Frozen Steemit Discussions? Freezing the connections that could be made.

How did I not know that replies could be cut off? I totally understood the aspect of freezing payments and I thought that was all there was to it.

I just saw a new post promoted by Hive account@comealong and after commenting; I realized that I wanted to check out more from this person. I'm going back through all the old posts, and I find one that gets my interest. As you can see in the above screenshot, I tried to reply with a compliment that connected to me. I didn't even think to look how old it was, but instead; just wanted to connect one Steemit user to another.

I'm a bit taken back after realizing this. Having a discussion locked, means that everything we post now has such a limited shelf-life. Shouldn't all speech be limitless and not bound to a time-frame that essentially deems it obsolete?
Designating everything on this platform to become a self-destructing message to the world?

I received an error....so, here is my attempt to let Hive account@comealong know that I had a reply for you.

Post Reference: https://steemit.com/skills/@comealong/self-portrait-original-work-charcoal-sketch