[jtode]

I replied to myself above, but it seems that there's a delay between a comment appearing and the ability to reply.

My bad, OP, you are not censorious.

edit: and you, speaking directly, did not advocate for Twitter. I was way off on that one point.

[lapcat]

> it seems that there's a delay between a comment appearing and the ability to reply.

Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=880780