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Since when can't we reply to a reply to a reply anymore?

2 points by lucb1e ↗ HN
I'm just wondering whether it's me going mad and were we never able to do this, or has a thread depth limit been added recently?

Twice today I wanted to reply to something, but couldn't because it was already a reply to a reply. Are comments not supposed to be a discussion anymore, or how are we supposed to keep replying to someone?

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wmf
Wait. Your chance will come.
byoung2
Is there a karma threshold for this?
byoung2
I seem to be able to reply to a reply to a reply

EDIT: but the reply button disappears here

byoung2
Strange...now the reply button reappeared
byoung2
It's odd that my two replies above were both downvoted, even though I was just trying to be helpful to the OP. If this is the kind of response you can expect on the new HN for trying to help, it's no wonder this community continues to decline in quality.
onlyup
How far can it go?
sp332
far.
sp332
Really far!
sp332
I'm not sure there's actually a limit.
sp332
I just think it gets annoying enough that people usually stop.
sp332
But sometimes, I have seen threads that get squished way up on the right side of the page!
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modi123
Really far... Sorry, I'm testing my app here.
byoung2
A workaround appears to be this: when the reply link is hidden on a deeply nested comment, click the "link" link next to the meta of that comment. There is a reply button on the resulting page
sp332
There is an increasing timeout on deeper-nested replies. This is to cut down on the extent of flamewars.