Context

From StatusNet

In Context is a nice feature of StatusNet that allows you to see (ideally) a whole conversation at identi.ca on one page, with all branches that evolved over time. If you reply to a dent in the webinterface, a client or in XMPP using the reply #postid command, your notice is automatically associated with the conversation and listed in context.

Each posting that belongs to such a talk has in it's footerline a link in context follow that link and you'll get something like this conversation between @melissawm, @harshj, @mjog and @goosemo (at the moment the screen-shot was made).

You see two branches in the conversation as well as the different levels of answers between the participants in different colors.