1. Credit where credit is due: I've noticed that Twitter has gotten better at shunting the spammy/trollish/asshole replies I get below the "show more replies" line, which both keeps others from being accosted by BS and makes it easier for me to hide/block bad replies.
2. This is especially noticeable in tweets about politics and/or COVID; it's relatively uncommon now for the meme-spewing bot accounts to get their responses above the line. It's not perfect and there are some false positives, but overall, better than it was before.
3. While I'm at it, the "Hide" function that also asks you if you want to block the account is super useful, both in removing bad replies from general view and getting rid of the offending account permanently. After regular use, the amount of replies I have to hide has gone down.
4. There's more for @twitter to do -- I would like the option of holding replies to my tweets in moderation *before* anyone else has to see them, like I can do on my web site -- but regardless the site feels *better* to use now than it did before, and I'm glad of that.
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