I'm confused. I'm looking around at a few accounts and I see a LOT of them starting with @whatever where I do not follow the other person. Is this a setting somewhere? Did I completely misunderstand? And they show up whether or not I am logged in, whether or not I am following the person using @whatever.
Are you sure this tweet-hiding applies when not using the Reply button?
If you look directly at someones profile you will see all of their tweets regardless of who they are too. The reply behavior only applies to the tweets you see in your home timeline.
Are you sure this tweet-hiding applies when not using the Reply button?