I really dig snac2's threaded view.
As a side effect, I see the need to unfollow a couple of accounts to uncrowd the time line. Which doesn't mean I don't like those people anymore. I'm still seeing what they're posting in reply to other people's posts and when their posts are boosted by people I follow.
Like, on reddit (while I was there) you don't follow every user you're interacting with, neither on G+ (while it was there).
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- follow: show me everything a person posts, boosts and every thread (in it's entirety, with all its participants) they're interacting with 🤗
- neither follow, nor block: we're good, I don't see everything you post, but still a lot if you're interacting with my friends, and I will happily interact with you 🙂
- block: for whatever reason, I don't want to see anything you post or boost 😞