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I want to try the reply control feature on here, but I'm concerned I'll like it too much and will want to use it on all my tweets
I saw a discussion thread going around that said "what makes you not reply to a tweet?" and it absolutely boggled my mind because replying is the engagement of last resort in my mind. I'm clearly in the minority or we wouldn't need the reply control feature.
I try to make sure a reply adds to the conversation. If I type it out and it doesn't build on the existing discourse, I delete it and don't send it. Probably that instinct comes from the same place as my strong dislike of small talk.
Even with that instinct, I'm sure I've sent replies that the person I'm replying to doesn't view as adding to the conversation. I try, but I can only know what I consider to be superfluous vs. not, I don't know that they will judge what I have to say the same way.
I'm interested in how the reply control feature interacts with audience design, for both sides of the conversation. For example, if I ask a question and disable replies, I would assume that signals strongly to others that the question was rhetorical. https://twitter.com/gweezlouise/status/1297255305772859393
