Thanks tanel!
I know that "X replies" / "Reply" buttons seems a bit strage / repetitive, but I never felt right the single reply icon with next the replies number that fires the compose window (Twitter introduced it), I would expect to see the replies clicking it; now clients that use this patterne ask you to click elsewhere in the note, minus the reply counter, to view the replies; I feel this counter intuitive. And it also creates some repercussions, e.g. weird interactions with links or image-only posts, difficulty to select/copy the text, etc.
So I'm experimenting something different, idk if can be wrong, but doesn't seem too bad. It is a work in progress.
There is also an "incentive" consideration to take in account: do we prefer if the user to read the replies before posting, to enter the discussion in a more consciously? If so, the reply button should be moved inside the thread.