I think the original idea was that you’d be saying something that leads into the conversation below, rather than replying to it in kind
So like:
Man, look at this idiot who brought up trump for no reason:
Then the thread as you see where it’s original post and the reply below it
That’s not how people ended up using it, and it’s probably a lot of work to change that
Its the ISO format everyone loves but from the time before digital computers needed to sort our dates, so we put the year at the end as it’s generally the least important if something isn’t digital
I get not liking something cuz it’s different, but it amazes me how many people pretend it’s bad