diff --git a/app/src/husky/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/husky/res/values/strings.xml
index 9af5bd4f..0c32bffd 100644
--- a/app/src/husky/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/husky/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <string name="pref_title_enable_big_emojis">Enable bigger custom emojis</string>
     <string name="pref_title_enable_experimental_stickers">Enable experimental Pleroma-FE stickers(if available)</string>
     <string name="pref_title_animate_custom_emojis">Animate custom emojis</string>
+    <string name="pref_title_render_subscriptions_as_statuses">Render subscriptions as normal posts</string>
 
     <string name="attachment_type_image">Image</string>
     <string name="attachment_type_video">Video</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/ChatMessagesAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/ChatMessagesAdapter.kt
index d2a7f571..cb4f6506 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/ChatMessagesAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/ChatMessagesAdapter.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ChatMessagesViewHolder(view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
 
     private val mediaPreviewUnloaded = ColorDrawable(ThemeUtils.getColor(itemView.context, R.attr.colorBackgroundAccent))
 
-    fun setupWithChatMessage(msg: ChatMessageViewData.Concrete, chatActionListener: ChatActionListener, statusDisplayOptions: StatusDisplayOptions, payload: Any?) {
+    fun setupWithChatMessage(msg: ChatMessageViewData.Concrete, chatActionListener: ChatActionListener, payload: Any?) {
         if(payload == null) {
             if(msg.content != null) {
                 val text = msg.content.emojify(msg.emojis, content)
@@ -110,15 +110,15 @@ class ChatMessagesViewHolder(view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
 
 
     private fun setAttachmentClickListener(view: View, listener: ChatActionListener, attachment: Attachment, animateTransition: Boolean) {
-        view.setOnClickListener { v: View? ->
+        view.setOnClickListener { v: View ->
             val position = adapterPosition
             if (position != RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
                 listener.onViewMedia(position, if (animateTransition) v else null)
             }
         }
-        view.setOnLongClickListener { v: View? ->
-            val description = getAttachmentDescription(view.context, attachment)
-            Toast.makeText(view.context, description, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
+        view.setOnLongClickListener { v: View ->
+            val description = getAttachmentDescription(v.context, attachment)
+            Toast.makeText(v.context, description, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
             true
         }
     }
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class ChatMessagesViewHolder(view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
 
 class ChatMessagesAdapter(private val dataSource : TimelineAdapter.AdapterDataSource<ChatMessageViewData>,
                           private val chatActionListener: ChatActionListener,
-                          private val statusDisplayOptions: StatusDisplayOptions,
                           private val localUserId: String)
 : RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>() {
 
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ class ChatMessagesAdapter(private val dataSource : TimelineAdapter.AdapterDataSo
         if(holder is PlaceholderViewHolder) {
             holder.setup(chatActionListener, (chat as ChatMessageViewData.Placeholder).isLoading)
         } else if(holder is ChatMessagesViewHolder) {
-            holder.setupWithChatMessage(chat as ChatMessageViewData.Concrete, chatActionListener, statusDisplayOptions,
+            holder.setupWithChatMessage(chat as ChatMessageViewData.Concrete, chatActionListener,
                     if (payloads != null && payloads.isNotEmpty()) payloads[0] else null)
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
index 999d07c1..0dc665e3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/NotificationsAdapter.java
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ public class NotificationsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
                 statusDisplayOptions.showBotOverlay(),
                 statusDisplayOptions.useBlurhash(),
                 CardViewMode.NONE,
-                statusDisplayOptions.confirmReblogs()
+                statusDisplayOptions.confirmReblogs(),
+                statusDisplayOptions.renderStatusAsMention()
         );
     }
 
@@ -301,6 +302,12 @@ public class NotificationsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
                     return VIEW_TYPE_STATUS;
                 }
                 case STATUS:
+                    if (statusDisplayOptions.renderStatusAsMention()) {
+                        if (concrete.getStatusViewData() != null && concrete.getStatusViewData().isMuted())
+                            return VIEW_TYPE_MUTED_STATUS;
+                        return VIEW_TYPE_STATUS;
+                    }
+                    /* fallthrough */
                 case FAVOURITE:
                 case REBLOG:
                 case EMOJI_REACTION: {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/TimelineAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/TimelineAdapter.java
index b1167de9..dc5c254d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/TimelineAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/TimelineAdapter.java
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ public final class TimelineAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
                 statusDisplayOptions.showBotOverlay(),
                 statusDisplayOptions.useBlurhash(),
                 statusDisplayOptions.cardViewMode(),
-                statusDisplayOptions.confirmReblogs()
+                statusDisplayOptions.confirmReblogs(),
+                statusDisplayOptions.renderStatusAsMention()
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index 29c07e9e..d756dc05 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -259,11 +259,7 @@ class ChatActivity: BottomSheetActivity(),
     }
 
     private fun setupChat() {
-        val statusDisplayOptions = StatusDisplayOptions(false,false,
-                true, false, false, CardViewMode.NONE,
-                false)
-
-        adapter = ChatMessagesAdapter(dataSource, this, statusDisplayOptions, accountManager.activeAccount!!.accountId)
+        adapter = ChatMessagesAdapter(dataSource, this, accountManager.activeAccount!!.accountId)
 
         // TODO: a11y
         recycler.setHasFixedSize(true)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/conversation/ConversationsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/conversation/ConversationsFragment.kt
index c75e5829..305f8c8f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/conversation/ConversationsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/conversation/ConversationsFragment.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.di.ViewModelFactory
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.fragment.SFragment
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.ReselectableFragment
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.StatusActionListener
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.settings.PrefKeys
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.fragment_timeline.*
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ class ConversationsFragment : SFragment(), StatusActionListener, Injectable, Res
                 showBotOverlay = preferences.getBoolean("showBotOverlay", true),
                 useBlurhash = preferences.getBoolean("useBlurhash", true),
                 cardViewMode = CardViewMode.NONE,
-                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                renderStatusAsMention = preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         )
 
         adapter = ConversationAdapter(statusDisplayOptions, this, ::onTopLoaded, viewModel::retry)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesActivity.kt
index add6704d..8618711a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesActivity.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class PreferencesActivity : BaseActivity(), SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreference
             }
             "statusTextSize", "absoluteTimeView", "showBotOverlay", "animateGifAvatars",
             "useBlurhash", "showCardsInTimelines", "confirmReblogs",
-            "enableSwipeForTabs", "bigEmojis", "mainNavPosition", PrefKeys.HIDE_TOP_TOOLBAR -> {
+            "enableSwipeForTabs", "bigEmojis", "mainNavPosition", PrefKeys.HIDE_TOP_TOOLBAR,
+            PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION -> {
                 restartActivitiesOnExit = true
             }
             "language" -> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesFragment.kt
index f1249b47..e5574287 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/preference/PreferencesFragment.kt
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ class PreferencesFragment : PreferenceFragmentCompat(), Injectable {
                     setTitle(R.string.pref_title_animate_custom_emojis)
                     isSingleLineTitle = false
                 }
+
+                switchPreference {
+                    setDefaultValue(true)
+                    key = PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION
+                    setTitle(R.string.pref_title_render_subscriptions_as_statuses)
+                    isSingleLineTitle = true
+                }
             }
 
             preferenceCategory(R.string.pref_title_privacy) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/report/fragments/ReportStatusesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/report/fragments/ReportStatusesFragment.kt
index e5308efc..677024e5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/report/fragments/ReportStatusesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/report/fragments/ReportStatusesFragment.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.di.Injectable
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.di.ViewModelFactory
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.entity.Attachment
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.entity.Status
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.settings.PrefKeys
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.*
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.viewdata.AttachmentViewData
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.fragment_report_statuses.*
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ class ReportStatusesFragment : Fragment(), Injectable, AdapterHandler {
                 showBotOverlay = false,
                 useBlurhash = preferences.getBoolean("useBlurhash", true),
                 cardViewMode = CardViewMode.NONE,
-                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                renderStatusAsMention = preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         )
 
         adapter = StatusesAdapter(statusDisplayOptions,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/search/fragments/SearchStatusesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/search/fragments/SearchStatusesFragment.kt
index 540b8db8..f5a7fff3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/search/fragments/SearchStatusesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/search/fragments/SearchStatusesFragment.kt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.entity.Status
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.entity.Status.Mention
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.AccountSelectionListener
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.StatusActionListener
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.settings.PrefKeys
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.CardViewMode
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.LinkHelper
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.NetworkState
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ class SearchStatusesFragment : SearchFragment<Pair<Status, StatusViewData.Concre
                 showBotOverlay = preferences.getBoolean("showBotOverlay", true),
                 useBlurhash = preferences.getBoolean("useBlurhash", true),
                 cardViewMode = CardViewMode.NONE,
-                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                renderStatusAsMention = preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         )
 
         searchRecyclerView.addItemDecoration(DividerItemDecoration(searchRecyclerView.context, DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ChatsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ChatsFragment.kt
index 78c267d1..b377f115 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ChatsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ChatsFragment.kt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class ChatsFragment : BaseFragment(), Injectable, RefreshableFragment, Reselecta
                 accountManager.activeAccount!!.mediaPreviewEnabled,
                 preferences.getBoolean("absoluteTimeView", false),
                 preferences.getBoolean("showBotOverlay", true),
-                false, CardViewMode.NONE,false
+                false, CardViewMode.NONE,false, false
         )
 
         adapter = ChatsAdapter(dataSource, statusDisplayOptions, this, accountManager.activeAccount!!.accountId)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/NotificationsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/NotificationsFragment.java
index 1e2ae2e9..2d7f965e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/NotificationsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/NotificationsFragment.java
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ public class NotificationsFragment extends SFragment implements
                 preferences.getBoolean("showBotOverlay", true),
                 preferences.getBoolean("useBlurhash", true),
                 CardViewMode.NONE,
-                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         );
         withMuted = !preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.HIDE_MUTED_USERS, false);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/TimelineFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/TimelineFragment.java
index aa2788ac..2ca80bef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/TimelineFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/TimelineFragment.java
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ public class TimelineFragment extends SFragment implements
                 preferences.getBoolean("showCardsInTimelines", false) ?
                         CardViewMode.INDENTED :
                         CardViewMode.NONE,
-                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         );
         adapter = new TimelineAdapter(dataSource, statusDisplayOptions, this);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewThreadFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewThreadFragment.java
index c63b5933..67dffc2d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewThreadFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewThreadFragment.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.di.Injectable;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.entity.*;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.StatusActionListener;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.network.MastodonApi;
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.settings.PrefKeys;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.CardViewMode;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.ListStatusAccessibilityDelegate;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.PairedList;
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ public final class ViewThreadFragment extends SFragment implements
                 preferences.getBoolean("showCardsInTimelines", false) ?
                         CardViewMode.INDENTED :
                         CardViewMode.NONE,
-                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         );
         adapter = new ThreadAdapter(statusDisplayOptions, this);
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/settings/SettingsConstants.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/settings/SettingsConstants.kt
index 0e2ae997..9fbdebbb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/settings/SettingsConstants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/settings/SettingsConstants.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ object PrefKeys {
     const val ANONYMIZE_FILENAMES = "anonymizeFilenames"
     const val HIDE_MUTED_USERS = "hideMutedUsers"
     const val ANIMATE_CUSTOM_EMOJIS = "animateCustomEmojis"
+    const val RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION = "renderStatusAsMention"
 
     const val CUSTOM_TABS = "customTabs"
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/StatusDisplayOptions.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/StatusDisplayOptions.kt
index eaaa5e19..1f8ab9da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/StatusDisplayOptions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/StatusDisplayOptions.kt
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ data class StatusDisplayOptions(
         @get:JvmName("cardViewMode")
         val cardViewMode: CardViewMode,
         @get:JvmName("confirmReblogs")
-        val confirmReblogs: Boolean
+        val confirmReblogs: Boolean,
+        @get:JvmName("renderStatusAsMention")
+        val renderStatusAsMention: Boolean,
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/view/StatusView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/view/StatusView.kt
index 72793b15..f3a2c270 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/view/StatusView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/view/StatusView.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.CardViewMode
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.ViewDataUtils
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.StatusDisplayOptions
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.R
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.settings.PrefKeys
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ class StatusView @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 showBotOverlay = false,
                 useBlurhash = preferences.getBoolean("useBlurhash", true),
                 cardViewMode = CardViewMode.NONE,
-                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true)
+                confirmReblogs = preferences.getBoolean("confirmReblogs", true),
+                renderStatusAsMention = preferences.getBoolean(PrefKeys.RENDER_STATUS_AS_MENTION, true)
         )
         viewHolder = StatusViewHolder(this)
     }