I think Amethyst fails to clear the "new note" cache sometimes. So when you click on reply, close the modal, create a new post from scratch, it will end up posted as a reply, not a new post.
Or maybe I'm just bad with computers.
Yes, happened several times to me.
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Oh, and not only reply, also works for quoted notes, that didn't appear in the new note text while writting