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Please reply to posts directly for the sake of keeping the thread tidy. If you don't see a reply link for a post, click the timestamp (e.g. "17 minutes ago") to
by md224 11y ago
Please reply to posts directly for the sake of keeping the thread tidy. If you don't see a reply link for a post, click the timestamp (e.g. "17 minutes ago") to go to the permalink view for a given comment, where a reply box will be available.
- ufo 11y agoIs there a reason why the replay button doesn't appear sometimes? I always wondered about that.
- jat850 11y agoTo you and the others curious about why the reply button doesn't show up, there is a buffer period after a reply appears before you can reply to it, to mitigate flame wars and such. It's usually a few minutes.
- hardwaresofton 11y agoUhhh does that mean we just found a bug?
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- edanm 11y agoIf you mean the fact that you can circumvent this, then I'm not sure. It's possibly intentionally left in so that more experienced users have a way around that limitation.
- hardwaresofton 11y agoThanks -- reply button didn't show up, wasn't sure why, didn't know about this trick to leave comments.
- md224 11y agoNo worries... I'm not sure exactly why the reply button is hidden when this "trick" allows you to reply regardless. HN mods might be able to shed more light on this.
- igravious 11y agoThat's a neat trick, and not one that I knew about. I would also like to know why the reply button doesn't appear at times -- I presumed some kind of rate-limiting.