diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.js b/src/components/notification/notification.js
index ddba560e15..3e834bd538 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.js
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.js
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import {
   faUserPlus,
   faEyeSlash,
   faUser,
-  faSuitcaseRolling
+  faSuitcaseRolling,
+  faExpandAlt,
+  faCompressAlt
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 
 library.add(
@@ -31,13 +33,15 @@ library.add(
   faUserPlus,
   faUser,
   faEyeSlash,
-  faSuitcaseRolling
+  faSuitcaseRolling,
+  faExpandAlt,
+  faCompressAlt
 )
 
 const Notification = {
   data () {
     return {
-      userExpanded: false,
+      statusExpanded: false,
       betterShadow: this.$store.state.interface.browserSupport.cssFilter,
       unmuted: false
     }
@@ -55,8 +59,9 @@ const Notification = {
     UserLink
   },
   methods: {
-    toggleUserExpanded () {
-      this.userExpanded = !this.userExpanded
+    toggleStatusExpanded () {
+      console.log('as')
+      this.statusExpanded = !this.statusExpanded
     },
     generateUserProfileLink (user) {
       return generateProfileLink(user.id, user.screen_name, this.$store.state.instance.restrictedNicknames)
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.vue b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
index 84f3f7de55..2079cc7551 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
@@ -144,13 +144,23 @@
             <router-link
               v-if="notification.status"
               :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }"
-              class="faint-link"
+              class="timeago-link faint-link"
             >
               <Timeago
                 :time="notification.created_at"
                 :auto-update="240"
               />
             </router-link>
+            <button
+              class="button-unstyled expand-icon"
+              @click.prevent="toggleStatusExpanded"
+            >
+              <FAIcon
+                class="fa-scale-110"
+                fixed-width
+                :icon="statusExpanded ? 'compress-alt' : 'expand-alt'"
+              />
+            </button>
           </div>
           <div
             v-else
@@ -222,8 +232,8 @@
         />
         <template v-else>
           <StatusContent
-            class="faint"
-            :compact="true"
+            :class="{ faint: !statusExpanded }"
+            :compact="!statusExpanded"
             :status="notification.action"
           />
         </template>
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
index f71f9b7612..9b24156541 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@
       min-width: 3em;
       text-align: right;
     }
+
+    .timeago-link {
+      margin-right: 0.2em;
+    }
+
+    .expand-icon {
+      .svg-inline--fa {
+        margin-left: 0.25em;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   .emoji-reaction-emoji {