Fixes: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/issues/629

app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/NewPostViewModel.kt

@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ open class NewPostViewModel() : ViewModel() {
                     (originalNote?.event as? TextNoteEvent)?.root() // if it has a marker as root
                         ?: originalNote?.replyTo?.firstOrNull { it.event != null && it.replyTo?.isEmpty() == true }?.idHex // if it has loaded events with zero replies in the reply list
                         ?: originalNote?.replyTo?.firstOrNull()?.idHex // old rules, first item is root.
+                        ?: originalNote?.idHex
+
                 val replyId = originalNote?.idHex
 
                 account?.sendPost(

quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/TextNoteEvent.kt

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ class TextNoteEvent(
         ): TextNoteEvent {
             val tags = mutableListOf<List<String>>()
             replyTos?.forEach {
-                if (it == replyingTo) {
+                if (it == root) {
-                    tags.add(listOf("e", it, "", "reply"))
-                } else if (it == root) {
                     tags.add(listOf("e", it, "", "root"))
+                } else if (it == replyingTo) {
+                    tags.add(listOf("e", it, "", "reply"))
                 } else if (it in directMentions) {
                     tags.add(listOf("e", it, "", "mention"))
                 } else {
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ class TextNoteEvent(
             }
             addresses?.forEach {
                 val aTag = it.toTag()
-                if (aTag == replyingTo) {
+                if (aTag == root) {
-                    tags.add(listOf("a", aTag, "", "reply"))
-                } else if (aTag == root) {
                     tags.add(listOf("a", aTag, "", "root"))
+                } else if (aTag == replyingTo) {
+                    tags.add(listOf("a", aTag, "", "reply"))
                 } else if (aTag in directMentions) {
                     tags.add(listOf("a", aTag, "", "mention"))
                 } else {