Revert "Show some known OP replies in Following (#5049)" (#5301)

This reverts commit bff6aed.

src/lib/api/feed-manip.ts

@@ -379,7 +379,11 @@ export class FeedTuner {
     ): FeedViewPostsSlice[] => {
       for (let i = 0; i < slices.length; i++) {
         const slice = slices[i]
-        if (slice.isReply && !shouldDisplayReplyInFollowing(slice, userDid)) {
+        if (
+          slice.isReply &&
+          !slice.isRepost &&
+          !shouldDisplayReplyInFollowing(slice.getAuthors(), userDid)
+        ) {
           slices.splice(i, 1)
           i--
         }
@@ -443,13 +447,9 @@ function areSameAuthor(authors: AuthorContext): boolean {
 }
 
 function shouldDisplayReplyInFollowing(
-  slice: FeedViewPostsSlice,
+  authors: AuthorContext,
   userDid: string,
 ): boolean {
-  if (slice.isRepost) {
-    return true
-  }
-  const authors = slice.getAuthors()
   const {author, parentAuthor, grandparentAuthor, rootAuthor} = authors
   if (!isSelfOrFollowing(author, userDid)) {
     // Only show replies from self or people you follow.
@@ -463,21 +463,6 @@ function shouldDisplayReplyInFollowing(
     // Always show self-threads.
     return true
   }
-  if (
-    parentAuthor &&
-    parentAuthor.did !== author.did &&
-    rootAuthor &&
-    rootAuthor.did === author.did &&
-    slice.items.length > 2
-  ) {
-    // If you follow A, show A -> someone[>0 likes] -> A chains too.
-    // This is different from cases below because you only know one person.
-    const parentPost = slice.items[1].post
-    const parentLikeCount = parentPost.likeCount ?? 0
-    if (parentLikeCount > 0) {
-      return true
-    }
-  }
   // From this point on we need at least one more reason to show it.
   if (
     parentAuthor &&