diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/json/SpannedTypeAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/json/SpannedTypeAdapter.java
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--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/json/SpannedTypeAdapter.java
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-/* Copyright 2017 Andrew Dawson
- *
- * This file is a part of Tusky.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
- * GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Tusky is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
- * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
- * Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Tusky; if not,
- * see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>. */
-
-package com.keylesspalace.tusky.json;
-
-import android.text.Spanned;
-import android.text.SpannedString;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
-import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
-import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
-import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
-import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.HtmlUtils;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-
-public class SpannedTypeAdapter implements JsonDeserializer<Spanned>, JsonSerializer<Spanned> {
-    @Override
-    public Spanned deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context)
-            throws JsonParseException {
-        String string = json.getAsString();
-        if (string != null) {
-            return HtmlUtils.fromHtml(string);
-        } else {
-            return new SpannedString("");
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonElement serialize(Spanned src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
-        return new JsonPrimitive(HtmlUtils.toHtml(src));
-    }
-}