diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebd0e61399..125e8ce02d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Changed
 - Removed the use of with_move parameters when fetching notifications
 
+## [2.0.5] - 2020-05-12
+### Add
+- Added private notifications option for push notifications
+- 'Copy link' button for statuses (in the ellipsis menu)
+
+### Changed
+- Registration page no longer requires email if the server is configured not to require it
+
+### Fixed
+- Status ellipsis menu closes properly when selecting certain options
+
 ## [2.0.3] - 2020-05-02
 ### Fixed
 - Show more/less works correctly with auto-collapsed subjects and long posts
diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index d70e10584b..34f6d6e7c5 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ const getNodeInfo = async ({ store }) => {
           : federation.enabled
       })
 
+      const accountActivationRequired = metadata.accountActivationRequired
+      store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'accountActivationRequired', value: accountActivationRequired })
+
       const accounts = metadata.staffAccounts
       resolveStaffAccounts({ store, accounts })
     } else {
@@ -304,6 +307,9 @@ const afterStoreSetup = async ({ store, i18n }) => {
     getNodeInfo({ store })
   ])
 
+  // Start fetching things that don't need to block the UI
+  store.dispatch('fetchMutes')
+
   const router = new VueRouter({
     mode: 'history',
     routes: routes(store),
diff --git a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
index 5d7ecf7e46..0826c27583 100644
--- a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
+++ b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Popover from '../popover/popover.vue'
 
 const AccountActions = {
   props: [
-    'user'
+    'user', 'relationship'
   ],
   data () {
     return { }
diff --git a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
index 483783cfb5..744b77d539 100644
--- a/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
+++ b/src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
         class="account-tools-popover"
       >
         <div class="dropdown-menu">
-          <template v-if="user.following">
+          <template v-if="relationship.following">
             <button
-              v-if="user.showing_reblogs"
+              v-if="relationship.showing_reblogs"
               class="btn btn-default dropdown-item"
               @click="hideRepeats"
             >
               {{ $t('user_card.hide_repeats') }}
             </button>
             <button
-              v-if="!user.showing_reblogs"
+              v-if="!relationship.showing_reblogs"
               class="btn btn-default dropdown-item"
               @click="showRepeats"
             >
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             />
           </template>
           <button
-            v-if="user.statusnet_blocking"
+            v-if="relationship.blocking"
             class="btn btn-default btn-block dropdown-item"
             @click="unblockUser"
           >
diff --git a/src/components/basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue b/src/components/basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue
index 8a02174e0a..9e4106102d 100644
--- a/src/components/basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       class="basic-user-card-expanded-content"
     >
       <UserCard
-        :user="user"
+        :user-id="user.id"
         :rounded="true"
         :bordered="true"
       />
diff --git a/src/components/block_card/block_card.js b/src/components/block_card/block_card.js
index c459ff1b51..0bf4e37bc0 100644
--- a/src/components/block_card/block_card.js
+++ b/src/components/block_card/block_card.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ const BlockCard = {
     user () {
       return this.$store.getters.findUser(this.userId)
     },
+    relationship () {
+      return this.$store.getters.relationship(this.userId)
+    },
     blocked () {
-      return this.user.statusnet_blocking
+      return this.relationship.blocking
     }
   },
   components: {
diff --git a/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.js b/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.js
index 3748538322..e4b19d0102 100644
--- a/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.js
+++ b/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.js
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ const ExtraButtons = {
       this.$store.dispatch('unmuteConversation', this.status.id)
         .then(() => this.$emit('onSuccess'))
         .catch(err => this.$emit('onError', err.error.error))
+    },
+    copyLink () {
+      navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.statusLink)
+        .then(() => this.$emit('onSuccess'))
+        .catch(err => this.$emit('onError', err.error.error))
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -46,6 +51,9 @@ const ExtraButtons = {
     },
     canMute () {
       return !!this.currentUser
+    },
+    statusLink () {
+      return `${this.$store.state.instance.server}${this.$router.resolve({ name: 'conversation', params: { id: this.status.id } }).href}`
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.vue b/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.vue
index 3a7f1283ab..bca93ea744 100644
--- a/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.vue
+++ b/src/components/extra_buttons/extra_buttons.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <template>
   <Popover
-    v-if="canDelete || canMute || canPin"
     trigger="click"
     placement="top"
     class="extra-button-popover"
   >
-    <div slot="content">
+    <div
+      slot="content"
+      slot-scope="{close}"
+    >
       <div class="dropdown-menu">
         <button
           v-if="canMute && !status.thread_muted"
@@ -23,28 +25,35 @@
         </button>
         <button
           v-if="!status.pinned && canPin"
-          v-close-popover
           class="dropdown-item dropdown-item-icon"
           @click.prevent="pinStatus"
+          @click="close"
         >
           <i class="icon-pin" /><span>{{ $t("status.pin") }}</span>
         </button>
         <button
           v-if="status.pinned && canPin"
-          v-close-popover
           class="dropdown-item dropdown-item-icon"
           @click.prevent="unpinStatus"
+          @click="close"
         >
           <i class="icon-pin" /><span>{{ $t("status.unpin") }}</span>
         </button>
         <button
           v-if="canDelete"
-          v-close-popover
           class="dropdown-item dropdown-item-icon"
           @click.prevent="deleteStatus"
+          @click="close"
         >
           <i class="icon-cancel" /><span>{{ $t("status.delete") }}</span>
         </button>
+        <button
+          class="dropdown-item dropdown-item-icon"
+          @click.prevent="copyLink"
+          @click="close"
+        >
+          <i class="icon-share" /><span>{{ $t("status.copy_link") }}</span>
+        </button>
       </div>
     </div>
     <i
diff --git a/src/components/follow_button/follow_button.js b/src/components/follow_button/follow_button.js
index 12da264545..95e7cb6ba7 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_button/follow_button.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_button/follow_button.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { requestFollow, requestUnfollow } from '../../services/follow_manipulate/follow_manipulate'
 export default {
-  props: ['user', 'labelFollowing', 'buttonClass'],
+  props: ['relationship', 'labelFollowing', 'buttonClass'],
   data () {
     return {
       inProgress: false
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ export default {
   },
   computed: {
     isPressed () {
-      return this.inProgress || this.user.following
+      return this.inProgress || this.relationship.following
     },
     title () {
-      if (this.inProgress || this.user.following) {
+      if (this.inProgress || this.relationship.following) {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow_unfollow')
-      } else if (this.user.requested) {
+      } else if (this.relationship.requested) {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow_again')
       } else {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow')
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export default {
     label () {
       if (this.inProgress) {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow_progress')
-      } else if (this.user.following) {
+      } else if (this.relationship.following) {
         return this.labelFollowing || this.$t('user_card.following')
-      } else if (this.user.requested) {
+      } else if (this.relationship.requested) {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow_sent')
       } else {
         return this.$t('user_card.follow')
@@ -33,20 +33,20 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     onClick () {
-      this.user.following ? this.unfollow() : this.follow()
+      this.relationship.following ? this.unfollow() : this.follow()
     },
     follow () {
       this.inProgress = true
-      requestFollow(this.user, this.$store).then(() => {
+      requestFollow(this.relationship.id, this.$store).then(() => {
         this.inProgress = false
       })
     },
     unfollow () {
       const store = this.$store
       this.inProgress = true
-      requestUnfollow(this.user, store).then(() => {
+      requestUnfollow(this.relationship.id, store).then(() => {
         this.inProgress = false
-        store.commit('removeStatus', { timeline: 'friends', userId: this.user.id })
+        store.commit('removeStatus', { timeline: 'friends', userId: this.relationship.id })
       })
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.js b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.js
index aefd609e02..6dcb6d47bd 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.js
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ const FollowCard = {
     },
     loggedIn () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
+    },
+    relationship () {
+      return this.$store.getters.relationship(this.user.id)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
index 81e6e6dc0e..76a7073007 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/follow_card/follow_card.vue
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   <basic-user-card :user="user">
     <div class="follow-card-content-container">
       <span
-        v-if="!noFollowsYou && user.follows_you"
+        v-if="!noFollowsYou && relationship.followed_by"
         class="faint"
       >
         {{ isMe ? $t('user_card.its_you') : $t('user_card.follows_you') }}
       </span>
       <template v-if="!loggedIn">
         <div
-          v-if="!user.following"
+          v-if="!relationship.following"
           class="follow-card-follow-button"
         >
           <RemoteFollow :user="user" />
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
       </template>
       <template v-else>
         <FollowButton
-          :user="user"
-          class="follow-card-follow-button"
+          :relationship="relationship"
           :label-following="$t('user_card.follow_unfollow')"
+          class="follow-card-follow-button"
         />
       </template>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/components/mute_card/mute_card.js b/src/components/mute_card/mute_card.js
index 65c9cfb5b0..cbec0e9bb3 100644
--- a/src/components/mute_card/mute_card.js
+++ b/src/components/mute_card/mute_card.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ const MuteCard = {
     user () {
       return this.$store.getters.findUser(this.userId)
     },
+    relationship () {
+      return this.$store.getters.relationship(this.userId)
+    },
     muted () {
-      return this.user.muted
+      return this.relationship.muting
     }
   },
   components: {
@@ -21,13 +24,13 @@ const MuteCard = {
   methods: {
     unmuteUser () {
       this.progress = true
-      this.$store.dispatch('unmuteUser', this.user.id).then(() => {
+      this.$store.dispatch('unmuteUser', this.userId).then(() => {
         this.progress = false
       })
     },
     muteUser () {
       this.progress = true
-      this.$store.dispatch('muteUser', this.user.id).then(() => {
+      this.$store.dispatch('muteUser', this.userId).then(() => {
         this.progress = false
       })
     }
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.js b/src/components/notification/notification.js
index 1ae81ce4d1..1cf4c9bc7b 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.js
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const Notification = {
       return this.generateUserProfileLink(this.targetUser)
     },
     needMute () {
-      return this.user.muted
+      return this.$store.getters.relationship(this.user.id).muting
     },
     isStatusNotification () {
       return isStatusNotification(this.notification.type)
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.vue b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
index f6da07ddc1..0e46a2a722 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <div class="notification-right">
         <UserCard
           v-if="userExpanded"
-          :user="getUser(notification)"
+          :user-id="getUser(notification).id"
           :rounded="true"
           :bordered="true"
         />
diff --git a/src/components/react_button/react_button.js b/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
index 1994956354..abc3bf07d9 100644
--- a/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
+++ b/src/components/react_button/react_button.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Popover from '../popover/popover.vue'
 import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 
 const ReactButton = {
-  props: ['status', 'loggedIn'],
+  props: ['status'],
   data () {
     return {
       filterWord: ''
diff --git a/src/components/react_button/react_button.vue b/src/components/react_button/react_button.vue
index ab4b4fcd09..0b34add1e2 100644
--- a/src/components/react_button/react_button.vue
+++ b/src/components/react_button/react_button.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <i
-      v-if="loggedIn"
       slot="trigger"
       class="icon-smile button-icon add-reaction-button"
       :title="$t('tool_tip.add_reaction')"
diff --git a/src/components/registration/registration.js b/src/components/registration/registration.js
index ace8cc7ce8..dab06e1ee4 100644
--- a/src/components/registration/registration.js
+++ b/src/components/registration/registration.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { validationMixin } from 'vuelidate'
-import { required, sameAs } from 'vuelidate/lib/validators'
+import { required, requiredIf, sameAs } from 'vuelidate/lib/validators'
 import { mapActions, mapState } from 'vuex'
 
 const registration = {
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@ const registration = {
     },
     captcha: {}
   }),
-  validations: {
-    user: {
-      email: { required },
-      username: { required },
-      fullname: { required },
-      password: { required },
-      confirm: {
-        required,
-        sameAsPassword: sameAs('password')
+  validations () {
+    return {
+      user: {
+        email: { required: requiredIf(() => this.accountActivationRequired) },
+        username: { required },
+        fullname: { required },
+        password: { required },
+        confirm: {
+          required,
+          sameAsPassword: sameAs('password')
+        }
       }
     }
   },
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ const registration = {
       signedIn: (state) => !!state.users.currentUser,
       isPending: (state) => state.users.signUpPending,
       serverValidationErrors: (state) => state.users.signUpErrors,
-      termsOfService: (state) => state.instance.tos
+      termsOfService: (state) => state.instance.tos,
+      accountActivationRequired: (state) => state.instance.accountActivationRequired
     })
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
index df1d22a47e..2958a3869c 100644
--- a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
+++ b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       >
         <UserCard
           v-if="currentUser"
-          :user="currentUser"
+          :user-id="currentUser.id"
           :hide-bio="true"
         />
         <div
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index 61d66301c8..9cd9d61c6d 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
-import Attachment from '../attachment/attachment.vue'
 import FavoriteButton from '../favorite_button/favorite_button.vue'
 import ReactButton from '../react_button/react_button.vue'
 import RetweetButton from '../retweet_button/retweet_button.vue'
-import Poll from '../poll/poll.vue'
 import ExtraButtons from '../extra_buttons/extra_buttons.vue'
 import PostStatusForm from '../post_status_form/post_status_form.vue'
 import UserCard from '../user_card/user_card.vue'
 import UserAvatar from '../user_avatar/user_avatar.vue'
-import Gallery from '../gallery/gallery.vue'
-import LinkPreview from '../link-preview/link-preview.vue'
 import AvatarList from '../avatar_list/avatar_list.vue'
 import Timeago from '../timeago/timeago.vue'
+import StatusContent from '../status_content/status_content.vue'
 import StatusPopover from '../status_popover/status_popover.vue'
 import EmojiReactions from '../emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.vue'
 import generateProfileLink from 'src/services/user_profile_link_generator/user_profile_link_generator'
-import fileType from 'src/services/file_type/file_type.service'
-import { processHtml } from 'src/services/tiny_post_html_processor/tiny_post_html_processor.service.js'
 import { highlightClass, highlightStyle } from '../../services/user_highlighter/user_highlighter.js'
-import { mentionMatchesUrl, extractTagFromUrl } from 'src/services/matcher/matcher.service.js'
 import { filter, unescape, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
 import { mapGetters, mapState } from 'vuex'
 
@@ -43,17 +37,10 @@ const Status = {
       replying: false,
       unmuted: false,
       userExpanded: false,
-      showingTall: this.inConversation && this.focused,
-      showingLongSubject: false,
-      error: null,
-      // not as computed because it sets the initial state which will be changed later
-      expandingSubject: !this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject
+      error: null
     }
   },
   computed: {
-    localCollapseSubjectDefault () {
-      return this.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject
-    },
     muteWords () {
       return this.mergedConfig.muteWords
     },
@@ -79,10 +66,6 @@ const Status = {
       const highlight = this.mergedConfig.highlight
       return highlightStyle(highlight[user.screen_name])
     },
-    hideAttachments () {
-      return (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachments && !this.inConversation) ||
-        (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachmentsInConv && this.inConversation)
-    },
     userProfileLink () {
       return this.generateUserProfileLink(this.status.user.id, this.status.user.screen_name)
     },
@@ -118,7 +101,13 @@ const Status = {
 
       return hits
     },
-    muted () { return !this.unmuted && ((!(this.inProfile && this.status.user.id === this.profileUserId) && this.status.user.muted) || (!this.inConversation && this.status.thread_muted) || this.muteWordHits.length > 0) },
+    muted () {
+      const relationship = this.$store.getters.relationship(this.status.user.id)
+      return !this.unmuted && (
+        (!(this.inProfile && this.status.user.id === this.profileUserId) && relationship.muting) ||
+        (!this.inConversation && this.status.thread_muted) ||
+        this.muteWordHits.length > 0)
+    },
     hideFilteredStatuses () {
       return this.mergedConfig.hideFilteredStatuses
     },
@@ -135,20 +124,6 @@ const Status = {
       // use conversation highlight only when in conversation
       return this.status.id === this.highlight
     },
-    // This is a bit hacky, but we want to approximate post height before rendering
-    // so we count newlines (masto uses <p> for paragraphs, GS uses <br> between them)
-    // as well as approximate line count by counting characters and approximating ~80
-    // per line.
-    //
-    // Using max-height + overflow: auto for status components resulted in false positives
-    // very often with japanese characters, and it was very annoying.
-    tallStatus () {
-      const lengthScore = this.status.statusnet_html.split(/<p|<br/).length + this.status.text.length / 80
-      return lengthScore > 20
-    },
-    longSubject () {
-      return this.status.summary.length > 900
-    },
     isReply () {
       return !!(this.status.in_reply_to_status_id && this.status.in_reply_to_user_id)
     },
@@ -178,8 +153,11 @@ const Status = {
         if (this.status.user.id === this.status.attentions[i].id) {
           continue
         }
-        const taggedUser = this.$store.getters.findUser(this.status.attentions[i].id)
-        if (checkFollowing && taggedUser && taggedUser.following) {
+        // There's zero guarantee of this working. If we happen to have that user and their
+        // relationship in store then it will work, but there's kinda little chance of having
+        // them for people you're not following.
+        const relationship = this.$store.state.users.relationships[this.status.attentions[i].id]
+        if (checkFollowing && relationship && relationship.following) {
           return false
         }
         if (this.status.attentions[i].id === this.currentUser.id) {
@@ -188,32 +166,6 @@ const Status = {
       }
       return this.status.attentions.length > 0
     },
-
-    // When a status has a subject and is also tall, we should only have one show more/less button. If the default is to collapse statuses with subjects, we just treat it like a status with a subject; otherwise, we just treat it like a tall status.
-    mightHideBecauseSubject () {
-      return this.status.summary && (!this.tallStatus || this.localCollapseSubjectDefault)
-    },
-    mightHideBecauseTall () {
-      return this.tallStatus && (!this.status.summary || !this.localCollapseSubjectDefault)
-    },
-    hideSubjectStatus () {
-      return this.mightHideBecauseSubject && !this.expandingSubject
-    },
-    hideTallStatus () {
-      return this.mightHideBecauseTall && !this.showingTall
-    },
-    showingMore () {
-      return (this.mightHideBecauseTall && this.showingTall) || (this.mightHideBecauseSubject && this.expandingSubject)
-    },
-    nsfwClickthrough () {
-      if (!this.status.nsfw) {
-        return false
-      }
-      if (this.status.summary && this.localCollapseSubjectDefault) {
-        return false
-      }
-      return true
-    },
     replySubject () {
       if (!this.status.summary) return ''
       const decodedSummary = unescape(this.status.summary)
@@ -227,83 +179,6 @@ const Status = {
         return ''
       }
     },
-    attachmentSize () {
-      if ((this.mergedConfig.hideAttachments && !this.inConversation) ||
-        (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachmentsInConv && this.inConversation) ||
-        (this.status.attachments.length > this.maxThumbnails)) {
-        return 'hide'
-      } else if (this.compact) {
-        return 'small'
-      }
-      return 'normal'
-    },
-    galleryTypes () {
-      if (this.attachmentSize === 'hide') {
-        return []
-      }
-      return this.mergedConfig.playVideosInModal
-        ? ['image', 'video']
-        : ['image']
-    },
-    galleryAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.filter(
-        file => fileType.fileMatchesSomeType(this.galleryTypes, file)
-      )
-    },
-    nonGalleryAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.filter(
-        file => !fileType.fileMatchesSomeType(this.galleryTypes, file)
-      )
-    },
-    hasImageAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.some(
-        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'image'
-      )
-    },
-    hasVideoAttachments () {
-      return this.status.attachments.some(
-        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'video'
-      )
-    },
-    maxThumbnails () {
-      return this.mergedConfig.maxThumbnails
-    },
-    postBodyHtml () {
-      const html = this.status.statusnet_html
-
-      if (this.mergedConfig.greentext) {
-        try {
-          if (html.includes('&gt;')) {
-            // This checks if post has '>' at the beginning, excluding mentions so that @mention >impying works
-            return processHtml(html, (string) => {
-              if (string.includes('&gt;') &&
-                  string
-                    .replace(/<[^>]+?>/gi, '') // remove all tags
-                    .replace(/@\w+/gi, '') // remove mentions (even failed ones)
-                    .trim()
-                    .startsWith('&gt;')) {
-                return `<span class='greentext'>${string}</span>`
-              } else {
-                return string
-              }
-            })
-          } else {
-            return html
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.err('Failed to process status html', e)
-          return html
-        }
-      } else {
-        return html
-      }
-    },
-    contentHtml () {
-      if (!this.status.summary_html) {
-        return this.postBodyHtml
-      }
-      return this.status.summary_html + '<br />' + this.postBodyHtml
-    },
     combinedFavsAndRepeatsUsers () {
       // Use the status from the global status repository since favs and repeats are saved in it
       const combinedUsers = [].concat(
@@ -312,9 +187,6 @@ const Status = {
       )
       return uniqBy(combinedUsers, 'id')
     },
-    ownStatus () {
-      return this.status.user.id === this.currentUser.id
-    },
     tags () {
       return this.status.tags.filter(tagObj => tagObj.hasOwnProperty('name')).map(tagObj => tagObj.name).join(' ')
     },
@@ -328,21 +200,18 @@ const Status = {
     })
   },
   components: {
-    Attachment,
     FavoriteButton,
     ReactButton,
     RetweetButton,
     ExtraButtons,
     PostStatusForm,
-    Poll,
     UserCard,
     UserAvatar,
-    Gallery,
-    LinkPreview,
     AvatarList,
     Timeago,
     StatusPopover,
-    EmojiReactions
+    EmojiReactions,
+    StatusContent
   },
   methods: {
     visibilityIcon (visibility) {
@@ -363,32 +232,6 @@ const Status = {
     clearError () {
       this.error = undefined
     },
-    linkClicked (event) {
-      const target = event.target.closest('.status-content a')
-      if (target) {
-        if (target.className.match(/mention/)) {
-          const href = target.href
-          const attn = this.status.attentions.find(attn => mentionMatchesUrl(attn, href))
-          if (attn) {
-            event.stopPropagation()
-            event.preventDefault()
-            const link = this.generateUserProfileLink(attn.id, attn.screen_name)
-            this.$router.push(link)
-            return
-          }
-        }
-        if (target.rel.match(/(?:^|\s)tag(?:$|\s)/) || target.className.match(/hashtag/)) {
-          // Extract tag name from link url
-          const tag = extractTagFromUrl(target.href)
-          if (tag) {
-            const link = this.generateTagLink(tag)
-            this.$router.push(link)
-            return
-          }
-        }
-        window.open(target.href, '_blank')
-      }
-    },
     toggleReplying () {
       this.replying = !this.replying
     },
@@ -406,22 +249,8 @@ const Status = {
     toggleUserExpanded () {
       this.userExpanded = !this.userExpanded
     },
-    toggleShowMore () {
-      if (this.mightHideBecauseTall) {
-        this.showingTall = !this.showingTall
-      } else if (this.mightHideBecauseSubject) {
-        this.expandingSubject = !this.expandingSubject
-      }
-    },
     generateUserProfileLink (id, name) {
       return generateProfileLink(id, name, this.$store.state.instance.restrictedNicknames)
-    },
-    generateTagLink (tag) {
-      return `/tag/${tag}`
-    },
-    setMedia () {
-      const attachments = this.attachmentSize === 'hide' ? this.status.attachments : this.galleryAttachments
-      return () => this.$store.dispatch('setMedia', attachments)
     }
   },
   watch: {
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index ca2956400f..e4c7545bbb 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <div class="status-body">
           <UserCard
             v-if="userExpanded"
-            :user="status.user"
+            :user-id="status.user.id"
             :rounded="true"
             :bordered="true"
             class="status-usercard"
@@ -226,118 +226,12 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          <div
-            v-if="longSubject"
-            class="status-content-wrapper"
-            :class="{ 'tall-status': !showingLongSubject }"
-          >
-            <a
-              v-if="!showingLongSubject"
-              class="tall-status-hider"
-              :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': isFocused }"
-              href="#"
-              @click.prevent="showingLongSubject=true"
-            >{{ $t("general.show_more") }}</a>
-            <div
-              class="status-content media-body"
-              @click.prevent="linkClicked"
-              v-html="contentHtml"
-            />
-            <a
-              v-if="showingLongSubject"
-              href="#"
-              class="status-unhider"
-              @click.prevent="showingLongSubject=false"
-            >{{ $t("general.show_less") }}</a>
-          </div>
-          <div
-            v-else
-            :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}"
-            class="status-content-wrapper"
-          >
-            <a
-              v-if="hideTallStatus"
-              class="tall-status-hider"
-              :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': isFocused }"
-              href="#"
-              @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-            >{{ $t("general.show_more") }}</a>
-            <div
-              v-if="!hideSubjectStatus"
-              class="status-content media-body"
-              @click.prevent="linkClicked"
-              v-html="contentHtml"
-            />
-            <div
-              v-else
-              class="status-content media-body"
-              @click.prevent="linkClicked"
-              v-html="status.summary_html"
-            />
-            <a
-              v-if="hideSubjectStatus"
-              href="#"
-              class="cw-status-hider"
-              @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-            >
-              {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
-              <span
-                v-if="hasImageAttachments"
-                class="icon-picture"
-              />
-              <span
-                v-if="hasVideoAttachments"
-                class="icon-video"
-              />
-              <span
-                v-if="status.card"
-                class="icon-link"
-              />
-            </a>
-            <a
-              v-if="showingMore"
-              href="#"
-              class="status-unhider"
-              @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-            >{{ $t("general.show_less") }}</a>
-          </div>
-
-          <div v-if="status.poll && status.poll.options">
-            <poll :base-poll="status.poll" />
-          </div>
-
-          <div
-            v-if="status.attachments && (!hideSubjectStatus || showingLongSubject)"
-            class="attachments media-body"
-          >
-            <attachment
-              v-for="attachment in nonGalleryAttachments"
-              :key="attachment.id"
-              class="non-gallery"
-              :size="attachmentSize"
-              :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
-              :attachment="attachment"
-              :allow-play="true"
-              :set-media="setMedia()"
-            />
-            <gallery
-              v-if="galleryAttachments.length > 0"
-              :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
-              :attachments="galleryAttachments"
-              :set-media="setMedia()"
-            />
-          </div>
-
-          <div
-            v-if="status.card && !hideSubjectStatus && !noHeading"
-            class="link-preview media-body"
-          >
-            <link-preview
-              :card="status.card"
-              :size="attachmentSize"
-              :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
-            />
-          </div>
+          <StatusContent
+            :status="status"
+            :no-heading="noHeading"
+            :highlight="highlight"
+            :focused="isFocused"
+          />
 
           <transition name="fade">
             <div
@@ -404,7 +298,7 @@
               :status="status"
             />
             <ReactButton
-              :logged-in="loggedIn"
+              v-if="loggedIn"
               :status="status"
             />
             <extra-buttons
@@ -630,105 +524,6 @@ $status-margin: 0.75em;
     }
   }
 
-  .tall-status {
-    position: relative;
-    height: 220px;
-    overflow-x: hidden;
-    overflow-y: hidden;
-    z-index: 1;
-    .status-content {
-      height: 100%;
-      mask: linear-gradient(to top, white, transparent) bottom/100% 70px no-repeat,
-            linear-gradient(to top, white, white);
-      /* Autoprefixed seem to ignore this one, and also syntax is different */
-      -webkit-mask-composite: xor;
-      mask-composite: exclude;
-    }
-  }
-
-  .tall-status-hider {
-    display: inline-block;
-    word-break: break-all;
-    position: absolute;
-    height: 70px;
-    margin-top: 150px;
-    width: 100%;
-    text-align: center;
-    line-height: 110px;
-    z-index: 2;
-  }
-
-  .status-unhider, .cw-status-hider {
-    width: 100%;
-    text-align: center;
-    display: inline-block;
-    word-break: break-all;
-  }
-
-  .status-content {
-    font-family: var(--postFont, sans-serif);
-    line-height: 1.4em;
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
-
-    a {
-      color: $fallback--link;
-      color: var(--postLink, $fallback--link);
-    }
-
-    img, video {
-      max-width: 100%;
-      max-height: 400px;
-      vertical-align: middle;
-      object-fit: contain;
-
-      &.emoji {
-        width: 32px;
-        height: 32px;
-      }
-    }
-
-    blockquote {
-      margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 2em;
-      font-style: italic;
-    }
-
-    pre {
-      overflow: auto;
-    }
-
-    code, samp, kbd, var, pre {
-      font-family: var(--postCodeFont, monospace);
-    }
-
-    p {
-      margin: 0 0 1em 0;
-    }
-
-    p:last-child {
-      margin: 0 0 0 0;
-    }
-
-    h1 {
-      font-size: 1.1em;
-      line-height: 1.2em;
-      margin: 1.4em 0;
-    }
-
-    h2 {
-      font-size: 1.1em;
-      margin: 1.0em 0;
-    }
-
-    h3 {
-      font-size: 1em;
-      margin: 1.2em 0;
-    }
-
-    h4 {
-      margin: 1.1em 0;
-    }
-  }
-
   .retweet-info {
     padding: 0.4em $status-margin;
     margin: 0;
@@ -790,11 +585,6 @@ $status-margin: 0.75em;
   }
 }
 
-.greentext {
-  color: $fallback--cGreen;
-  color: var(--cGreen, $fallback--cGreen);
-}
-
 .status-conversation {
   border-left-style: solid;
 }
@@ -866,14 +656,6 @@ a.unmute {
   flex: 1;
 }
 
-.timeline :not(.panel-disabled) > {
-  .status-el:last-child {
-    border-radius: 0 0 $fallback--panelRadius $fallback--panelRadius;
-    border-radius: 0 0 var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius);
-    border-bottom: none;
-  }
-}
-
 .favs-repeated-users {
   margin-top: $status-margin;
 
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccc01b6f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import Attachment from '../attachment/attachment.vue'
+import Poll from '../poll/poll.vue'
+import Gallery from '../gallery/gallery.vue'
+import LinkPreview from '../link-preview/link-preview.vue'
+import generateProfileLink from 'src/services/user_profile_link_generator/user_profile_link_generator'
+import fileType from 'src/services/file_type/file_type.service'
+import { processHtml } from 'src/services/tiny_post_html_processor/tiny_post_html_processor.service.js'
+import { mentionMatchesUrl, extractTagFromUrl } from 'src/services/matcher/matcher.service.js'
+import { mapGetters, mapState } from 'vuex'
+
+const StatusContent = {
+  name: 'StatusContent',
+  props: [
+    'status',
+    'focused',
+    'noHeading',
+    'fullContent'
+  ],
+  data () {
+    return {
+      showingTall: this.inConversation && this.focused,
+      showingLongSubject: false,
+      // not as computed because it sets the initial state which will be changed later
+      expandingSubject: !this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    localCollapseSubjectDefault () {
+      return this.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject
+    },
+    hideAttachments () {
+      return (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachments && !this.inConversation) ||
+        (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachmentsInConv && this.inConversation)
+    },
+    // This is a bit hacky, but we want to approximate post height before rendering
+    // so we count newlines (masto uses <p> for paragraphs, GS uses <br> between them)
+    // as well as approximate line count by counting characters and approximating ~80
+    // per line.
+    //
+    // Using max-height + overflow: auto for status components resulted in false positives
+    // very often with japanese characters, and it was very annoying.
+    tallStatus () {
+      const lengthScore = this.status.statusnet_html.split(/<p|<br/).length + this.status.text.length / 80
+      return lengthScore > 20
+    },
+    longSubject () {
+      return this.status.summary.length > 900
+    },
+    // When a status has a subject and is also tall, we should only have one show more/less button. If the default is to collapse statuses with subjects, we just treat it like a status with a subject; otherwise, we just treat it like a tall status.
+    mightHideBecauseSubject () {
+      return this.status.summary && (!this.tallStatus || this.localCollapseSubjectDefault)
+    },
+    mightHideBecauseTall () {
+      return this.tallStatus && (!this.status.summary || !this.localCollapseSubjectDefault)
+    },
+    hideSubjectStatus () {
+      return this.mightHideBecauseSubject && !this.expandingSubject
+    },
+    hideTallStatus () {
+      return this.mightHideBecauseTall && !this.showingTall
+    },
+    showingMore () {
+      return (this.mightHideBecauseTall && this.showingTall) || (this.mightHideBecauseSubject && this.expandingSubject)
+    },
+    nsfwClickthrough () {
+      if (!this.status.nsfw) {
+        return false
+      }
+      if (this.status.summary && this.localCollapseSubjectDefault) {
+        return false
+      }
+      return true
+    },
+    attachmentSize () {
+      if ((this.mergedConfig.hideAttachments && !this.inConversation) ||
+        (this.mergedConfig.hideAttachmentsInConv && this.inConversation) ||
+        (this.status.attachments.length > this.maxThumbnails)) {
+        return 'hide'
+      } else if (this.compact) {
+        return 'small'
+      }
+      return 'normal'
+    },
+    galleryTypes () {
+      if (this.attachmentSize === 'hide') {
+        return []
+      }
+      return this.mergedConfig.playVideosInModal
+        ? ['image', 'video']
+        : ['image']
+    },
+    galleryAttachments () {
+      return this.status.attachments.filter(
+        file => fileType.fileMatchesSomeType(this.galleryTypes, file)
+      )
+    },
+    nonGalleryAttachments () {
+      return this.status.attachments.filter(
+        file => !fileType.fileMatchesSomeType(this.galleryTypes, file)
+      )
+    },
+    hasImageAttachments () {
+      return this.status.attachments.some(
+        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'image'
+      )
+    },
+    hasVideoAttachments () {
+      return this.status.attachments.some(
+        file => fileType.fileType(file.mimetype) === 'video'
+      )
+    },
+    maxThumbnails () {
+      return this.mergedConfig.maxThumbnails
+    },
+    postBodyHtml () {
+      const html = this.status.statusnet_html
+
+      if (this.mergedConfig.greentext) {
+        try {
+          if (html.includes('&gt;')) {
+            // This checks if post has '>' at the beginning, excluding mentions so that @mention >impying works
+            return processHtml(html, (string) => {
+              if (string.includes('&gt;') &&
+                  string
+                    .replace(/<[^>]+?>/gi, '') // remove all tags
+                    .replace(/@\w+/gi, '') // remove mentions (even failed ones)
+                    .trim()
+                    .startsWith('&gt;')) {
+                return `<span class='greentext'>${string}</span>`
+              } else {
+                return string
+              }
+            })
+          } else {
+            return html
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.err('Failed to process status html', e)
+          return html
+        }
+      } else {
+        return html
+      }
+    },
+    contentHtml () {
+      if (!this.status.summary_html) {
+        return this.postBodyHtml
+      }
+      return this.status.summary_html + '<br />' + this.postBodyHtml
+    },
+    ...mapGetters(['mergedConfig']),
+    ...mapState({
+      betterShadow: state => state.interface.browserSupport.cssFilter,
+      currentUser: state => state.users.currentUser
+    })
+  },
+  components: {
+    Attachment,
+    Poll,
+    Gallery,
+    LinkPreview
+  },
+  methods: {
+    linkClicked (event) {
+      const target = event.target.closest('.status-content a')
+      if (target) {
+        if (target.className.match(/mention/)) {
+          const href = target.href
+          const attn = this.status.attentions.find(attn => mentionMatchesUrl(attn, href))
+          if (attn) {
+            event.stopPropagation()
+            event.preventDefault()
+            const link = this.generateUserProfileLink(attn.id, attn.screen_name)
+            this.$router.push(link)
+            return
+          }
+        }
+        if (target.rel.match(/(?:^|\s)tag(?:$|\s)/) || target.className.match(/hashtag/)) {
+          // Extract tag name from link url
+          const tag = extractTagFromUrl(target.href)
+          if (tag) {
+            const link = this.generateTagLink(tag)
+            this.$router.push(link)
+            return
+          }
+        }
+        window.open(target.href, '_blank')
+      }
+    },
+    toggleShowMore () {
+      if (this.mightHideBecauseTall) {
+        this.showingTall = !this.showingTall
+      } else if (this.mightHideBecauseSubject) {
+        this.expandingSubject = !this.expandingSubject
+      }
+    },
+    generateUserProfileLink (id, name) {
+      return generateProfileLink(id, name, this.$store.state.instance.restrictedNicknames)
+    },
+    generateTagLink (tag) {
+      return `/tag/${tag}`
+    },
+    setMedia () {
+      const attachments = this.attachmentSize === 'hide' ? this.status.attachments : this.galleryAttachments
+      return () => this.$store.dispatch('setMedia', attachments)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default StatusContent
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c2e87498f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+<template>
+  <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
+  <div class="status-body">
+    <slot name="header" />
+    <div
+      v-if="longSubject"
+      class="status-content-wrapper"
+      :class="{ 'tall-status': !showingLongSubject }"
+    >
+      <a
+        v-if="!showingLongSubject"
+        class="tall-status-hider"
+        :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': focused }"
+        href="#"
+        @click.prevent="showingLongSubject=true"
+      >
+        {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
+        <span
+          v-if="hasImageAttachments"
+          class="icon-picture"
+        />
+        <span
+          v-if="hasVideoAttachments"
+          class="icon-video"
+        />
+        <span
+          v-if="status.card"
+          class="icon-link"
+        />
+      </a>
+      <div
+        class="status-content media-body"
+        @click.prevent="linkClicked"
+        v-html="contentHtml"
+      />
+      <a
+        v-if="showingLongSubject"
+        href="#"
+        class="status-unhider"
+        @click.prevent="showingLongSubject=false"
+      >{{ $t("general.show_less") }}</a>
+    </div>
+    <div
+      v-else
+      :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}"
+      class="status-content-wrapper"
+    >
+      <a
+        v-if="hideTallStatus"
+        class="tall-status-hider"
+        :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': focused }"
+        href="#"
+        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+      >{{ $t("general.show_more") }}</a>
+      <div
+        v-if="!hideSubjectStatus"
+        class="status-content media-body"
+        @click.prevent="linkClicked"
+        v-html="contentHtml"
+      />
+      <div
+        v-else
+        class="status-content media-body"
+        @click.prevent="linkClicked"
+        v-html="status.summary_html"
+      />
+      <a
+        v-if="hideSubjectStatus"
+        href="#"
+        class="cw-status-hider"
+        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+      >{{ $t("general.show_more") }}</a>
+      <a
+        v-if="showingMore"
+        href="#"
+        class="status-unhider"
+        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+      >{{ $t("general.show_less") }}</a>
+    </div>
+
+    <div v-if="status.poll && status.poll.options">
+      <poll :base-poll="status.poll" />
+    </div>
+
+    <div
+      v-if="status.attachments.length !== 0 && (!hideSubjectStatus || showingLongSubject)"
+      class="attachments media-body"
+    >
+      <attachment
+        v-for="attachment in nonGalleryAttachments"
+        :key="attachment.id"
+        class="non-gallery"
+        :size="attachmentSize"
+        :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
+        :attachment="attachment"
+        :allow-play="true"
+        :set-media="setMedia()"
+      />
+      <gallery
+        v-if="galleryAttachments.length > 0"
+        :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
+        :attachments="galleryAttachments"
+        :set-media="setMedia()"
+      />
+    </div>
+
+    <div
+      v-if="status.card && !hideSubjectStatus && !noHeading"
+      class="link-preview media-body"
+    >
+      <link-preview
+        :card="status.card"
+        :size="attachmentSize"
+        :nsfw="nsfwClickthrough"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <slot name="footer" />
+  </div>
+  <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
+</template>
+
+<script src="./status_content.js" ></script>
+<style lang="scss">
+@import '../../_variables.scss';
+
+$status-margin: 0.75em;
+
+.status-body {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+
+  .tall-status {
+    position: relative;
+    height: 220px;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
+    overflow-y: hidden;
+    z-index: 1;
+    .status-content {
+      height: 100%;
+      mask: linear-gradient(to top, white, transparent) bottom/100% 70px no-repeat,
+            linear-gradient(to top, white, white);
+      /* Autoprefixed seem to ignore this one, and also syntax is different */
+      -webkit-mask-composite: xor;
+      mask-composite: exclude;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .tall-status-hider {
+    display: inline-block;
+    word-break: break-all;
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 70px;
+    margin-top: 150px;
+    width: 100%;
+    text-align: center;
+    line-height: 110px;
+    z-index: 2;
+  }
+
+  .status-unhider, .cw-status-hider {
+    width: 100%;
+    text-align: center;
+    display: inline-block;
+    word-break: break-all;
+  }
+
+  .status-content {
+    font-family: var(--postFont, sans-serif);
+    line-height: 1.4em;
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+
+    img, video {
+      max-width: 100%;
+      max-height: 400px;
+      vertical-align: middle;
+      object-fit: contain;
+
+      &.emoji {
+        width: 32px;
+        height: 32px;
+      }
+    }
+
+    blockquote {
+      margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 2em;
+      font-style: italic;
+    }
+
+    pre {
+      overflow: auto;
+    }
+
+    code, samp, kbd, var, pre {
+      font-family: var(--postCodeFont, monospace);
+    }
+
+    p {
+      margin: 0 0 1em 0;
+    }
+
+    p:last-child {
+      margin: 0 0 0 0;
+    }
+
+    h1 {
+      font-size: 1.1em;
+      line-height: 1.2em;
+      margin: 1.4em 0;
+    }
+
+    h2 {
+      font-size: 1.1em;
+      margin: 1.0em 0;
+    }
+
+    h3 {
+      font-size: 1em;
+      margin: 1.2em 0;
+    }
+
+    h4 {
+      margin: 1.1em 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+.greentext {
+  color: $fallback--cGreen;
+  color: var(--cGreen, $fallback--cGreen);
+}
+
+.timeline :not(.panel-disabled) > {
+  .status-el:last-child {
+    border-radius: 0 0 $fallback--panelRadius $fallback--panelRadius;
+    border-radius: 0 0 var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius);
+    border-bottom: none;
+  }
+}
+
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
index 1cdbd3fa72..8e6b9d7fa5 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 
 export default {
   props: [
-    'user', 'switcher', 'selected', 'hideBio', 'rounded', 'bordered', 'allowZoomingAvatar'
+    'userId', 'switcher', 'selected', 'hideBio', 'rounded', 'bordered', 'allowZoomingAvatar'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ export default {
     this.$store.dispatch('fetchUserRelationship', this.user.id)
   },
   computed: {
+    user () {
+      return this.$store.getters.findUser(this.userId)
+    },
+    relationship () {
+      return this.$store.getters.relationship(this.userId)
+    },
     classes () {
       return [{
         'user-card-rounded-t': this.rounded === 'top', // set border-top-left-radius and border-top-right-radius
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
index 4ee040e8be..b40435cd49 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
               <AccountActions
                 v-if="isOtherUser && loggedIn"
                 :user="user"
+                :relationship="relationship"
               />
             </div>
             <div class="bottom-line">
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="user-meta">
           <div
-            v-if="user.follows_you && loggedIn && isOtherUser"
+            v-if="relationship.followed_by && loggedIn && isOtherUser"
             class="following"
           >
             {{ $t('user_card.follows_you') }}
@@ -139,10 +140,10 @@
           class="user-interactions"
         >
           <div class="btn-group">
-            <FollowButton :user="user" />
-            <template v-if="user.following">
+            <FollowButton :relationship="relationship" />
+            <template v-if="relationship.following">
               <ProgressButton
-                v-if="!user.subscribed"
+                v-if="!relationship.subscribing"
                 class="btn btn-default"
                 :click="subscribeUser"
                 :title="$t('user_card.subscribe')"
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
           </div>
           <div>
             <button
-              v-if="user.muted"
+              v-if="relationship.muting"
               class="btn btn-default btn-block toggled"
               @click="unmuteUser"
             >
diff --git a/src/components/user_panel/user_panel.vue b/src/components/user_panel/user_panel.vue
index e9f08015a1..1db4f64881 100644
--- a/src/components/user_panel/user_panel.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_panel/user_panel.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       class="panel panel-default signed-in"
     >
       <UserCard
-        :user="user"
+        :user-id="user.id"
         :hide-bio="true"
         rounded="top"
       />
diff --git a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
index 14082e8394..1871d46c62 100644
--- a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       class="user-profile panel panel-default"
     >
       <UserCard
-        :user="user"
+        :user-id="userId"
         :switcher="true"
         :selected="timeline.viewing"
         :allow-zooming-avatar="true"
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
index eca6f9b16f..5338c97402 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
@@ -351,14 +351,14 @@ const UserSettings = {
     },
     filterUnblockedUsers (userIds) {
       return reject(userIds, (userId) => {
-        const user = this.$store.getters.findUser(userId)
-        return !user || user.statusnet_blocking || user.id === this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
+        const relationship = this.$store.getters.relationship(this.userId)
+        return relationship.blocking || userId === this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
       })
     },
     filterUnMutedUsers (userIds) {
       return reject(userIds, (userId) => {
-        const user = this.$store.getters.findUser(userId)
-        return !user || user.muted || user.id === this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
+        const relationship = this.$store.getters.relationship(this.userId)
+        return relationship.muting || userId === this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
       })
     },
     queryUserIds (query) {
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
index 8b2336b4dd..ad184520a1 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
           :label="$t('settings.notifications')"
         >
           <div class="setting-item">
+            <h2>{{ $t('settings.notification_setting_filters') }}</h2>
             <div class="select-multiple">
               <span class="label">{{ $t('settings.notification_setting') }}</span>
               <ul class="option-list">
@@ -404,6 +405,17 @@
                 </li>
               </ul>
             </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="setting-item">
+            <h2>{{ $t('settings.notification_setting_privacy') }}</h2>
+            <p>
+              <Checkbox v-model="notificationSettings.privacy_option">
+                {{ $t('settings.notification_setting_privacy_option') }}
+              </Checkbox>
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div class="setting-item">
             <p>{{ $t('settings.notification_mutes') }}</p>
             <p>{{ $t('settings.notification_blocks') }}</p>
             <button
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 37d9591c19..d5748719b8 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -405,11 +405,14 @@
     "fun": "Fun",
     "greentext": "Meme arrows",
     "notifications": "Notifications",
+    "notification_setting_filters": "Filters",
     "notification_setting": "Receive notifications from:",
     "notification_setting_follows": "Users you follow",
     "notification_setting_non_follows": "Users you do not follow",
     "notification_setting_followers": "Users who follow you",
     "notification_setting_non_followers": "Users who do not follow you",
+    "notification_setting_privacy": "Privacy",
+    "notification_setting_privacy_option": "Hide the sender and contents of push notifications",
     "notification_mutes": "To stop receiving notifications from a specific user, use a mute.",
     "notification_blocks": "Blocking a user stops all notifications as well as unsubscribes them.",
     "enable_web_push_notifications": "Enable web push notifications",
@@ -617,7 +620,8 @@
     "replies_list": "Replies:",
     "mute_conversation": "Mute conversation",
     "unmute_conversation": "Unmute conversation",
-    "status_unavailable": "Status unavailable"
+    "status_unavailable": "Status unavailable",
+    "copy_link": "Copy link to status"
   },
   "user_card": {
     "approve": "Approve",
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index df133be089..1d1b415c8b 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ const unblockUser = (store, id) => {
 }
 
 const muteUser = (store, id) => {
+  const predictedRelationship = store.state.relationships[id] || { id }
+  predictedRelationship.muting = true
+  store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [predictedRelationship])
+  store.commit('addMuteId', id)
+
   return store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.muteUser({ id })
     .then((relationship) => {
       store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [relationship])
@@ -56,6 +61,10 @@ const muteUser = (store, id) => {
 }
 
 const unmuteUser = (store, id) => {
+  const predictedRelationship = store.state.relationships[id] || { id }
+  predictedRelationship.muting = false
+  store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [predictedRelationship])
+
   return store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.unmuteUser({ id })
     .then((relationship) => store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [relationship]))
 }
@@ -83,10 +92,6 @@ const unmuteDomain = (store, domain) => {
 }
 
 export const mutations = {
-  setMuted (state, { user: { id }, muted }) {
-    const user = state.usersObject[id]
-    set(user, 'muted', muted)
-  },
   tagUser (state, { user: { id }, tag }) {
     const user = state.usersObject[id]
     const tags = user.tags || []
@@ -146,26 +151,18 @@ export const mutations = {
     }
   },
   addNewUsers (state, users) {
-    each(users, (user) => mergeOrAdd(state.users, state.usersObject, user))
+    each(users, (user) => {
+      if (user.relationship) {
+        set(state.relationships, user.relationship.id, user.relationship)
+      }
+      mergeOrAdd(state.users, state.usersObject, user)
+    })
   },
   updateUserRelationship (state, relationships) {
     relationships.forEach((relationship) => {
-      const user = state.usersObject[relationship.id]
-      if (user) {
-        user.follows_you = relationship.followed_by
-        user.following = relationship.following
-        user.muted = relationship.muting
-        user.statusnet_blocking = relationship.blocking
-        user.subscribed = relationship.subscribing
-        user.showing_reblogs = relationship.showing_reblogs
-      }
+      set(state.relationships, relationship.id, relationship)
     })
   },
-  updateBlocks (state, blockedUsers) {
-    // Reset statusnet_blocking of all fetched users
-    each(state.users, (user) => { user.statusnet_blocking = false })
-    each(blockedUsers, (user) => mergeOrAdd(state.users, state.usersObject, user))
-  },
   saveBlockIds (state, blockIds) {
     state.currentUser.blockIds = blockIds
   },
@@ -174,11 +171,6 @@ export const mutations = {
       state.currentUser.blockIds.push(blockId)
     }
   },
-  updateMutes (state, mutedUsers) {
-    // Reset muted of all fetched users
-    each(state.users, (user) => { user.muted = false })
-    each(mutedUsers, (user) => mergeOrAdd(state.users, state.usersObject, user))
-  },
   saveMuteIds (state, muteIds) {
     state.currentUser.muteIds = muteIds
   },
@@ -244,6 +236,10 @@ export const getters = {
       return state.usersObject[query.toLowerCase()]
     }
     return result
+  },
+  relationship: state => id => {
+    const rel = id && state.relationships[id]
+    return rel || { id, loading: true }
   }
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +250,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
   users: [],
   usersObject: {},
   signUpPending: false,
-  signUpErrors: []
+  signUpErrors: [],
+  relationships: {}
 }
 
 const users = {
@@ -279,7 +276,7 @@ const users = {
       return store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchBlocks()
         .then((blocks) => {
           store.commit('saveBlockIds', map(blocks, 'id'))
-          store.commit('updateBlocks', blocks)
+          store.commit('addNewUsers', blocks)
           return blocks
         })
     },
@@ -298,8 +295,8 @@ const users = {
     fetchMutes (store) {
       return store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchMutes()
         .then((mutes) => {
-          store.commit('updateMutes', mutes)
           store.commit('saveMuteIds', map(mutes, 'id'))
+          store.commit('addNewUsers', mutes)
           return mutes
         })
     },
@@ -416,7 +413,7 @@ const users = {
     },
     addNewNotifications (store, { notifications }) {
       const users = map(notifications, 'from_profile')
-      const targetUsers = map(notifications, 'target')
+      const targetUsers = map(notifications, 'target').filter(_ => _)
       const notificationIds = notifications.map(_ => _.id)
       store.commit('addNewUsers', users)
       store.commit('addNewUsers', targetUsers)
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index 6cacd0b825..6dac7c1570 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -75,13 +75,7 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
       output.token = data.pleroma.chat_token
 
       if (relationship) {
-        output.follows_you = relationship.followed_by
-        output.requested = relationship.requested
-        output.following = relationship.following
-        output.statusnet_blocking = relationship.blocking
-        output.muted = relationship.muting
-        output.showing_reblogs = relationship.showing_reblogs
-        output.subscribed = relationship.subscribing
+        output.relationship = relationship
       }
 
       output.allow_following_move = data.pleroma.allow_following_move
@@ -138,16 +132,10 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
 
     output.statusnet_profile_url = data.statusnet_profile_url
 
-    output.statusnet_blocking = data.statusnet_blocking
-
     output.is_local = data.is_local
     output.role = data.role
     output.show_role = data.show_role
 
-    output.follows_you = data.follows_you
-
-    output.muted = data.muted
-
     if (data.rights) {
       output.rights = {
         moderator: data.rights.delete_others_notice,
@@ -161,10 +149,16 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.hide_follows_count = data.hide_follows_count
     output.hide_followers_count = data.hide_followers_count
     output.background_image = data.background_image
-    // on mastoapi this info is contained in a "relationship"
-    output.following = data.following
     // Websocket token
     output.token = data.token
+
+    // Convert relationsip data to expected format
+    output.relationship = {
+      muting: data.muted,
+      blocking: data.statusnet_blocking,
+      followed_by: data.follows_you,
+      following: data.following
+    }
   }
 
   output.created_at = new Date(data.created_at)
diff --git a/src/services/follow_manipulate/follow_manipulate.js b/src/services/follow_manipulate/follow_manipulate.js
index 29b38a0f49..08f4c4d631 100644
--- a/src/services/follow_manipulate/follow_manipulate.js
+++ b/src/services/follow_manipulate/follow_manipulate.js
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
-const fetchUser = (attempt, user, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+const fetchRelationship = (attempt, userId, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   setTimeout(() => {
-    store.state.api.backendInteractor.fetchUser({ id: user.id })
-      .then((user) => store.commit('addNewUsers', [user]))
-      .then(() => resolve([user.following, user.requested, user.locked, attempt]))
+    store.state.api.backendInteractor.fetchUserRelationship({ id: userId })
+      .then((relationship) => {
+        store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [relationship])
+        return relationship
+      })
+      .then((relationship) => resolve([relationship.following, relationship.requested, relationship.locked, attempt]))
       .catch((e) => reject(e))
   }, 500)
 }).then(([following, sent, locked, attempt]) => {
   if (!following && !(locked && sent) && attempt <= 3) {
     // If we BE reports that we still not following that user - retry,
     // increment attempts by one
-    fetchUser(++attempt, user, store)
+    fetchRelationship(++attempt, userId, store)
   }
 })
 
-export const requestFollow = (user, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-  store.state.api.backendInteractor.followUser({ id: user.id })
+export const requestFollow = (userId, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  store.state.api.backendInteractor.followUser({ id: userId })
     .then((updated) => {
       store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [updated])
 
-      if (updated.following || (user.locked && user.requested)) {
+      if (updated.following || (updated.locked && updated.requested)) {
         // If we get result immediately or the account is locked, just stop.
         resolve()
         return
@@ -31,15 +34,15 @@ export const requestFollow = (user, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // don't know that yet.
       // Recursive Promise, it will call itself up to 3 times.
 
-      return fetchUser(1, user, store)
+      return fetchRelationship(1, updated, store)
         .then(() => {
           resolve()
         })
     })
 })
 
-export const requestUnfollow = (user, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-  store.state.api.backendInteractor.unfollowUser({ id: user.id })
+export const requestUnfollow = (userId, store) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  store.state.api.backendInteractor.unfollowUser({ id: userId })
     .then((updated) => {
       store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [updated])
       resolve({
diff --git a/static/fontello.json b/static/fontello.json
index 5963b68b42..7f0e7cdd53 100755
--- a/static/fontello.json
+++ b/static/fontello.json
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@
       "code": 59427,
       "src": "fontawesome"
     },
+    {
+      "uid": "4aad6bb50b02c18508aae9cbe14e784e",
+      "css": "share",
+      "code": 61920,
+      "src": "fontawesome"
+    },
     {
       "uid": "8b80d36d4ef43889db10bc1f0dc9a862",
       "css": "user",
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
index 1b6a47d7aa..dcf066f9a3 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const actions = {
 
 const testGetters = {
   findUser: state => getters.findUser(state.users),
+  relationship: state => getters.relationship(state.users),
   mergedConfig: state => ({
     colors: '',
     highlight: {},
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ const externalProfileStore = new Vuex.Store({
         credentials: ''
       },
       usersObject: { 100: extUser },
-      users: [extUser]
+      users: [extUser],
+      relationships: {}
     }
   }
 })
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ const localProfileStore = new Vuex.Store({
         credentials: ''
       },
       usersObject: { 100: localUser, 'testuser': localUser },
-      users: [localUser]
+      users: [localUser],
+      relationships: {}
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/modules/users.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/modules/users.spec.js
index eeb7afefe0..670acfc822 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/modules/users.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/modules/users.spec.js
@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@ describe('The users module', () => {
       expect(state.users).to.eql([user])
       expect(state.users[0].name).to.eql('Dude')
     })
-
-    it('sets a mute bit on users', () => {
-      const state = cloneDeep(defaultState)
-      const user = { id: '1', name: 'Guy' }
-
-      mutations.addNewUsers(state, [user])
-      mutations.setMuted(state, { user, muted: true })
-
-      expect(user.muted).to.eql(true)
-
-      mutations.setMuted(state, { user, muted: false })
-
-      expect(user.muted).to.eql(false)
-    })
   })
 
   describe('findUser', () => {