I'm "in the dark" as to why comments appear to be manipulated. I do know they are treating CC as "a work in progress" and I've called them on several occasions when it's clear the system is 
not functioning properly. For example, on the "Conversation Detail View" page, I pointed out months ago that the sentence below the header is poorly written. They agreed but never corrected it. I see it now :( and wonder. Respectfully, I urge you to stay the course and stay tuned in, in spite of the lousy timing.