diff --git a/components/status/StatusCard.vue b/components/status/StatusCard.vue
index 5d6320c9..f9259bec 100644
--- a/components/status/StatusCard.vue
+++ b/components/status/StatusCard.vue
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(
     hover?: boolean
     faded?: boolean
     showReplyTo?: boolean
+    connectReply?: boolean
   }>(),
   { actions: true, showReplyTo: true },
 )
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ const avatarOnAvatar = $(computedEager(() => useFeatureFlags().experimentalAvata
 const showRebloggedByAvatarOnAvatar = $computed(() => rebloggedBy && avatarOnAvatar && rebloggedBy.id !== status.account.id)
 
 const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
+const isSelf = $computed(() => status.account.id === currentUser.value?.account.id)
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@ const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
         <div v-if="showRebloggedByAvatarOnAvatar" absolute class="-top-1 -left-2" w-9 h-9 border-bg-base border-3 rounded-full>
           <AccountAvatar :account="rebloggedBy" />
         </div>
+        <div v-if="connectReply" w-full h-full flex justify-center>
+          <div h-full class="w-2.5px" bg-border />
+        </div>
       </div>
       <div flex="~ col 1" min-w-0>
         <div flex items-center space-x-1>
@@ -104,39 +109,10 @@ const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
           </div>
           <StatusActionsMore :status="status" mr--2 />
         </div>
-        <div
-          space-y-3
-          :class="{
-            'mt2 pt1 pb0.5 px3.5 br2 bg-fade border-primary-light border-1 rounded-3 rounded-tl-none': isDM,
-          }"
-        >
-          <StatusSpoiler :enabled="status.sensitive || isFiltered" :filter="isFiltered">
-            <template v-if="status.spoilerText || filterPhrase" #spoiler>
-              <p>{{ status.spoilerText || `${$t('status.filter_hidden_phrase')}: ${filterPhrase}` }}</p>
-            </template>
-            <StatusBody :status="status" />
-            <StatusPoll
-              v-if="status.poll"
-              :poll="status.poll"
-            />
-            <StatusMedia
-              v-if="status.mediaAttachments?.length"
-              :status="status"
-            />
-            <StatusPreviewCard
-              v-if="status.card"
-              :card="status.card"
-              :small-picture-only="status.mediaAttachments?.length > 0"
-            />
-            <StatusCard
-              v-if="status.reblog"
-              :status="status.reblog" border="~ rounded"
-              :actions="false"
-            />
-            <div v-if="isDM" />
-          </StatusSpoiler>
+        <StatusContent :status="status" :context="context" mb2 :class="{ mt2: isDM }" />
+        <div>
+          <StatusActions v-if="(actions !== false && !isZenMode)" :status="status" />
         </div>
-        <StatusActions v-if="(actions !== false && !isZenMode)" :status="status" :class="isDM ? 'mt1' : 'mt2'" />
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/components/status/StatusContent.vue b/components/status/StatusContent.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..262d7887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/status/StatusContent.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import type { FilterContext, Status } from 'masto'
+
+const { status, context } = defineProps<{
+  status: Status
+  context?: FilterContext | 'details'
+}>()
+
+const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
+const isSelf = $computed(() => status.account.id === currentUser.value?.account.id)
+const isDetails = $computed(() => context === 'details')
+
+// Content Filter logic
+const filterResult = $computed(() => status.filtered?.length ? status.filtered[0] : null)
+const filter = $computed(() => filterResult?.filter)
+
+// a bit of a hack due to Filter being different in v1 and v2
+// clean up when masto.js supports explicit versions: https://github.com/neet/masto.js/issues/722
+const filterPhrase = $computed(() => filter?.phrase || (filter as any)?.title)
+const isFiltered = $computed(() => filterPhrase && (context && context !== 'details' ? filter?.context.includes(context) : false))
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div
+    space-y-3
+    :class="{
+      'pt2 pb0.5 px3.5 br2 border-1 rounded-3 rounded-tl-none': isDM,
+      'bg-fade border-primary-light': isDM && !isSelf,
+      'bg-code border-base': isDM && isSelf,
+    }"
+  >
+    <StatusSpoiler :enabled="status.sensitive || isFiltered" :filter="isFiltered">
+      <template v-if="status.spoilerText || filterPhrase" #spoiler>
+        <p>{{ status.spoilerText || `${$t('status.filter_hidden_phrase')}: ${filterPhrase}` }}</p>
+      </template>
+      <StatusBody :status="status" :with-action="!isDetails" :class="isDetails ? 'text-xl' : ''" />
+      <StatusPoll
+        v-if="status.poll"
+        :poll="status.poll"
+      />
+      <StatusMedia
+        v-if="status.mediaAttachments?.length"
+        :status="status"
+      />
+      <StatusPreviewCard
+        v-if="status.card"
+        :card="status.card"
+        :small-picture-only="status.mediaAttachments?.length > 0"
+      />
+      <StatusCard
+        v-if="status.reblog"
+        :status="status.reblog" border="~ rounded"
+        :actions="false"
+      />
+      <div v-if="isDM" />
+    </StatusSpoiler>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/components/status/StatusDetails.vue b/components/status/StatusDetails.vue
index e1e4a0ad..3e5ad275 100644
--- a/components/status/StatusDetails.vue
+++ b/components/status/StatusDetails.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import type { Status } from 'masto'
 
-const props = defineProps<{
+const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
   status: Status
   command?: boolean
-}>()
+  actions?: boolean
+}>(), {
+  actions: true,
+})
 
 const status = $computed(() => {
   if (props.status.reblog && props.status.reblog)
@@ -33,37 +36,7 @@ const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
         <AccountInfo :account="status.account" />
       </AccountHoverWrapper>
     </NuxtLink>
-    <div
-      space-y-3
-      :class="{
-        'pt2 pb0.5 px3.5 br2 bg-fade border-primary-light border-1 rounded-3': isDM,
-      }"
-    >
-      <StatusSpoiler :enabled="status.sensitive">
-        <template #spoiler>
-          <p text-2xl>
-            {{ status.spoilerText }}
-          </p>
-        </template>
-        <StatusBody :status="status" :with-action="false" text-xl />
-        <StatusPoll
-          v-if="status.poll"
-          :poll="status.poll"
-        />
-        <StatusMedia
-          v-if="status.mediaAttachments?.length"
-          :status="status"
-          full-size
-        />
-        <StatusPreviewCard
-          v-if="status.card"
-          :card="status.card"
-          :small-picture-only="status.mediaAttachments?.length > 0"
-          mt-2
-        />
-        <div v-if="isDM" />
-      </StatusSpoiler>
-    </div>
+    <StatusContent :status="status" context="details" />
     <div flex="~ gap-1" items-center text-secondary text-sm>
       <div flex>
         <div>{{ createdAt }}</div>
@@ -85,6 +58,8 @@ const isDM = $computed(() => status.visibility === 'direct')
         {{ status.application?.name }}
       </div>
     </div>
-    <StatusActions :status="status" details :command="command" border="t base" pt-2 />
+    <div border="t base" pt-2>
+      <StatusActions v-if="actions" :status="status" details :command="command" />
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/pages/[[server]]/@[account]/[status].vue b/pages/[[server]]/@[account]/[status].vue
index 6d4716c3..085476cb 100644
--- a/pages/[[server]]/@[account]/[status].vue
+++ b/pages/[[server]]/@[account]/[status].vue
@@ -59,35 +59,38 @@ onReactivated(() => {
   <MainContent back>
     <template v-if="!pending">
       <div v-if="status" min-h-100vh mt--1px>
-        <template v-if="context">
-          <template v-for="comment of context?.ancestors" :key="comment.id">
-            <StatusCard :status="comment" context="account" border="t base" :show-reply-to="false" />
-          </template>
+        <template v-for="comment of context?.ancestors" :key="comment.id">
+          <StatusCard
+            :status="comment" :actions="comment.visibility !== 'direct'" context="account"
+            :show-reply-to="false" :connect-reply="true"
+          />
         </template>
 
         <StatusDetails
           ref="main"
           :status="status"
           command
-          border="t base"
           style="scroll-margin-top: 60px"
+          :actions="status.visibility !== 'direct'"
         />
         <PublishWidget
           v-if="currentUser"
           ref="publishWidget"
           :draft-key="replyDraft!.key"
           :initial="replyDraft!.draft"
-          border="t base"
           @published="refreshContext()"
         />
 
-        <template v-if="context">
-          <template v-for="comment of context?.descendants" :key="comment.id">
-            <StatusCard :status="comment" context="account" border="t base" />
-          </template>
+        <template v-for="comment, di of context?.descendants" :key="comment.id">
+          <StatusCard
+            :status="comment" :actions="comment.visibility !== 'direct'" context="account"
+            :connect-reply="comment.id === context?.descendants[di + 1]?.inReplyToId"
+            :show-reply-to="di !== 0 && comment.inReplyToId !== context?.descendants[di - 1]?.id"
+            :class="{ 'border-t border-base': di !== 0 && comment.inReplyToId !== context?.descendants[di - 1]?.id }"
+          />
         </template>
 
-        <div border="t base" :style="{ height: `${bottomSpace}px` }" />
+        <div :style="{ height: `${bottomSpace}px` }" />
       </div>
 
       <StatusNotFound v-else :account="$route.params.account" :status="id" />
diff --git a/styles/vars.css b/styles/vars.css
index 2fbbd9ab..f2436f52 100644
--- a/styles/vars.css
+++ b/styles/vars.css
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 :root {
   --c-primary: #EA9E44;
   --c-primary-active: #C16929;
-  --c-primary-light: #EA9E4466;
+  --c-primary-light: #EA9E441A;
   --c-border: #eee;
 
   --c-bg-base: #fff;
diff --git a/unocss.config.ts b/unocss.config.ts
index d05f385f..c0387119 100644
--- a/unocss.config.ts
+++ b/unocss.config.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
       // background
       'bg-base': 'bg-$c-bg-base',
+      'bg-border': 'bg-$c-border',
       'bg-active': 'bg-$c-bg-active',
       'bg-code': 'bg-$c-bg-code',
       'bg-fade': 'bg-$c-bg-fade',