Can you share a link or screen shot of what you mean?
There are three main ways to reply, and they lead to different appearance:
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Reply to “Thread”. Can be done with the side or bottom “Reply” button, and is not shown as a reply to a specific post.
- 2021 Specialized Diverge released - #121 by mcneese.chad
- This was a reply to the thread, so no related post.
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Reply to the very last post, from clicking the “Reply” button within the bounds of the desired post to respond.
- Erg mode still irregular - #6 by mcneese.chad
- This was a reply to the last post in the thread (immediately above my reply), so no related post.
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Reply to a post that is not the last one, from clicking the “Reply” button within the bounds of the desired post to respond. (Note, this is a similar result if you highlight in a reply, to snag a quite, and use that to initiate the reply).
Are you seeing something different than these results?
PS, for clarity of discussion and future search, this is running Discourse (not Disqus).