You don’t need to use #e … if you only want to pull the note you’re replying to just do {ids:[root]}
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I said "querying the direct replies to a root post", not "querying a root post".
I have a list of root posts. I want to fetch the top level replies for each of them so I can show their reply count. Getting the whole thread is a waste at this point. It would only make sense when opening the thread.
sounds like you just need something like a count query instead. Would be more efficient
Although that would count the entire thread 🤷♂️
Kind:1111 to the rescue
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1233 mind taking a look?