Detached means it appears as a free-standing comment, generally towards the bottom the comments. It doesn't make the comment disappear. People can still see the

Detached means it appears as a free-standing comment, generally towards the bottom the comments. It doesn't make the comment disappear. People can still see them. Some people use the new comments thread to view comments as opposed to viewing from the front page. (https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments) As for your first question, it looks like 'dang replied to one of your comments a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20663642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20663642