>>If any thread is bothering you in any type of way, you should consider filtering it so you won't see it anymore. That can be done just by viewing any message from a particular thread.
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>Michel,
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>It would be interesting if only a branch of a thread could be filtered. Often I would like to keep the main portion of thread available but remove the fluff portions. In this specific example I would like to continue seeing the thread, but perhaps cut off the "John, Kevin and Mike Show" tangents.
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>I'm sure it's too much of a hassle to do and probably would be confusing to some.
This is the kind of option that will never be used. First of, you'll have to filter the thread but only based on specific persons. By the time, you do that, it may well be ended. Or, in a few days, it'll no longer applied.