Yes, Intuit definitely broke this one.

To open an external hyperlink, I'd now right click and open it on a new tab/window.  Otherwise, it'd just bring you to the bottom of the page.

When you click on a link from the Notification, it'd bring you to the thread, then scroll down from top to bottom, until it gets to the new post it points to.  Not that noticeable on PC but it is really annoying on mobile!