https://forums.wardragons.com/t/may-8-13-kingdom-wars/94865/146?u=orcafrost How can a post gets replied by previous post? Note that the reply is an edited post.

Sorry, I do not understand what you are asking?

I believe that logically, a post is replied by other posts after it (although quoting previous post is okay.). However, this post is replied by the one above ▶ Post 146 Tapping the “down” arrow (the reply) leads to post 139. Thus, it means that post 139 is a reply to post 146. ▶ Post 139 Notice that…

My guess is you’re referring to automatic suppression of reply metadata when there is a single reply, and that reply is directly under the thing it is replying to, without quotes. That’s how it works in Discourse, though there is a site setting if you want a lot of metadata noise in replies.

[image] codinghorror: that reply is directly under the thing it is replying to No. Instead, the reply is above the thing it’s replying to. -edit- Based on the image, the reply is post 139, replying to post 146

I’ll try to simulate it here. I’m adding post 1. This is the original post. -edit- There should be a part that I quoted a post below, but somehow got reversed post - delete

I’m replying to the post above by clicking reply button

[image] OrcaFrost: Notice that Post 139 is edited, and a quote from Post 146 is added. My point is, is it intentional? I would imagine so. You can edit a post and quote from any message. So I think what happened is that a post was written and conversation continued and then the person edite…

If the edited text can be considered as a reply to the quoted post, I guess it’s a feature then…

So you are referring to out of order replies here? Like someone goes into an old post and edits a quote to a future (downstream) reply into it? That is possible, but it’s definitely a no-no :wink: It is like they want to invent a time travel machine! :mantelpiece_clock:

Message gets replied by the post above

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OrcaFrost (Orca) May 11, 2019, 11:59am 5

No. Instead, the reply is above the thing it’s replying to.
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Based on the image, the reply is post 139, replying to post 146

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