Sample session over three days: An editor has asked for help on an article, to which I constructed replies, over several days. Then I attempted to ping that editor, but I am not sure my reply got through; we have not had much of a conversation. It feels one-sided. The tool is not too intrusive, but if it gets difficult, I can work around the tool, if need be. For the time being, I am working within the tool. For example, I'm not sure what title of my contribution is going to show up as. The topic header (title) seems a bit more intuitive on the Article Talk page. The Browse topics widget works, except for the current topic, I think. I don't see my current topic in the list. I am going to Add topic (to see what happens to the list) --Ancheta Wis (talk) 01:41, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Topic on Talk:Talk pages project/Replying/Flow
I see now that my contribution is LIFO (last in, first out in the Browse topics widget) --Ancheta Wis (talk) 01:44, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
The system we're using on this page is Flow, which uses top-posting. Also, you don't have to sign your posts in Flow, since it auto-signs for you.
The editor you were talking to has made no edits since starting that section. The ping in this edit should have been sent, but it appears that the editor hasn't been on wiki since then. The ping should be there when the editor returns to the wikis.