I’ve checked with LW’s tech staff, and it looks like what you’ve seen is the behavior they’d expect—it’s apparently difficult to track longer comment chains in this way with the current tech setup. I’m sorry to have given you an incorrect theory.
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I’ve checked with LW’s tech staff, and it looks like what you’ve seen is the behavior they’d expect—it’s apparently difficult to track longer comment chains in this way with the current tech setup. I’m sorry to have given you an incorrect theory.