Ordering of chats seems weird

I’m talking about this website. I find the way that chat responses are indented and ordered bizarre. Three are a couple chats that I’d like get involved in but they are well established and I’m never quite sure who has responded to what and I find it hard to know where to post - to which reply. I can see the indentation and time of post but the ordering seems weird. There is no flow. Anyone else? Mods, can this be changed, perhaps in a setting somewhere in my profile?

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  • By default they're sorted by newest. It can be confusing in nested replies, or if lots of people reply to the same post. There is a way to change the order at the top of the page. Sorting by "oldest" might be less confusing.

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  • By default they're sorted by newest. It can be confusing in nested replies, or if lots of people reply to the same post. There is a way to change the order at the top of the page. Sorting by "oldest" might be less confusing.

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