Max consecutive replies not applied when user posting in their own topic

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

@renem

But users can still reply to their own replies in a topic as often as they like. Its seems like this setting is not applied.

If the user owns the topic, they are allowed to do that.

Did the user create the topic in the first place? If it is their topic, they have the right to reply as many times as they like.