Terrible design. “20 to go for the reply” is comically bad UI writing. And then hiding it in a corner in grey text when the user is fixating on the field they a

Terrible design. “20 to go for the reply” is comically bad UI writing. And then hiding it in a corner in grey text when the user is fixating on the field they are typing in? Not surprised at all it didn't work. And the "nuclear option" doesn't even meet basic usability guidelines of informing the user of input field requirements upfront, not just relying on error messaging.