But adding/removing CCs shouldn’t be the determining factor in which replies I can see.
In a big conversation, all those CCs start to take up a huge part of the message. That’s even worse considering Mastodon’s character limits.
I think most regular people don’t want to worry about the subtleties of federated networks, and just want to see the conversation without strange, unexplained gaps in the context.
I know that’s what I’d rather have.