Example of a "reply" in Discord. The replied-to message is rendered as a small preview above the current message. Replying is optional.

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   infinite love ⴳ (trwnh@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 14:21:30 JST infinite love ⴳ

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   @evan @erincandescent @julian @mikedev @silverpill For example, replying to a message is something that the user *explicitly chooses* to do when in the context of image boards or chat rooms. If you've ever used Discord, then you can see how in that system, it wouldn't make any sense to say that every message in a channel necessarily must be inReplyTo some other message in the channel (or anything at all). The room is a bound context.