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Question on “hidden” features: Sometimes sub-level comments (not even particularly deep) don’t have a ‘reply’ button - is this turned off for particularly contr

Question on “hidden” features: Sometimes sub-level comments (not even particularly deep) don’t have a ‘reply’ button - is this turned off for particularly controversial (in voting) comments? > Hacker News encourages a single discussion on a given story. All others are marked as a [dupe] and will be killed[...] The addition to this is that after a while this isn’t enforced - which is why you’ll see the same articles coming up reasonably regularly.

DougWebb 9y ago
I've noticed the missing reply button; my impression is that it won't appear right away after a post is submitted, which is probably intended to reduce flamewars.
- Karunamon 9y ago
  It's still possible to reply directly, but you have to click the permalink above the specific comment (the one with the time in it - "X minutes ago") before the reply button/box are visible.