@[email protected] I think it would be a good idea to show posts that are in-reply-to as quotes in the reply. Right now, all you see is a tiny “replied to…” on the top. Since NodeBB can interoperate with Lemmy, it can get kind of confusing to follow some threads, as the forum UX presents the discussion as linear, while Lemmy is multi-threaded. Showing the original post as a quote would help with following the discussion.
@[email protected] yes, that function is there. Then maybe the best compromise would be to essentially add a reverse of that reply spotlight feature, so you can read the original post without the page jumping.