Conversations: a feed of the replies the people you follow write, each under the post it answers.

Amethyst's Conversations beside its New Threads (Adam, 2026-10-16: "a replies
mode or Conversations mode like Amethyst has"). The Following feed showed
their posts and dropped every reply, so what people were saying TO each other
only turned up by opening threads. Now a built-in Conversations chip sits
beside Following (id 'replies'; its own notes, clock, disk cache and relay
choice like the other built-ins): the same people, asked for notes and NIP-22
comments, keeping the replies — a reply as NIP-10 marks it, a comment, never a
quote or a repost (feedKinds/feedKeeps; the merge, seeding, borrowing, the
live watch and the media index all go by them). Each row shows what it
answers above it — "↩ Replying to" and the quote card of the parent (the e
tag marked reply, else root, else the last; a comment's e or E), tapping the
card opens that post, tapping the reply its thread at the reply — and the
header drops its "reply" tag there. The parent is usually in hand already
(the Following feed, a thread, someone's page: noteInHand, which quotedNote
checks before any relay — nostr:nevent quotes gain the same), and a thread
opened from such a row paints its root at once instead of fetching it. In a
conversations feed the parent counts as part of the row, so it arrives whole
with the first screen (noteReady's parent option, per feed); a profile's
Replies tab shows the same context and fills its cards in. Not a shareable
URL (it is nobody's timeline), so no Share in its menu. Any custom feed can
be one: "Replies instead of posts" in the editor (def.replies, synced with
the definition), named in its summary. The disk cache now keeps comments.

tools/feed-conversations-test.js: Following keeps posts only; the chip; the
replies newest first with the parent card from hand (no relay asked) and a
missing parent said so; the menu without Share; the reply's own tap opens
its thread at the reply, with the root painted from hand; the card's tap
opens the parent; Back lands on Conversations; the profile's Replies tab
shows the context, Posts none; a custom conversations feed via the editor
borrows the replies from the feeds in hand, not the posts. feed-custom-test
lists the new chip. Pre-existing failures not touched: feed-custom-test's
"a tagged post lands in it"/"lands in Everything" and feed-streaming-test's
pill position fail on clean HEAD the same way; feed-follow, feed-cache,
own-post-feeds, feed-list, feed-media-views, feed-switch-seed, profile-pager,
thread-pager, feed-repost, feed-live, feed-new-posts, feed-window,
feed-choice-per-wallet, feed-nav-destination, feed-wallet-back, moderation,
feed-mention-tap and feed-reboost pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J1Kon8bxJoHRpJdSzshCkp

1 files changed, 102 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index 20cfaa6..9a1a56d 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -4708,6 +4708,41 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   const profTab = (pk) => (ui.profTab && ui.profTab.pk === pk ? ui.profTab.tab : 'posts');
   // what goes under Replies: a note answering another (NIP-10), or a NIP-22 comment
   const replyish = (e) => e.kind === 1111 || (e.kind === 1 && isReply(e));
+  // A conversations feed (Amethyst's "Conversations" beside its "New
+  // Threads"): the replies these people write, each under the post it
+  // answers, instead of their posts. Asked for as notes and NIP-22 comments;
+  // reposts have no place in it. (REPLY_KINDS, above: a note or a comment.)
+  const feedKinds = (def) => (def && def.replies ? REPLY_KINDS : FEED_KINDS);
+  const feedKeeps = (def, e) => (def && def.replies ? replyish(e) : FEED_KINDS.includes(e.kind) && !isReply(e));
+  // What a reply answers: the e tag marked 'reply' (NIP-10), else 'root'
+  // (a reply straight to the root), else — the deprecated positional form —
+  // the last e tag; a NIP-22 comment's lowercase e (its parent), else its E.
+  function parentRefOf(ev) {
+    if (!ev || !replyish(ev)) return null;
+    const es = (ev.tags || []).filter((x) => x[0] === 'e' && x[1]);
+    let tag;
+    if (ev.kind === 1111) tag = es[0] || (ev.tags || []).find((x) => x[0] === 'E' && x[1]);
+    else tag = es.find((x) => x[3] === 'reply') || es.find((x) => x[3] === 'root') || es[es.length - 1];
+    if (!tag) return null;
+    const ref = { type: 'event', id: tag[1], relays: tag[2] ? [tag[2]] : [] };
+    if (/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(tag[4] || '')) ref.author = tag[4].toLowerCase();
+    return ref;
+  }
+  // A note already in hand — in a feed, a thread, someone's page — before
+  // asking any relay for it: the post a reply answers is usually right
+  // there in the Following feed.
+  function noteInHand(id) {
+    for (const c of feedStates.values()) for (const e of c.notes) {
+      if (e.id === id) return e;
+      if (e.kind === REPOST) { const inner = repostInner(e); if (inner && inner.id === id) return inner; }
+    }
+    for (const c of threadCache.values()) {
+      if (c.root && c.root.id === id) return c.root;
+      for (const e of c.replies || []) if (e.id === id) return e;
+    }
+    for (const c of notesCache.values()) for (const e of c.notes || []) if (e.id === id) return e;
+    return null;
+  }
   function notesFor(pk) {
     let c = notesCache.get(pk);
     if (c) {
@@ -5177,6 +5212,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   // Two feeds everyone has: the people you follow, and everything the coinos
   // relay carries. Each remembers its own relay choice in the state.
   const EVERYTHING = 'all';
+  const REPLIES = 'replies'; // the people you follow, their replies (see feedKeeps)
   // Amethyst's feed model, for the people who asked: everyone you follow plus
   // everyone on your lists, and on top of that posts from anyone on a
   // hashtag you follow — your topic feeds' tags and your NIP-51 interests
@@ -5229,11 +5265,12 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const br = st().builtinRelays || {};
     return [
       { id: FOLLOWING, name: t('feedFollowingName'), follows: true, builtin: true, relays: br[FOLLOWING] || [] },
+      { id: REPLIES, name: t('feedConversations'), follows: true, replies: true, builtin: true, relays: br[REPLIES] || [] },
       { id: EVERYTHING, name: t('feedPopular'), follows: false, authors: [], packs: [], topics: [], all: true, curated: true, builtin: true, relays: oldPopularDefault(br[EVERYTHING]) ? [] : br[EVERYTHING] || [] },
       ...st().feeds.map(expandFeed)];
   };
   function feedDef(id = curFeedId) {
-    if (id === FOLLOWING || id === EVERYTHING) return feedList().find((f) => f.id === id) || null;
+    if (id === FOLLOWING || id === EVERYTHING || id === REPLIES) return feedList().find((f) => f.id === id) || null;
     const own = st().feeds.find((f) => f.id === id);
     return own ? expandFeed(own) : adhocFeeds.get(id) || null;
   }
@@ -5862,14 +5899,14 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       feed = c;
       // Only the opening page gates first paint. The next page warms on the
       // side, so an offscreen image cannot delay the whole feed.
-      c.boot = notesReady(stored.slice(0, FEED_PAGE)).finally(() => {
+      c.boot = notesReady(stored.slice(0, FEED_PAGE), { parent: feedReplies(c) }).finally(() => {
         c.booting = false;
         c.prepared = null;
         if (!c.stopped && ui.chatOpen && ui.msgView === 'feed' && c === feed) scheduleRepaint();
       });
       c.boot.then(() => {
         if (c.stopped) return;
-        notesReady(stored.slice(FEED_PAGE, FEED_PAGE * 2));
+        notesReady(stored.slice(FEED_PAGE, FEED_PAGE * 2), { parent: feedReplies(c) });
       });
       prefetchFeed(c);
     }
@@ -5913,8 +5950,8 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const authors = new Set(feedAuthors(def)), topics = new Set(feedTopics(def)), orT = new Set(orTopicsOf(def));
     if (!authors.size && !topics.size) return [];
     const tagged = (e, set) => (e.tags || []).some((x) => x[0] === 't' && set.has(normTopic(x[1])));
-    const fits = (e) => ((!authors.size || authors.has(e.pubkey))
-      && (!topics.size || tagged(e, topics))) || (orT.size && tagged(e, orT));
+    const fits = (e) => feedKeeps(def, e) && (((!authors.size || authors.has(e.pubkey))
+      && (!topics.size || tagged(e, topics))) || (orT.size && tagged(e, orT)));
     const seen = new Set(), out = [];
     for (const o of feedStates.values()) {
       for (const e of o.notes) if (!seen.has(e.id) && fits(e) && !hidden(e)) { seen.add(e.id); out.push(e); }
@@ -5936,10 +5973,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       if (!authors.length && !topics.length) continue;
       try {
         const events = (await Promise.all((authors.length ? authorChunks(authors) : [null]).map((chunk) =>
-          queryOn(feedRelaysOr(def, NOTE_RELAYS), { kinds: FEED_KINDS, limit: FEED_SEED_POSTS * 2,
+          queryOn(feedRelaysOr(def, NOTE_RELAYS), { kinds: feedKinds(def), limit: FEED_SEED_POSTS * 2,
             ...(chunk ? { authors: chunk } : {}), ...(topics.length ? { '#t': topics } : {}) }, 3000)))).flat();
         if (feedStates.has(def.id)) continue; // opened while we were asking
-        disk.seed(def.id, events.filter((e) => FEED_KINDS.includes(e.kind) && !isReply(e) && !hidden(e)));
+        disk.seed(def.id, events.filter((e) => feedKeeps(def, e) && !hidden(e)));
       } catch {}
     }
   }
@@ -6048,7 +6085,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     if (!def) return null;
     const r = feedRelays(def) ? '?r=' + encodeURIComponent(feedRelays(def).join(',')) : '';
     if (def.all) return (def.curated ? '/feed' : '/feed/all') + r;
-    if (def.builtin) return share && mePk() ? '/feed/' + npubOf(mePk()) + r : null;
+    if (def.builtin) return share && mePk() && !def.replies ? '/feed/' + npubOf(mePk()) + r : null;
     if (def.of) return '/feed/' + npubOf(def.of) + r;
     const authors = def.authors || [], topics = feedTopics(def), packs = def.packs || [];
     if (!authors.length && !packs.length && topics.length === 1) return '/feed/t/' + encodeURIComponent(topics[0]) + r;
@@ -6685,12 +6722,21 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     await warmMedia(avatarUrl(p, pk));
     if (p?.picture) makeThumb(pk, p);
   }
-  async function noteReady(ev, deadline = Date.now() + READY_MS, depth = 0) {
+  // parent: the post a reply answers is part of the row (a conversations
+  // feed), so it arrives with the row; elsewhere a reply's parent is fetched
+  // only where it is shown (a profile's Replies tab fills its cards in).
+  async function noteReady(ev, deadline = Date.now() + READY_MS, depth = 0, { parent: withParent = false } = {}) {
     if (ev && ev.kind === REPOST) { const inner = repostInner(ev); if (!inner) return; ev = inner; }
     const tasks = [warmAvatar(ev.pubkey, deadline), ...noteMediaUrls(ev.content).map((u) => warmMedia(u, { thumb: true })),
       ...(learnVideoMeta(ev), noteVideoUrls(ev.content).map((u) => warmVideo(u, imetaDim(ev, u)))),
       ...notePreviewUrls(ev.content).map(warmPreview),
       ...[...emojiTagMap(ev.tags).values()].map(warmMedia)];
+    // a reply's parent, shown above it where replies are shown with context
+    const parent = withParent && !depth ? parentRefOf(ev) : null;
+    if (parent) {
+      const quote = quotedNote(parent);
+      tasks.push(Promise.resolve(quote.promise).then(() => quote.ev && noteReady(quote.ev, deadline, depth + 1)));
+    }
     for (const part of String(ev.content || '').split(NOTE_SPLIT)) {
       if (/^(nostr:|@?)(npub|nprofile)1/i.test(part)) {
         const ref = parseNostrRef(part.replace(/^(nostr:|@)/i, ''));
@@ -6708,7 +6754,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       await Promise.race([Promise.all(tasks), new Promise((r) => { timer = setTimeout(r, Math.max(0, deadline - Date.now())); })]);
     } catch {} finally { clearTimeout(timer); }
   }
-  const notesReady = (evs) => { const deadline = Date.now() + READY_MS; return Promise.all(evs.map((e) => noteReady(e, deadline))); };
+  const notesReady = (evs, opts) => { const deadline = Date.now() + READY_MS; return Promise.all(evs.map((e) => noteReady(e, deadline, 0, opts))); };
   const keyed = (node, key) => { node.setAttribute('data-key', key); return node; };
   // Keep only the resources this row actually uses. Copying the entire
   // session media cache into every row grows quadratically as you scroll.
@@ -6717,6 +6763,9 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     if (!feedPaint.media.has(url)) feedPaint.media.set(url, mediaReady.get(url) || null);
     return feedPaint.media.get(url);
   }
+  // a conversations feed: each reply under the post it answers (remembered
+  // on the feed's state; a changed definition rebuilds the state)
+  const feedReplies = (c) => (c.replies ??= !!(feedDef(c.id) || {}).replies);
   function feedRow(c, ev) {
     let presentation = c.presentations.get(ev.id);
     if (!presentation) {
@@ -6726,7 +6775,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const prev = feedPaint;
     feedPaint = presentation;
     try {
-      const row = keyed(noteRow(ev.pubkey, ev, displayName(ev.pubkey)), ev.id);
+      const row = keyed(noteRow(ev.pubkey, ev, displayName(ev.pubkey), { context: feedReplies(c) }), ev.id);
       if (c.fresh && c.fresh.has(ev.id)) { row.classList.add('note-fresh'); watchFresh(c); }
       return row;
     }
@@ -6853,10 +6902,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const addrNew = (e) => { const n = noteOf(e); const a = n && addrOf(n); return !a || (!notesIn.has(a) && !staged.has(a) && !!staged.add(a)); };
     const fresh = (e) => { const n = noteOf(e); return !!n && !notesIn.has(n.id) && !staged.has(n.id); };
     const unstage = (e) => { staged.delete(e.id); const n = noteOf(e); if (n) { staged.delete(n.id); const a = addrOf(n); if (a) staged.delete(a); } };
-    let add = (evs || []).filter((e) => (e.kind === REPOST ? !!repostInner(e) && !hidden(repostInner(e)) && !reboosted(e) : FEED_KINDS.includes(e.kind) && !isReply(e)) && !hidden(e)
+    const def = feedDef(c.id);
+    let add = (evs || []).filter((e) => (e.kind === REPOST ? !(def && def.replies) && !!repostInner(e) && !hidden(repostInner(e)) && !reboosted(e) : feedKeeps(def, e)) && !hidden(e)
       && fresh(e) && !known.has(e.id) && !staged.has(e.id) && addrNew(e) && known.add(e.id) && staged.add(e.id) && staged.add(noteOf(e).id));
     if (!add.length) return false;
-    const def = feedDef(c.id);
     if (def && def.curated) {
       const kept = curateFeed(add);
       for (const e of add) if (!kept.includes(e)) unstage(e);
@@ -6871,7 +6920,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       c.booting = true;
       for (const e of add) unstage(e);
       admitFeed(add, c);
-      c.boot = notesReady(c.notes.slice(0, FEED_PAGE)).finally(() => {
+      c.boot = notesReady(c.notes.slice(0, FEED_PAGE), { parent: feedReplies(c) }).finally(() => {
         c.booting = false;
         c.prepared = null;
         if (!c.stopped && c === feed) scheduleRepaint();
@@ -6882,7 +6931,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     // Each row waits only for its own presentation. A slow photo or quote
     // cannot hold ready text posts (or their new-post notice) behind it.
     const ready = await Promise.all(add.map(async (e) => {
-      await noteReady(e);
+      await noteReady(e, undefined, 0, { parent: feedReplies(c) });
       unstage(e);
       if (c.stopped) return false;
       // Cached rows can still be warming. This new row is already prepared
@@ -7135,6 +7184,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   async function feedPass(extra = {}, merge = {}, c = feedNow(), kinds = FEED_KINDS, limit = FEED_LIMIT) {
     const def = feedDef(c.id);
     if (!def) return false;
+    if (kinds === FEED_KINDS) kinds = feedKinds(def); // a conversations feed asks for replies
     const authors = feedAuthors(def), topics = feedTopics(def);
     const tag = topics.length ? { '#t': topics } : {};
     let got = false;
@@ -7368,16 +7418,17 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const newerThan = c.notes.length ? c.notes[0].created_at : Infinity;
     const since = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - 60;
     const topics = feedTopics(def), tag = topics.length ? { '#t': topics } : {};
+    const kinds = feedKinds(def);
     const on = (ev) => { mergeFeed([ev], { live: true, newerThan }, c).then((ok) => { if (ok) scheduleRepaint(); }).catch(() => {}); };
     const authors = feedAuthors(def);
     if (def.curated) { const iv = setInterval(() => { if (c === feed && ui.chatOpen && ui.msgView === 'feed') refreshFeed({ force: true, live: true }, c).catch(() => {}); }, 120_000); feedUnsubs.push(() => clearInterval(iv)); return; }
-    if (!authors.length) { feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(feedRelaysOr(def, def.all ? FIREHOSE_RELAYS : TOPIC_RELAYS), { kinds: FEED_KINDS, ...tag, since }, on)); return; }
+    if (!authors.length) { feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(feedRelaysOr(def, def.all ? FIREHOSE_RELAYS : TOPIC_RELAYS), { kinds, ...tag, since }, on)); return; }
     const orT = orTopicsOf(def);
-    if (orT.length) feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(feedRelaysOr(def, TOPIC_RELAYS), { kinds: FEED_KINDS, '#t': orT, since }, on));
+    if (orT.length) feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(feedRelaysOr(def, TOPIC_RELAYS), { kinds, '#t': orT, since }, on));
     const plan = feedRelays(def) ? [{ relays: feedRelays(def), authors }] : outboxPlan(authors);
     for (const { relays, authors: a } of plan)
       for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i += REQ_AUTHORS)
-        feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(relays, { kinds: topics.length ? FEED_KINDS : [...FEED_KINDS, REPOST], authors: a.slice(i, i + REQ_AUTHORS), ...tag, since }, on));
+        feedUnsubs.push(subscribeOn(relays, { kinds: topics.length || def.replies ? kinds : [...kinds, REPOST], authors: a.slice(i, i + REQ_AUTHORS), ...tag, since }, on));
   }
   function stopFeedWatch() {
     for (const u of feedUnsubs) { try { u(); } catch {} }
@@ -7413,7 +7464,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       if (c.shown < c.notes.length) {
         const end = Math.min(c.shown + FEED_PAGE, c.notes.length);
         const boundary = c.notes[end - 1].id;
-        await notesReady(c.notes.slice(c.shown, Math.min(end + FEED_PAGE, c.notes.length)));
+        await notesReady(c.notes.slice(c.shown, Math.min(end + FEED_PAGE, c.notes.length)), { parent: feedReplies(c) });
         c.shown = Math.max(c.shown, c.notes.findIndex((e) => e.id === boundary) + 1);
         return;
       }
@@ -7948,7 +7999,11 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   function quotedNote(ref) {
     let c = quoted.get(ref.id);
     if (c && (c.status !== 'missing' || Date.now() - (c.at || 0) < QUOTE_RETRY_MS)) return c;
-    if (!c) { c = { status: 'loading', ev: null, at: 0 }; quoted.set(ref.id, c); }
+    if (!c) {
+      const have = noteInHand(ref.id);
+      if (have) { c = { status: 'ready', ev: have, at: Date.now(), promise: Promise.resolve() }; quoted.set(ref.id, c); return c; }
+      c = { status: 'loading', ev: null, at: 0 }; quoted.set(ref.id, c);
+    }
     c.at = Date.now();
     c.promise = (async () => {
       c.ev = (await findNote(ref).catch(() => null)) || c.ev || null;
@@ -9945,13 +10000,16 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         h('button', { class: 'btn-ghost btn-block', onClick: close }, t('back'))));
   }
 
-  function noteRow(pk, ev, name, { open = true, focus = false, joined = false } = {}) {
+  // context: a reply shows the post it answers above itself (the
+  // Conversations feed, a profile's Replies tab) — a quote card, which opens
+  // that post; the reply's own tap opens the thread at the reply.
+  function noteRow(pk, ev, name, { open = true, focus = false, joined = false, context = false } = {}) {
     if (ev.kind === REPOST) {
       const inner = repostInner(ev);
       if (!inner) return h('div', { class: 'row note-post', style: 'display:none' });
       const prev = repostBy;
       repostBy = ev.pubkey;
-      try { return noteRow(inner.pubkey, inner, displayName(inner.pubkey), { open, focus, joined }); }
+      try { return noteRow(inner.pubkey, inner, displayName(inner.pubkey), { open, focus, joined, context }); }
       finally { repostBy = prev; }
     }
     // who reposted this, for its header line (only this row: a quote inside draws none)
@@ -9976,6 +10034,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const foreign = ev.kind !== 1 && ev.kind !== ARTICLE && ev.kind !== POLL && ev.kind !== COMMENT && !isVideoEvent(ev) && !zapRec;
     const altText = foreign ? ((ev.tags.find((x) => x[0] === 'alt') || [])[1] || t('noteForeignKind', { kind: ev.kind })) : null;
     const isReply = ev.kind === COMMENT || (!foreign && !zapRec && ev.tags.some((x) => x[0] === 'e'));
+    const parent = context && !foreign && !zapRec ? parentRefOf(ev) : null;
     const canZap = canZapPk(pk);
     // an optimistic post mid-publish: visible but not yet a real event —
     // dimmed, and no thread/reply/zap until its signed self takes over
@@ -10015,6 +10074,9 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       h('div', { class: 'note-content' },
         reposter ? h('div', { class: 'small faint note-reposted', onClick: (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); openProfile(reposter); } },
           h('span', { 'aria-hidden': 'true' }, '\u{1F501} '), t('postRepostedBy', { name: displayName(reposter) })) : null,
+        parent ? h('div', { class: 'note-context', 'data-context-of': parent.id },
+          h('div', { class: 'small faint note-context-label' }, '\u21a9 ' + t('noteReplyingTo')),
+          quoteCard(parent, 0)) : null,
         h('div', { class: 'row between note-header', style: 'align-items:center;gap:8px' },
           h('div', { class: 'row', style: 'gap:7px;align-items:baseline;min-width:0' },
             h('span', {
@@ -10024,7 +10086,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
               onClick: (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); openProfile(pk); },
             }, name),
             h('span', { class: 'small faint', style: 'white-space:nowrap' },
-              (isReply ? '↩ ' + t('profReplyTag') + ' · ' : '') + timeLabel(ev.created_at * 1000)
+              (isReply && !parent ? '↩ ' + t('profReplyTag') + ' · ' : '') + timeLabel(ev.created_at * 1000)
               + (edited ? ' · ' + t('postEditedTag') : ''))),
           pending ? null : h('button', {
             // the overflow stays up here; reply, boost, quote, react and zap
@@ -10171,7 +10233,9 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     for (const q of stored?.quotes || []) if (!quoted.get(q.id)?.ev) quoted.set(q.id, { status: 'ready', ev: q, at: Date.now() });
     const rootId = stored?.rootId || requestedRootId;
     c = { status: stored ? 'ready' : 'loading', rootId, focusId: seed.id, prefetched: prefetch,
-      root: stored?.root || (seed.id === rootId ? seed : null), replies: stored?.replies || [], counts: stored?.counts || {} };
+      // a root already in hand (the post a conversation row answers sits in
+      // the Following feed) paints at once; the relays only fill the replies
+      root: stored?.root || (seed.id === rootId ? seed : noteInHand(rootId)), replies: stored?.replies || [], counts: stored?.counts || {} };
     if (seed.id !== rootId && !c.replies.some((e) => e.id === seed.id)) c.replies.push(seed);
     c.replies.sort((a, b) => a.created_at - b.created_at);
     threadCache.set(requestedRootId, c);
@@ -11089,7 +11153,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         return h('div', { class: 'col', style: 'gap:8px' },
           tabs,
           h('div', { class: 'card col notes-feed', style: 'gap:0', 'data-key': 'prof-notes:' + tab },
-            ...(c.winList = () => c.notes.filter((e) => (profTab(pk) === 'replies') === replyish(e)), windowedRows(c, shown, (ev) => keyed(noteRow(pk, ev, name), ev.id)))),
+            ...(c.winList = () => c.notes.filter((e) => (profTab(pk) === 'replies') === replyish(e)), windowedRows(c, shown, (ev) => keyed(noteRow(pk, ev, name, { context: profTab(pk) === 'replies' }), ev.id)))),
           c.loadingMore
             ? h('div', { class: 'row gap6', style: 'justify-content:center;padding:4px 0' },
                 h('span', { class: 'spinner sm' }))
@@ -11288,7 +11352,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         : n ? t('feedSumPeople', { n }) : '';
     const packs = ((f.packs || []).map((p) => (packOf(p) || {}).title || p.title).filter(Boolean)).join(', ');
     const topics = feedTopics(f).map((x) => '#' + x).join(' ');
-    return [people, packs, topics].filter(Boolean).join(' \u00b7 ') || t('feedNoQuery');
+    return [people, packs, topics, f.replies ? t('feedSumReplies') : ''].filter(Boolean).join(' \u00b7 ') || t('feedNoQuery');
   }
   // The row of feeds under the title: Following, then yours, then + for
   // a new one. A topic opened for the session sits at the end until saved.
@@ -11490,7 +11554,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const key = mediaIdxKey(feedId);
     let r = mediaIdx.get(key);
     if (r) return r;
-    r = { key, images: new Map(), videos: new Map(), articles: new Map(), art: { until: 0, end: 0, empty: 0, head: 0 }, checked: new Set(), until: 0, end: false, empty: 0, loaded: false };
+    r = { key, replies: !!(feedDef(feedId) || {}).replies, images: new Map(), videos: new Map(), articles: new Map(), art: { until: 0, end: 0, empty: 0, head: 0 }, checked: new Set(), until: 0, end: false, empty: 0, loaded: false };
     mediaIdx.set(key, r);
     loadMediaIndex(key).then(async (rec) => {
       if (rec) {
@@ -11529,7 +11593,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     for (const e of evs) {
       if (r.checked.has(e.id)) continue;
       r.checked.add(e.id);
-      if (!FEED_KINDS.includes(e.kind) || isReply(e)) continue;
+      if (r.replies ? !replyish(e) : !FEED_KINDS.includes(e.kind) || isReply(e)) continue;
       for (const kind of ['images', 'videos']) if (!r[kind].has(e.id) && hasMediaOf(e, kind)) { r[kind].set(e.id, e); n++; }
     }
     if (n) saveMediaIdx(r);
@@ -13144,7 +13208,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const visNotes = c.notes, visShown = c.shown;
     c.winList = () => (c.notes === visNotes && c.shown === visShown ? list : c.notes.filter(shownHere).slice(0, c.shown || FEED_PAGE));
     const rows = windowedRows(c, list, (ev) => (c.booting && !c.prepared?.has(ev.id)
-      ? keyed(noteRow(ev.pubkey, ev, displayName(ev.pubkey)), ev.id) : feedRow(c, ev)));
+      ? keyed(noteRow(ev.pubkey, ev, displayName(ev.pubkey), { context: feedReplies(c) }), ev.id) : feedRow(c, ev)));
     // Posts that went in above you while you were reading. A floating pill
     // that says how many are up there; the tap takes you up to them.
     // Keyed, so the morph keeps this very node while the count changes —
@@ -13255,10 +13319,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const isNew = !def || adhocFeeds.has(def.id);
     def = (def && st().feeds.find((f) => f.id === def.id)) || def; // as saved, not expanded
     ui.feedEdit = def
-      ? { id: def.id, name: def.name || '', follows: !!def.follows, lists: !!def.lists, interests: !!def.interests, authors: [...(def.authors || [])], priv: [...(def.priv || [])], packs: [...(def.packs || [])],
+      ? { id: def.id, name: def.name || '', follows: !!def.follows, lists: !!def.lists, interests: !!def.interests, replies: !!def.replies, authors: [...(def.authors || [])], priv: [...(def.priv || [])], packs: [...(def.packs || [])],
           topics: feedTopics(def).map((x) => '#' + x).join(' '), q: '', rows: null, pq: '', packRows: null, isNew, d: def.d || null, publish: isNew || !!def.d,
           relays: (def.relays || []).map((r) => r.replace(/^wss:\/\//, '')).join(' '), all: !!def.all && !def.builtin, curated: !!def.curated }
-      : { id: null, name: '', follows: false, lists: false, interests: false, authors: [], priv: [], packs: [], topics: '', q: '', rows: null, pq: '', packRows: null, isNew: true, d: null, publish: true,
+      : { id: null, name: '', follows: false, lists: false, interests: false, replies: false, authors: [], priv: [], packs: [], topics: '', q: '', rows: null, pq: '', packRows: null, isNew: true, d: null, publish: true,
           relays: '', all: false, curated: false };
     render();
   }
@@ -13284,6 +13348,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     const def = e.all
       ? { id, name, follows: false, authors: [], packs: [], topics: [], all: true, curated: !!e.curated, relays, at: Date.now() }
       : { id, name, follows: e.follows, lists: !!e.lists, interests: !!e.interests, authors: e.authors.slice(0, FEED_AUTHORS_MAX), packs: e.packs.slice(0, 20), topics, relays, all: false, curated: false, at: Date.now() };
+    if (e.replies) def.replies = true;
     if (!relays.length) delete def.relays;
     if (!def.lists) delete def.lists;
     if (!def.interests) delete def.interests;
@@ -13449,6 +13514,12 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
           h('input', { type: 'checkbox', class: 'feed-interests-toggle', checked: !!e.interests, style: 'width:18px;height:18px;accent-color:var(--accent);margin:0', onChange: (ev) => { e.interests = ev.target.checked; } }),
           h('span', {}, t('feedInterestsToggle'))),
         h('div', { class: 'small faint' }, t('feedInterestsHelp'))),
+      // their replies instead of their posts: a conversations feed
+      h('div', { class: 'col', style: 'gap:4px' },
+        h('label', { class: 'row gap6', style: 'align-items:center;cursor:pointer' },
+          h('input', { type: 'checkbox', class: 'feed-replies-toggle', checked: !!e.replies, style: 'width:18px;height:18px;accent-color:var(--accent);margin:0', onChange: (ev) => { e.replies = ev.target.checked; } }),
+          h('span', {}, t('feedRepliesToggle'))),
+        h('div', { class: 'small faint' }, t('feedRepliesHelp'))),
       // a feed of people is a nostr list (NIP-51 follow set) unless told not to be
       !e.all && (e.authors.length || (e.priv || []).length || e.d)
         ? h('div', { class: 'col', style: 'gap:4px' },