FYI: if HN prevents you from directly replying to a comment you can click on "link" to access a reply page directly. That's actually what I just did to reply to your comment.
I'm still not completely sure why HN does that to be honest, especially since the heuristic appears to be pretty random.
I'm still not completely sure why HN does that to be honest, especially since the heuristic appears to be pretty random.