Possibly, but that wasn't how it was before. It used to be that if I clicked on view discussion it would give me the ENTIRE THREAD, not just the response I'm replying to.
And while the email has changed (there's now a section for "or you can reply to the comment directly by going HERE") It still says "You can view the discussion here" which was how I could view the entire thread before.
Like I said.. I prefer it the other way.