> First thing I do when I see "more replies" is click on it, knowing this is where the juicy stuff or counter argument is.
Exactly, which is why I don't understand this feature. If you can't really hide replies, only instead call attention to the replies you've "hidden", what is the point of it?
But the way the feature works is to fork the conversation. Now, both ideologies can continue their threads of discussion without necessarily disrupting the other one.
I always think of kuro5hin when these types of containment features are brought up. It's kind of like "your freedom to swing your fist stops right before my nose" type of protection.
It would be weird for twitter though because a tweet itself is essentially a comment- people would make de facto counter-comments instead of replies and it would just be an unthreaded version of the original thing.
Exactly, which is why I don't understand this feature. If you can't really hide replies, only instead call attention to the replies you've "hidden", what is the point of it?