>>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.
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>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.

Michel,

Yeah, that's what I meant by "...too much of a hassle to do..." :-)

Though I would have thought the process of coding it wouldn't have been based on persons, but rather what falls below in a particular branch of the tree view. It's not that I would want to cut a particular person out of my view of the thread, just particular tangents, which could involve any number of people.

Just discussing for the technical merit as I'm sure it would never be utilized enough to warrant the change.

Renoir