hi @11thJeff. I generally reply to the original post if I want to join the conversation. Boosting, I do when I think the post should have more people see it. I guess you want something like "follow this thread" or "show replies to this thread from people who I follow" (what you describe sounds more like "show replies from people who follow me", but you also say "mutual follows"). QT wouldn't quite achieve the former since it's basically a glorified way to easily add a link to another post when you start a thread. You have the "replies from people I follow" already because that's how Mastodon works. You maybe also