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Re:MangaDex infrastructure overview by maxk42 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:54PM (#28447013)
Actually, my reply was to Folcon. HN simply doesn't allow you to reply to comments beyond a certain depth sometimes.

Perhaps mods have the ability to extend this for active discussions and that's why I can reply now?

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Re:MangaDex infrastructure overview by detaro on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:55PM (#28447022)
it's timing based. you can always reply by going to the permalink of the comment you want to reply to.
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Re:MangaDex infrastructure overview by maxk42 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:58PM (#28447064)
Couldn't reply to this comment - but sure enough, the permalink gives me the option. Thank you for the info!
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Re:MangaDex infrastructure overview by detaro on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:03PM (#28447130)
Yeah, it's a somewhat well-meaning feature (supposed to slow down flamewars) that is extremely unintuitive
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