Why can't I reply to comments after a while?

Question

Hi there,On some other thread, I criticized an article, and my criticism in turn got criticized and I answered some of the complains, but at some point I couldn't reply to any comment on that thread. Is there a limit to how many comments one can post on a thread? Or was I flagged in some way?Just trying to understand the mecanism here.

onemoresoop · Accepted Answer

In what sense you not reply? No reply link? I noticed missing reply links on comments that are deeply nested. What you could do in this case is click the time link on a particular comment and you'll get to the reply form. Hope this helps.

anenefan · Answer

Flame war prevention mechanism I believe I've heard mentioned a few times. It's possible it might also stop derailing the original topic subject as well.