feat: Option to show replies in timeline (rebase #7685) (#8202)

* Add an option for timeline replies. Credit to Emilis (puffaboo)

* update db on request

packages/backend/src/models/entities/user.ts

@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ export class User {
 	})
 	public followersUri: string | null;
 
+	@Column('boolean', {
+		default: false,
+		comment: 'Whether to show users replying to other users in the timeline'
+	})
+	public showTimelineReplies: boolean;
+
 	@Index({ unique: true })
 	@Column('char', {
 		length: 16, nullable: true, unique: true,

packages/backend/src/models/repositories/user.ts

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export class UserRepository extends Repository<User> {
 			isModerator: user.isModerator || falsy,
 			isBot: user.isBot || falsy,
 			isCat: user.isCat || falsy,
+			showTimelineReplies: user.showTimelineReplies || falsy,
 			instance: user.host ? Instances.findOne({ host: user.host }).then(instance => instance ? {
 				name: instance.name,
 				softwareName: instance.softwareName,