simply that they should reply to the intial post in order to move the indentation all the way to the left margin.
The "No further replies" is simply extremely poor and totally incorrect wording, sounds as if someone from Microsoft wrote it.
Maybe "posts indented too far, please reply under
the initial post with a note that it a reply to this post."
Or tell them how to change the numbers as everyone in Speakeasy seems to know, so that they can all ignore the rules, even to defeat locked threads.
Has it been suggested that a wording change to "No further replies will be accepted" such as "No further replies can be accepted"? When first encountering these it can sound rather coarse if one does not know what it means. It might look as if the poster is wanting to reject any responses. Thanks

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