SharePoint 2013 Discussion Board lists wrong name in Reply

Using a basic SharePoint 2013 Discussion Board with Content Approval enabled. Because of Content Approval, all posts/replies must be approved before they are visible. The problem is that SharePoint references the "Modified By" column
in the Flat.aspx view when viewing a discussion thread.
For example, let's assume we have three employees:
Jaclyn - User who replied to main discussion thread
Ryan - User who replied to Jaclyn's reply
Brian - Admin w/ Approver rights to moderate comments
In the screenshot below, Ryan clicked "Reply" on Jaclyn's comment. Once Brian approved it, SharePoint displays the note "In response to Brian's post" instead of "In response to Jaclyn's post". It seems to be referencing the
Modified By column which updates to Brian's name once he approves it.
Is it possible to have SharePoint reference the correct name? This is causing confusion in our organization since Brian is not involved in the discussion topic at all. Thank you.

Hi ,
I could produce this issue based on your description.
And I also created another Discussion Board without Content Approval, and created a new discussion, then:
UserA replied to the main discussion thread.
Admin replied to UserA’s reply.
In Admin’s reply, it displayed “In response to UserA's post”.
Administrator edited the UserA’s reply.
UserB replied to UserA’s reply after Administrator edited.
In UserB’s reply, it displayed “In response to Administrator's post”.
By design, the ReplyToLink references the Modified By column of the reply when a user replys a existing reply.
When we enable Content Approval and the approver approves the reply, by default, the approver has changed the item, and the Modified By is changed to the approver. So, for your issue, it is normal.
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