diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index c718fe9f..4dd0345c 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const Status = {
       preview: null,
       showPreview: false,
       showingTall: this.inConversation && this.focused,
+      showingTallSubject: false,
       expandingSubject: typeof this.$store.state.config.collapseMessageWithSubject === 'undefined'
         ? !this.$store.state.instance.collapseMessageWithSubject
         : !this.$store.state.config.collapseMessageWithSubject,
@@ -129,6 +130,10 @@ const Status = {
       const lengthScore = this.status.statusnet_html.split(/<p|<br/).length + this.status.text.length / 80
       return lengthScore > 20
     },
+    tallSubject () {
+      const lengthScore = this.status.summary.length / 80
+      return lengthScore > 10
+    },
     isReply () {
       return !!(this.status.in_reply_to_status_id && this.status.in_reply_to_user_id)
     },
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 3e3e82bf..adbaff73 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          <div :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}" class="status-content-wrapper">
+          <div class="status-content-wrapper" :class="{ 'tall-status': !showingTallSubject }" v-if="tallSubject">
+            <a class="tall-status-hider" :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': isFocused }" v-if="!showingTallSubject" href="#" @click.prevent="showingTallSubject=true">Show more</a>
+            <div @click.prevent="linkClicked" class="status-content media-body" v-html="status.statusnet_html"></div>
+            <a v-if="showingTallSubject" href="#" class="status-unhider" @click.prevent="showingTallSubject=false">Show less</a>
+          </div>
+          <div :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}" class="status-content-wrapper" v-else>
             <a class="tall-status-hider" :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': isFocused }" v-if="hideTallStatus" href="#" @click.prevent="toggleShowMore">Show more</a>
             <div @click.prevent="linkClicked" class="status-content media-body" v-html="status.statusnet_html" v-if="!hideSubjectStatus"></div>
             <div @click.prevent="linkClicked" class="status-content media-body" v-html="status.summary_html" v-else></div>