I believe Jack Dorsey when he says he wants to improve the quality of discourse on the platform, but I'm not sure this step will help anything. If people are be

I believe Jack Dorsey when he says he wants to improve the quality of discourse on the platform, but I'm not sure this step will help anything. If people are being harassed, Twitter should deal with harassment. Adding the ability to hide replies simply allows people to handwave away discussion or criticism that they don't like, which seems detrimental to rational and reasoned discourse.