Is there any way to merge conversations when people don't click Reply?

Kelemvor333 Microsoft recently made the "Reply" button more obvious so we don't see the problem as much as we used to.  We continue to use "public shaming" as our solution.  We have fun with it too.  We race to see who can be first to reply to the accidental top-level post with the Shame meme.  It usually only takes once and that person is cured.  (The person can also delete their post and reply properly to stop the public shaming.)  We consider the reaction as the digital equivalent of the way you'd react in an old-style meeting.  Imagine the speaker has been talking about Project A for 20 minutes and asks if anyone has any questions.  New guy raises his hand and asks a question about Project Z.  There'd be some shaming.  🙂  I'm not saying this is better than being able to cut-paste replies--just sharing how we cope with it.