@atomicpoet @dangillmor i thought this was just how the software works
links are always within the domain of the server you're navigating from. and if you want to see more of a discussion that originated in another server, you need to manually mangle the url
i don't like it, but it seems to be a design decision, which i can speculate a reason why it might have been rationalized. but indeed, it's subpar in terms of user experience