Solved on my own, by hiding completely the “Reply” links to other replies for simple users:
In case somebody else needs it:
if ( in_array( ‘admin’, (array) $user->roles ) {
$retval = $r[‘link_before’] . ‘‘ . $r[‘reply_text’] . ‘‘ . $r[‘link_after’];
}
Sorry, you’re right. I solved simply by upgrading BuddyPress.
