In reply to whom?
I'm not sure how many have noticed, but Twitter's "in reply to" link seems to have disappeared from replies in the web interface as of yesterday (November 11). A quick Twitter search shows that this hasn't gone completely unnoticed among users.While I'm trying to avoid jumping to any conclusions since there seems to be no official word from Twitter on what happened to "in reply to" links, nor have I been able to find anything in the, the lack of a better way of putting it immediately coming to mind, social media media, I really hope that Twitter has not removed this feature. If so, it would be unfortunate since Twitter is sometimes criticized as not being the ideal platform for ongoing and continuing conversations. In light of that sort of criticism, I would hope that Twitter wouldn't remove what may be its most visible method for following conversations. I use a variety of Twitter clients and not all of the them handle viewing tweets being replied to in the same way, or even really at all in some cases. Because of this, I often end up back at the web interface if I'm trying to catch up on parts of a conversation I've missed or for which I'd like to get some context. It appears that I'm not alone in using "in reply to" links, hoping to see them restored regardless of the reason for their disappearance, and hoping for some word from Twitter on why they're gone.
