Blame HN for having systems, rules, and filters to prevent long comment threads between two people. It's probably for the best as HN doesn't have the best inter

Blame HN for having systems, rules, and filters to prevent long comment threads between two people. It's probably for the best as HN doesn't have the best interface for "two people chat back and forth for three days" but even if it isn't the optimum system, we as commenters are utterly powerless to change it.