The first top-level comments are something like #8, #36, #39... The time-stamp doesn't order them, it's not oldest top or newest top. The order doesn't come from ratings either.
That's what I wanted to look at: how does a new user see a comment thread?
To be as real a new user as possible, I logged out, left the site, came back. And did the same using IE. The result is identical. When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
Do you know what the default setting is for comment thread display, or where it's defined? When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
