The Antisocial Socialist

Yes - that's one of the things I find annoying about it. It's fine for posting little short snippets or observations, and for brief exchanges with others, but it really sucks for in-depth discussion. I've seen a few people try and use it for that anyway, but I find it so difficult to follow due to the flat comment structure and lack of notification.

I have one old friend on there who occasionally posts big, long notes about contentious topics in an attempt to stir up discussion (with a fair bit of success - a lot of people do seem to comment, though I have no idea how they keep track of the discussion - I certainly couldn't!). The first time or two I saw one of those I did comment, but it was frustrating not knowing if anyone had replied unless I remembered to go back to it and sift through a ton of comments to see if any of them referenced what I'd written. And then at one point he got mad at me because I mentioned that I had not read every single comment on one of his posts before writing mine. But there were 150 comments, and I have a life...

LJ's threaded discussions, with replies e-mailed to you, are about 1000% easier to follow, at least for me.