[capableweb]

> I hope not; it seems woefully inefficient. Hopefully, there is a smarter, simpler way to do this.

It's inefficient on purpose, as otherwise it's easier to get into flame-wars, or something like that (paraphrased from a dang/pg comment somewhere, sometime).

Personally I just check the /threads page whenever I have time, and check for new comments. Sometimes I spot new replies to my comments because I come back to the whole comment section of a interesting submission to check in on other ongoing discussions.