Speaking of replies. Can someone explain why I can barely see any replies to a post? Is it because I don’t follow that person? Not connected to the right relays?

For example, I’ll see a post that shows 40+ replies but I click it and see nothing.. 

 Same I only see 3 of the 56 on this post 

 my guess is that all those replies you aren't seeing are replyguys, same happens to me, something blocks them