I thought so at first too, but I decided that the thread creator will honestly want their thread to thrive and do well so giving them the ability to keep spam reply's at bay is a plus because it will remove the need for mods. Let me clarify though that the thread creators will not be able to delete reply's only hide them. I'll have a link at the bottom or top to show all hidden reply's or re-hide them so everyone will have the ability to still see reply's that have been hidden. Not sure if that's the best way to go but I figured it should work in theory to allow thread creators to keep their threads alive with as little derailment from shit-posters as possible while also not crushing anyone's free speech.