Correct uses of "comment" and "reply" button on posts and pages

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  shadowoperator · Member · Jul 12, 2012 at 9:15 pm

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  I’ve noticed that on my Home page (which contains my posts) I have both a “comment” button and a “reply” button. Are both of these for the consumer of my site, or is the “comment” button for them and the “reply” button for me to respond to what they say? Is the dialogue stored for others to see as well? And on the pages other than my first, pages which don’t contain posts but rather PDF files, whom is the “reply” button for, and why is there not obvious way to dialogue? Thanks for answering.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 12, 2012 at 9:18 pm

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  The “rpely” button provided the opportunity to reply to a spsicfic commenter’s comment. That is enabled when we choose to set up defaults for discussion and choose to have “threaded comments” ie. “nested comments” on this page > Settings > Discussion > Other Comment Settings

  See 4. here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#other-comment-settings

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  timethief · Member · Jul 12, 2012 at 9:19 pm

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  oops! “reply” is what I meant to type above.

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  shadowoperator · Member · Jul 12, 2012 at 9:27 pm

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  Thanks much! I’ll look it up. shadowoperator