if you simply remove the root tag, but keep ONLY the direct mention of the replied to event, and the replied to event, you don't close the door to the other users on other clients.

but it ends hellthreads for our users, at the same time, and by rendering the reply-only e reference as a quote

it's simplifying the thing, achieves the same visual result, uses less data, and creates an incentive for users to move to the better client.

this is strategy. it's also simpler to implement, doesn't require using nevent entities, it will still appear as a reply to the other clients who will get the notification, and see what it relates to

it's an exploit of their pattern that works against them.

people WILL like it better, and it's a simpler solution than just only allowing quoting. it just removes the head of the double linked list