Moderating something like HN is a very hard job. Gratitude .
EDIT: unfortunately I cannot defend my point in the comments, as I am now rate limited :)
EDIT 2: /u/Dylan16807 yes I'm seeing that. When I try and post it says "you are posting too quickly, please slow down"
Nonetheless, I agree they could be a bit more explicit about this.
Well actually it does because you're wrong about this, it isn't about him replying to you, he manually sets a flag on your account.