Some tips on reading transcripts can help. Transcripts are a different kind of writing. What you're reading is first draft, first-try typing. Don't be alarmed. Just remember you're reading an unrevised, unpolished first draft.
Transcripts are multi-threaded.
MOO discussions are more like oral discussions than written texts. Instead, the discussion switches back and forth, wandering around, sometimes coming back to an issue that seemed finished. In reality, there are dozens of people contributing to the conversation, all speaking about the issues that they care about. Because the MOO captures every word as it is uttered, things aren't organized neatly around themes. Instead, they ebb and flow.