"Reply" icon not showing up in some forum responses

I noticed that the "Reply" icon doesn't show up on some responses in my forums/threads I've started and it makes it hard to respond directly to that person. Is there a reason they don't show up on some responses like that? Thanks!

@Spearman60 There was a change a while ago where a reply to areply can only be a series of 5x.
You can back up to the earlier post and reply to that post though.
Ie.
A says something
- B replies to A
-- C replies to B
- - - D replies to C
- - - - E replies to D
- - - - - F teplies to E
- G replies to A (and tags a user from F if wanted)
@AffyAvo
Oh.... so after 5 levels to the conversation, no more "Reply" icon.... got it.... thanks! 😊
While I have your attention, is there a way to make the emoji icons more accessible? Meaning it can be posted in a single click or shortcut key?

@Spearman60 There's the emojis by the link, fonts, etc. That's the only option I know of.