I also noticed that (due to the differences in the CSS templates between TidBITS and Talk) they two don’t look the same. For example, this week’s articles on Thunderbolt 5 has a table that formats differently.
From the TidBITS page:
But from the Talk page:
I won’t say which is “right” or “wrong”, since both are clearly readable and understandable, but they are clearly different.
That all having been said, I do prefer seeing the full text at the start of the Talk thread, because it’s easier to quote article text when posting comments.