@Edent I'm going with "the order is immaterial to the semantics" specifically because of the phrasing "a nested list". I take that to mean, replies are nested underneath the thing they reply to. In that case, a later (sibling) reply is independent of previous ones.
If everything were in strictly chronological order, with no nesting/threading, then I'd say <ol>.
> To determine which list to use, try changing the order of the list items; if the meaning changes, use the <ol> element — otherwise you can use <ul>
@Edent I would only use ol or ul for lists that look like a bulleted or numbered list. Almost everything on a webpage is some sort of ‘list’, but that doesn’t mean they should be ol or ul. I would use a collection of articles.
@Edent Controversial but I think "everything that is a list or list-like should be <ul> or <ol>" was a wrong step when it became fashionable (15 years or so now) - for example the use of <ul> for menus, which you still see even though <nav> now exists.
I think it's better - more semantic, even! - to use <ul> for bullet lists, <ol> for numbered lists, and some other element for other page elements, even if they look like a bit like lists if you squint
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