "/c/:id" => "comments#redirect_from_short_id"
     get "/c/:id.json" => "comments#show_short_id", :format => "json"
 
+    # deprecated
+    get "/s/:story_id/:title/comments/:id" => "comments#redirect_from_short_id"
+
+    get "/s/:id/(:title)" => "stories#show", :format => /html|json/
+
     get "/u" => "users#tree"
     get "/u/:username" => "users#show", :as => "user", :format => /html|json/