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I think at one point they were arranged chronologically, and then by rating, and now it's more or less random. You also get replies going from newest to oldest, so if for some reason you want to read a chain from the beginning you have to open the whole thing, scroll down, and scroll back up. Not to mention the occasional @ or + or whatever that doesn't nest under its parent comment, meaning that you have no idea who they're replying to. And God forbid somebody change their name.
I don't know what Google was thinking.