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Don't quote when replying to direct ancestor
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Description
#### Is your suggestion related to a problem? Please describe.
Quoting (embedding) the original message in a reply can take up a lot of space.
This (UI) is particularly unnecessary if replying directly to the last message, however it should still be marked as reply.
Contrary to popular believe it is not so uncommon at all to reply to the direct predecessor message.
A common example would be a bot see below, but - in my experience - it also happens very regularly in the wild between humans.

#### Describe the solution you'd like.

clicking the replied link will highlight the first message.
#### Describe alternatives you've considered.
The following was proposed in vector-im/element-meta#1547 (for bubbles, but could work for classic timeline as well)

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