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Why cant I reply to these posts to give answers to people’s questions?
iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18
They are probably old, inactive threads. This banner:
means the thread has been locked for inactivity or age (usually about three months). Also, in my long tenure here I have seen very few posters who come back weeks or months later to look for new answers to their threads.
If you come here from a search engine, you will see far too many of those banners. Search engines are not conducive to effectively helping here.
The better way to help here:
—Bookmark this forum site map: Site Map - Apple Community
—Choose topic areas where you feel you can best help.
—Use the site map’ topic links to go directly to those topics.
—Work the first few pages with the newest posts.
That gives posters the most current information, and they can recognize your contributions with an upvote.