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Wow, really? Can you describe what happens?

• tptacek 15y ago
  Come to a comment thread via the comments pages of one of the users I follow (say 'anigbrowl). Reply to an 'anigbrowl comment. Find myself on the comments page of whoever 'anigbrowl was himself responding to. My comment has posted, of course; I just have to back-button back to 'anigbrowl's page. So no big deal.
  • pg 15y ago
    Do you always end up on the grandparent page?
    • tptacek 15y ago
      I thought about it right after I posted. Answer: not sure. I'll be sure to take note next time it happens. This is totally not a big deal, at least to me.
• anigbrowl 15y ago
  Yeah, sorry that my description was a bit vague. I have not noticed a consistent linkage between where I post and whose comment page I end up on, yet; only that it tends to happen in longish threads. I get this about once a 'busy' day - say a whole day of being at the desk and participating in about 10 threads. So it probably only affects people who have HN permanently open. Edit: looking at Tom's remark about the grandparent, I notice that the comment of his to which I replied was a 8th-generation reply to a moldbug comment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3692241 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3692241). I had replied to another comment at similar depth just previously (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3704308 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3704308). So it may be a function of tree depth rather than overall thread size.