FWIW I just saw “Latest”, “New”, and “Unread”.
I’m under the impression that the issue I originally complained about no longer happens. It stopped happening about the time I first mentioned it, almost a month ago. This coincides with the purported fix discussion you linked to. So maybe it’s fixed (?).
Why don’t we try this: Type a “Test” comment into this thread, which I permanently dismissed yesterday and we’ll see whether it shows up for me again.