There is a little red triangle icon in the upper righthand corner to report the private message. It's in the same frame as the title of the PM.

The post title (not thread title) also says:. Often splits still have that "Re:" carried over.

That means the issue has been addressed :)

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Works just fine from here. (Firefox 3.0.10)

Check my edit. I forgot that you have to click that link above the form :)

You can view all of your reputation from the User Control Panel. Click the link for Latest Repuation Received.

I see the same behavior occasionally with Firefox on threads with absolutely huge code posts.