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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by robjan on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:22AM (#31445879)
It's by design to make flame wars harder to sustain
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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by moffkalast on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:37AM (#31448919)
I'd believe that if it wasn't computationally intensive and HN wasn't already struggling under the 5 people that visit. I'm sure it's merely this way to reduce server load.
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