Index: src/views/partials/fedi-node.ejs
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--- src/views/partials/fedi-node.ejs	(revision 67c1f2400d6b1962aadaceb8f55ab319a781a58b)
+++ src/views/partials/fedi-node.ejs	(revision c867b7b644ca4de55b3a9138e1951f420cfc1d31)
@@ -46,5 +46,9 @@
         <button type="submit" class="fedi-cact fedi-cact-remove" title="<%= t('comments.delete') %>" aria-label="<%= t('comments.delete') %>"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="3 6 5 6 21 6"/><path d="M19 6l-1 14a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8a2 2 0 0 1-2-2L5 6"/><path d="M9 6V4a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h2a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2"/></svg></button>
       </form>
-    <% } else if (!n.mine && n.noteId) { %>
+    <% } else if (n.noteId) { %>
+      <%# Visitor: reply via YOUR OWN instance. Also on the site's own (mine) comments —
+          those are dereferenceable Notes (/ap/notes/<id>) too; without this a visitor
+          could not reply to the owner's comments at all (only the owner branches above
+          catch mine-nodes for managers, so this else-if never renders for the owner). %>
       <button type="button" class="comment-reply-btn fedi-remote-reply-btn" data-fedi-uri="<%= n.noteId %>" data-fedi-ph="<%= t('fedi.remote_ph') %>">
         <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="13" height="13" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="9 17 4 12 9 7"/><path d="M20 18v-2a4 4 0 0 0-4-4H4"/></svg>