Oh god! That would look so confusing to a reader, especially if he/she is not aware of the story-comment conundrum in Medium.
I don't know how to fix this problem. Because I can't write meatier comments to all the stories I visit, but some of them like this one, do trigger a more engaging comment.
Again, I am not sure how this thread of comments posing as stories appear in the feed. Would all these responses come as different stories? Then it would confuse the poor reader who has subscribed for the rss feed. Am I right?
Look who is confused now!