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by abstractbill 4756 days ago
Reply links don't appear until a few minutes after a comment is made. It's intended to have a dampening effect on flame wars.
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You can just click on the "link" link and then reply from there, instantly.

(I kind of hate the feature, since most of the time "you suck" "no, you do" "no, you do" only goes on a few levels, so the exponential delay isn't an issue, but an actual technical discussion goes deeper. False positives and false negatives. :( )