# About the HOWTO category
**URL:** https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/about-the-howto-category/240
**Category:** HOWTO
**Created:** [2 December 2015 17:35 UTC](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/about-the-howto-category/240 "2015-12-02T17:35:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@stephen](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/u/stephen)
#### Post date: [2 December 2015 17:35 UTC](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/about-the-howto-category/240/1 "2015-12-02T17:35:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Kiwidave](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/u/Kiwidave)
#### Post date: [22 December 2016 16:18 UTC](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/about-the-howto-category/240/2 "2016-12-22T16:18:36Z")
I don’t see any “reply” icons in the General Chat category (OK in other cats), so HOWTO you comment on a thread ?