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Just to note: when there are new replies in multiple branches of the tree, it looks like the single-thread view only showed me one at a time. I had to revisit several times, with the unread count going down by one each time.

Kind of interesting… but I have little to no idea of what basecamp is. I suspect a developer tool? Which is to say, “boost” mightn’t mean the same thing to everyone. In Discord it has a meaning, likewise as noted in Mastodon. To me, the name evokes an algorithmic adjustment - I really don’t want an algorithmic feed in Discourse.

who is going to see the text, and when will they see it? is a person expected to keep revisiting every reply in a topic to see if any new boosts have turned up?

what’s the chance of toxic content appearing in boosts? who will see, who will police?

what’s the chance of a side-conversation happening within boosts?

I very much hope this is optional: it doesn’t seem attractive to me for my forums.

(And if it doesn’t chance the order or promotion of a reply, I think boost is a poor name. Quip seems better, but that’s possibly not a widely enough understood word.)