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Edit: Or rather, as of this evening, click on the comment's timestamp to go to its page. We decided to play with dropping "link" and just hyperlinking the timestamp instead.

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Thanks, I didn't realize 'flag' had been moved. I thought I remembered there being a 'flag' link next to the timestamp, so when I didn't see it, I assumed you guys were doing another experiment :)

'Flag' itself never moved. You always had to go to a comment's item page (/item?id=123456) in order to flag it. That's by design—it's a speed bump to reduce impulsive flagging. It's been that way for years.

So the only change as of yesterday is that now, to go to a comment's item page, you have to click on the timestamp instead of a link marked "link". If people find this confusing, we'll put "link" back. Fortunately, it's the kind of thing we can measure.

My mistake, thanks for the correction!

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