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There is a reply link on every node which you can use if you want to reply to a specific node, otherwise the comment-on link to reply to the original post.
"Last" can be somewhat vague, as these are not exactly threads, but rather trees of responses.
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these are not exactly threads, but rather trees of responses.
I wouldn't know the difference. Could you help me along?
I am sorry for asking an OT question, but I am curious. So a real thread would have a "last response"?
Cheers, Sören
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A "thread" of conversation would be a single chain of A, B, C, D where D replied to C which was replying to B replying to A. All linear, with exactly one response to everything except the last post.
A tree, on the other hand, branches. For example, The original post gets 3 replies (A, B, C). Three more replies are made to A (A1, A2, A3), nobody replies to B, and C gets one reply (C1).
You can see this in the layout of the posts, with each level of the tree indented slightly further, and the "Re^N" subject lines incrementing with depth by default. Re^3 is replying to the closest Re^2 above it.
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There is a reply link on every node which you can use if you want to reply to a specific node, otherwise the comment-on link to reply to the original post.
This is mostly true. Replies hidden beyond the viewer's chosen depth don't have the reply link. Once the viewer clicks on a specific node to expand that part of the tree the selected node has a "Comment on" link rather than a "reply" link. It's possible this is a source of confusion for someone new to the interface, especially if English is not among their strongest skills.
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