Replying to first post vs. replying to the topic

i’m looking for it in my preferences, but i’m not finding it there. how do i enable, or is this just for mods/devs?[quote=“sam, post:48, topic:1135”]
I really do not see the need to make “reply to OP” in any way distinct to “reply to topic”, it is just extra noise for no real reason, why do we need to make these two things different in the UI?
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it took me a while to get what you meant, but i think you mean: using the reply button from the OP (or a quote reply) ought not to show the “in reply to” box in the top left of one’s comment–it should be absent, same as if the comment was generated from the reply button at the bottom of the thread.

if I understand you right, then I wholeheartedly agree, that is redundant and noisy. good catch!