- Are primarily "yes, and." Putting the post you're responding to first in the reading order and on the same nesting level means you're amplifying it in a way that gives it more importance. You can still rechost things you disagree with and want to discuss, of course, but it doesn't really work if you're just looking to dunk.
- Preserve the full history of the chain in an easy way to read when it comes across your feed. No more clicking through a million quotes to get the full context until I finally reach the end and get to unwind the stack.
