diff --git a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.js b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.js
index eec116db9..4d27fe6de 100644
--- a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.js
+++ b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const MentionLink = {
   },
   computed: {
     user () {
-      return this.url && this.$store.getters.findUserByUrl(this.url)
+      return this.url && this.$store && this.$store.getters.findUserByUrl(this.url)
     },
     isYou () {
       // FIXME why user !== currentUser???
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ const MentionLink = {
     highlightClass () {
       if (this.highlight) return highlightClass(this.user)
     },
-    oldStyle () {
-      return !this.mergedConfig.mentionsNewStyle
-    },
     style () {
       if (this.highlight) {
         const {
@@ -83,8 +80,7 @@ const MentionLink = {
       return [
         {
           '-you': this.isYou,
-          '-highlighted': this.highlight,
-          '-oldStyle': this.oldStyle
+          '-highlighted': this.highlight
         },
         this.highlightType
       ]
diff --git a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.scss b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.scss
index 5f5da98f4..ec2689f8d 100644
--- a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.scss
+++ b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.scss
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
     border-radius: 2px;
   }
 
-  .original {
-    margin-right: 0.25em;
-  }
-
   .full {
     position: absolute;
     display: inline-block;
@@ -41,8 +37,6 @@
   }
 
   .new {
-    margin-right: 0.25em;
-
     &.-you {
       & .shortName,
       & .full {
@@ -61,41 +55,6 @@
       margin: 0;
     }
 
-    &:not(.-oldStyle) {
-      .short {
-        padding-left: 0.25em;
-        padding-right: 0;
-        padding-top: 0;
-        padding-bottom: 0;
-        line-height: 1.5;
-        font-size: inherit;
-
-        .at {
-          color: var(--faint);
-          opacity: 0.8;
-          padding-right: 0.25em;
-          vertical-align: -20%;
-        }
-      }
-
-      .you {
-        padding-right: 0.25em;
-      }
-
-      .userName {
-        display: inline-block;
-        color: var(--link);
-        line-height: inherit;
-        margin-left: 0;
-        padding-left: 0.125em;
-        padding-right: 0.25em;
-        padding-top: 0;
-        padding-bottom: 0;
-        border-top-right-radius: var(--btnRadius);
-        border-bottom-right-radius: var(--btnRadius);
-      }
-    }
-
     &.-striped {
       & .userName,
       & .full {
diff --git a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
index 514b7475c..625eb727d 100644
--- a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
+++ b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
       :class="classnames"
     >
       <button
-        class="short"
-        :class="[{ '-sublime': !highlight }, oldStyle ? 'button-unstyled' : 'button-default']"
+        class="short button-unstyled"
         @click.prevent="onClick"
       >
         <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
diff --git a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.js b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.js
index e52045ec8..83eeea4cc 100644
--- a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.js
+++ b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.js
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ const MentionsLine = {
     MentionLink
   },
   computed: {
-    oldStyle () {
-      return !this.mergedConfig.mentionsNewStyle
-    },
     limit () {
-      return 6
+      return 5
     },
     mentionsComputed () {
       return this.mentions.slice(0, this.limit)
@@ -29,16 +26,6 @@ const MentionsLine = {
     manyMentions () {
       return this.extraMentions.length > 0
     },
-    buttonClasses () {
-      return [
-        this.oldStyle
-          ? 'button-unstyled'
-          : 'button-default -sublime',
-        this.oldStyle
-          ? '-oldStyle'
-          : '-newStyle'
-      ]
-    },
     ...mapGetters(['mergedConfig'])
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.scss b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.scss
index 90d1e0a4c..222940c80 100644
--- a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.scss
+++ b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.scss
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 .MentionsLine {
   .showMoreLess {
     white-space: normal;
+    color: var(--link);
+  }
 
-    &.-newStyle {
-      line-height: 1.5;
-      font-size: inherit;
-      display: inline-block;
-      padding-top: 0;
-      padding-bottom: 0;
-    }
-
-    &.-oldStyle {
-      color: var(--link);
-    }
+  .mention-link:not(:last-child) {
+    margin-right: 0.25em;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.vue b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.vue
index f4b3abb90..f375e3b09 100644
--- a/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.vue
+++ b/src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.vue
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@
         />
       </span><button
         v-if="!expanded"
-        class="showMoreLess"
-        :class="buttonClasses"
+        class="button-unstyled showMoreLess"
         @click="toggleShowMore"
       >
         {{ $t('status.plus_more', { number: extraMentions.length }) }}
       </button><button
         v-if="expanded"
-        class="showMoreLess"
-        :class="buttonClasses"
+        class="button-unstyled showMoreLess"
         @click="toggleShowMore"
       >
         {{ $t('general.show_less') }}
diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
index cd73f2e56..32b737ec6 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
@@ -56,25 +56,21 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
       required: false,
       type: Boolean,
       default: false
-    },
-    hideMentions: {
-      required: false,
-      type: Boolean,
-      default: false
     }
   },
   // NEVER EVER TOUCH DATA INSIDE RENDER
   render (h) {
     // Pre-process HTML
-    const { newHtml: html, lastMentions } = preProcessPerLine(this.html, this.greentext, this.handleLinks)
-    const firstMentions = [] // Mentions that appear in the beginning of post body
+    const { newHtml: html } = preProcessPerLine(this.html, this.greentext, this.handleLinks)
+    let currentMentions = null // Current chain of mentions, we group all mentions together
+    // to collapse too many mentions in a row
+
     const lastTags = [] // Tags that appear at the end of post body
     const writtenMentions = [] // All mentions that appear in post body
     const writtenTags = [] // All tags that appear in post body
     // unique index for vue "tag" property
     let mentionIndex = 0
     let tagsIndex = 0
-    let firstMentionReplaced = false
 
     const renderImage = (tag) => {
       return <StillImage
@@ -98,41 +94,32 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
     const renderMention = (attrs, children) => {
       const linkData = getLinkData(attrs, children, mentionIndex++)
       linkData.notifying = this.attentions.some(a => a.statusnet_profile_url === linkData.url)
-      if (!linkData.notifying) {
-        encounteredText = true
-      }
       writtenMentions.push(linkData)
-      if (!encounteredText) {
-        firstMentions.push(linkData)
-        if (!firstMentionReplaced && !this.hideMentions) {
-          firstMentionReplaced = true
-          return <MentionsLine mentions={ firstMentions } />
-        } else {
-          return ''
-        }
+      if (currentMentions === null) {
+        currentMentions = []
+      }
+      currentMentions.push(linkData)
+      if (currentMentions.length === 1) {
+        return <MentionsLine mentions={ currentMentions } />
       } else {
-        return <MentionLink
-          url={attrs.href}
-          content={flattenDeep(children).join('')}
-        />
+        return ''
       }
     }
 
-    // We stop treating mentions as "first" ones when we encounter
-    // non-whitespace text
-    let encounteredText = false
     // Processor to use with html_tree_converter
     const processItem = (item, index, array, what) => {
       // Handle text nodes - just add emoji
       if (typeof item === 'string') {
         const emptyText = item.trim() === ''
+        if (item.includes('\n')) {
+          currentMentions = null
+        }
         if (emptyText) {
-          return encounteredText ? item : item.trim()
-        }
-        if (!encounteredText) {
-          item = item.trimStart()
-          encounteredText = true
+          // don't include spaces when processing mentions - we'll include them
+          // in MentionsLine
+          return currentMentions !== null ? item.trim() : item
         }
+        currentMentions = null
         if (item.includes(':')) {
           item = ['', processTextForEmoji(
             item,
@@ -156,28 +143,25 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
         const Tag = getTagName(opener)
         const attrs = getAttrs(opener)
         switch (Tag) {
-          case 'span': // Replace last mentions class with mentionsline
-            if (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('lastMentions')) {
-              if (firstMentions.length > 1 && lastMentions.length > 1) {
-                break
-              } else {
-                return !this.hideMentions ? <MentionsLine mentions={lastMentions} /> : ''
-              }
-            } else {
-              break
-            }
+          case 'br':
+            currentMentions = null
+            break
           case 'img': // replace images with StillImage
             return renderImage(opener)
           case 'a': // replace mentions with MentionLink
             if (!this.handleLinks) break
             if (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('mention')) {
               // Handling mentions here
-              return renderMention(attrs, children, encounteredText)
+              return renderMention(attrs, children)
             } else {
               // Everything else will be handled in reverse pass
-              encounteredText = true
+              currentMentions = null
               return item // We'll handle it later
             }
+          case 'span':
+            if (this.handleLinks && attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('h-card')) {
+              return ['', children.map(processItem), '']
+            }
         }
 
         if (children !== undefined) {
@@ -246,8 +230,6 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
     </span>
 
     const event = {
-      firstMentions,
-      lastMentions,
       lastTags,
       writtenMentions,
       writtenTags
@@ -284,15 +266,12 @@ export const preProcessPerLine = (html, greentext, handleLinks) => {
   const lastMentions = []
   const greentextHandle = new Set(['p', 'div'])
 
-  let nonEmptyIndex = -1
   const lines = convertHtmlToLines(html)
-  const linesNum = lines.filter(c => c.text).length
   const newHtml = lines.reverse().map((item, index, array) => {
     // Going over each line in reverse to detect last mentions,
     // keeping non-text stuff as-is
     if (!item.text) return item
     const string = item.text
-    nonEmptyIndex += 1
 
     // Greentext stuff
     if (
@@ -316,42 +295,19 @@ export const preProcessPerLine = (html, greentext, handleLinks) => {
     // Converting that line part into tree
     const tree = convertHtmlToTree(string)
 
-    // If line has loose text, i.e. text outside a mention or a tag
-    // we won't touch mentions.
-    let hasLooseText = false
-    let mentionsNum = 0
     const process = (item) => {
       if (Array.isArray(item)) {
         const [opener, children, closer] = item
         const tag = getTagName(opener)
-        // If we have a link we probably have mentions
-        if (tag === 'a') {
-          if (!handleLinks) return [opener, children, closer]
-          const attrs = getAttrs(opener)
-          if (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('mention')) {
-            // Got mentions
-            mentionsNum++
-            return [opener, children, closer]
-          } else {
-            // Not a mention? Means we have loose text or whatever
-            hasLooseText = true
-            return [opener, children, closer]
-          }
-        } else if (tag === 'span' || tag === 'p') {
+        if (tag === 'span' || tag === 'p') {
           // For span and p we need to go deeper
           return [opener, [...children].map(process), closer]
         } else {
-          // Everything else equals to a loose text
-          hasLooseText = true
           return [opener, children, closer]
         }
       }
 
       if (typeof item === 'string') {
-        if (item.trim() !== '') {
-          // only meaningful strings are loose text
-          hasLooseText = true
-        }
         return item
       }
     }
@@ -359,33 +315,7 @@ export const preProcessPerLine = (html, greentext, handleLinks) => {
     // We now processed our tree, now we need to mark line as lastMentions
     const result = [...tree].map(process)
 
-    if (
-      handleLinks && // Do we handle links at all?
-        mentionsNum > 1 && // Does it have more than one mention?
-        !hasLooseText && // Don't do anything if it has something besides mentions
-        nonEmptyIndex === 0 && // Only check last (first since list is reversed) line
-        nonEmptyIndex !== linesNum - 1 // Don't do anything if there's only one line
-    ) {
-      let mentionIndex = 0
-      const process = (item) => {
-        if (Array.isArray(item)) {
-          const [opener, children] = item
-          const tag = getTagName(opener)
-          if (tag === 'a') {
-            const attrs = getAttrs(opener)
-            lastMentions.push(getLinkData(attrs, children, mentionIndex++))
-          } else if (children) {
-            children.forEach(process)
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      result.forEach(process)
-      // we DO need mentions here so that we conditionally remove them if don't
-      // have first mentions
-      return ['<span class="lastMentions">', flattenDeep(result).join(''), '</span>'].join('')
-    } else {
-      return flattenDeep(result).join('')
-    }
+    return flattenDeep(result).join('')
   }).reverse().join('')
 
   return { newHtml, lastMentions }
diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
index 1b830541f..8ef8f9859 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@
             {{ $t('settings.emoji_reactions_on_timeline') }}
           </BooleanSetting>
         </li>
-        <li>
-          <BooleanSetting path="mentionsOwnLine">
-            {{ $t('settings.mentions_new_place') }}
-          </BooleanSetting>
-        </li>
-        <li>
-          <BooleanSetting path="mentionsNewStyle">
-            {{ $t('settings.mentions_new_style') }}
-          </BooleanSetting>
-        </li>
         <h3>{{ $t('settings.attachments') }}</h3>
         <li>
           <BooleanSetting path="useContainFit">
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index 50922ce2b..01feb1e9e 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -176,18 +176,18 @@ const Status = {
         userId: attn.id
       }))
     },
-    alsoMentions () {
-      if (!this.headTailLinks) return []
-      const set = new Set(this.headTailLinks.writtenMentions.map(m => m.url))
-      return this.headTailLinks.writtenMentions.filter(mention => {
-        return !set.has(mention.url)
-      })
-    },
     mentionsLine () {
-      return this.mentionsOwnLine ? this.mentions : this.alsoMentions
-    },
-    mentionsOwnLine () {
-      return this.mergedConfig.mentionsOwnLine
+      const writtenMentions = this.headTailLinks ? this.headTailLinks.writtenMentions : []
+      const set = new Set(writtenMentions.map(_ => _.url))
+      return this.status.attentions.filter(attn => {
+        return attn.screen_name !== this.replyToName &&
+          attn.screen_name !== this.status.user.screen_name &&
+          !set.has(attn.url)
+      }).map(attn => ({
+        url: attn.statusnet_profile_url,
+        content: attn.screen_name,
+        userId: attn.id
+      }))
     },
     hasMentionsLine () {
       return this.mentionsLine.length > 0
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index a5f347a64..2684e4152 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@
             :no-heading="noHeading"
             :highlight="highlight"
             :focused="isFocused"
-            :hide-mentions="mentionsOwnLine && (isReply || true)"
             @mediaplay="addMediaPlaying($event)"
             @mediapause="removeMediaPlaying($event)"
             @parseReady="setHeadTailLinks"
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.js b/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
index 7ee965d98..b2c13e92c 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ const StatusContent = {
     'focused',
     'noHeading',
     'fullContent',
-    'singleLine',
-    'hideMentions'
+    'singleLine'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
index 1001508c9..a088e6bc8 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
           :html="status.raw_html"
           :emoji="status.emojis"
           :handle-links="true"
-          :hide-mentions="hideMentions"
           :greentext="mergedConfig.greentext"
           :attentions="status.attentions"
           @parseReady="onParseReady"
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
index 9059642e0..184f27834 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ const StatusContent = {
     'focused',
     'noHeading',
     'fullContent',
-    'singleLine',
-    'hideMentions'
+    'singleLine'
   ],
   computed: {
     hideAttachments () {
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
index 86b3c52ae..9a9626f51 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       :status="status"
       :compact="compact"
       :single-line="singleLine"
-      :hide-mentions="hideMentions"
       @parseReady="$emit('parseReady', $event)"
     >
       <div v-if="status.poll && status.poll.options">
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index f98cf860f..3e01e71dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ export const defaultState = {
   interfaceLanguage: browserLocale,
   hideScopeNotice: false,
   useStreamingApi: false,
-  mentionsOwnLine: false,
-  mentionsNewStyle: false,
   sidebarRight: undefined, // instance default
   scopeCopy: undefined, // instance default
   subjectLineBehavior: undefined, // instance default
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
index 9ac9bedbf..b29edeab4 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ const makeMention = (who) => {
   attentions.push({ statusnet_profile_url: `https://fake.tld/@${who}` })
   return `<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://fake.tld/@${who}">@<span>${who}</span></a></span>`
 }
-const stubMention = (who) => `<span class="h-card"><mentionlink-stub url="https://fake.tld/@${who}" content="@<span>${who}</span>"></mentionlink-stub></span>`
-const lastMentions = (...data) => `<span class="lastMentions">${data.join('')}</span>`
 const p = (...data) => `<p>${data.join('')}</p>`
 const compwrap = (...data) => `<span class="RichContent">${data.join('')}</span>`
-const removedMentionSpan = '<span class="h-card"></span>'
+const mentionsLine = (times) => [
+  '<mentionsline-stub mentions="',
+  new Array(times).fill('[object Object]').join(','),
+  '"></mentionsline-stub>'
+].join('')
 
 describe('RichContent', () => {
   it('renders simple post without exploding', () => {
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -56,20 +56,15 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
     expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
   })
 
-  it('removes mentions from the beginning of post', () => {
+  it('replaces mention with mentionsline', () => {
     const html = p(
       makeMention('John'),
-      ' how are you doing thoday?'
-    )
-    const expected = p(
-      removedMentionSpan,
-      'how are you doing thoday?'
+      ' how are you doing today?'
     )
     const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -77,70 +72,13 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
+    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(p(
+      mentionsLine(1),
+      ' how are you doing today?'
+    )))
   })
 
-  it('replaces first mention with mentionsline if hideMentions=false', () => {
-    const html = p(
-      makeMention('John'),
-      ' how are you doing thoday?'
-    )
-    const expected = p(
-      '<span class="h-card">',
-      '<mentionsline-stub mentions="',
-      '[object Object]',
-      '"></mentionsline-stub>',
-      '</span>',
-      'how are you doing thoday?'
-    )
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: false,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('removes mentions from the end of the hellpost (<p>)', () => {
-    const html = [
-      p('How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?'),
-      p(
-        makeMention('John'),
-        makeMention('Josh'),
-        makeMention('Jeremy')
-      )
-    ].join('')
-    const expected = [
-      p(
-        'How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?'
-      ),
-      // TODO fix this extra line somehow?
-      p()
-    ].join('')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('replaces mentions at the end of the hellpost if hideMentions=false (<p>)', () => {
+  it('replaces mentions at the end of the hellpost', () => {
     const html = [
       p('How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?'),
       p(
@@ -167,189 +105,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: false,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('removes mentions from the end of the hellpost (<br>)', () => {
-    const html = [
-      'How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?',
-      [
-        makeMention('John'),
-        makeMention('Josh'),
-        makeMention('Jeremy')
-      ].join('')
-    ].join('<br>')
-    const expected = [
-      'How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?',
-      // TODO fix this extra line somehow?
-      '<br>'
-    ].join('')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('removes mentions from the end of the hellpost (\\n)', () => {
-    const html = [
-      'How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?',
-      [
-        makeMention('John'),
-        makeMention('Josh'),
-        makeMention('Jeremy')
-      ].join('')
-    ].join('\n')
-    const expected = [
-      'How are you doing today, fine gentlemen?',
-      // TODO fix this extra line somehow?
-      ''
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('Does not remove mentions in the middle or at the end of text string', () => {
-    const html = [
-      [
-        makeMention('Jack'),
-        'let\'s meet up with ',
-        makeMention('Janet')
-      ].join(''),
-      [
-        'cc: ',
-        makeMention('John'),
-        makeMention('Josh'),
-        makeMention('Jeremy')
-      ].join('')
-    ].join('\n')
-    const expected = [
-      [
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        'let\'s meet up with ',
-        stubMention('Janet')
-      ].join(''),
-      [
-        'cc: ',
-        stubMention('John'),
-        stubMention('Josh'),
-        stubMention('Jeremy')
-      ].join('')
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('removes mentions from the end if there\'s only one first mention', () => {
-    const html = [
-      p(
-        makeMention('Todd'),
-        'so anyway you are wrong'
-      ),
-      p(
-        makeMention('Tom'),
-        makeMention('Trace'),
-        makeMention('Theodor')
-      )
-    ].join('')
-    const expected = [
-      p(
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        'so anyway you are wrong'
-      ),
-      // TODO fix this extra line somehow?
-      p()
-    ].join('')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('does not remove mentions from the end if there\'s more than one first mention', () => {
-    const html = [
-      p(
-        makeMention('Zacharie'),
-        makeMention('Zinaide'),
-        'you guys have cool names, and so do these guys: '
-      ),
-      p(
-        makeMention('Watson'),
-        makeMention('Wallace'),
-        makeMention('Wakamoto')
-      )
-    ].join('')
-    const expected = [
-      p(
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        'you guys have cool names, and so do these guys: '
-      ),
-      p(
-        lastMentions(
-          stubMention('Watson'),
-          stubMention('Wallace'),
-          stubMention('Wakamoto')
-        )
-      )
-    ].join('')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -378,7 +133,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: false,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -403,7 +157,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: false,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -424,7 +177,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: false,
         greentext: false,
         emoji: [],
@@ -446,7 +198,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: false,
         greentext: false,
         emoji: [{ url: 'about:blank', shortcode: 'spurdo' }],
@@ -464,7 +215,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: false,
         greentext: false,
         emoji: [],
@@ -484,7 +234,7 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
     ].join('\n')
     const expected = [
       '<span class="greentext">&gt;quote</span>',
-      stubMention('lol'),
+      mentionsLine(1),
       '<span class="greentext">&gt;quote</span>',
       '<span class="greentext">&gt;quote</span>'
     ].join('\n')
@@ -517,11 +267,7 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
     const expected = [
       'Bruh',
       'Bruh',
-      [
-        stubMention('foo'),
-        stubMention('bar'),
-        stubMention('baz')
-      ].join(''),
+      mentionsLine(3),
       'Bruh'
     ].join('<br>')
 
@@ -529,119 +275,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('Don\'t remove last mention if it\'s the only one', () => {
-    const html = [
-      'Bruh',
-      'Bruh',
-      makeMention('foo'),
-      makeMention('bar'),
-      makeMention('baz')
-    ].join('<br>')
-    const expected = [
-      'Bruh',
-      'Bruh',
-      stubMention('foo'),
-      stubMention('bar'),
-      stubMention('baz')
-    ].join('<br>')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('Don\'t remove last mentions if there are more than one first mention - remove first instead', () => {
-    const html = [
-      [
-        makeMention('foo'),
-        makeMention('bar')
-      ].join(' '),
-      'Bruh',
-      'Bruh',
-      [
-        makeMention('foo'),
-        makeMention('bar'),
-        makeMention('baz')
-      ].join(' ')
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const expected = [
-      [
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        'Bruh' // Due to trim we remove extra newline
-      ].join(''),
-      'Bruh',
-      lastMentions([
-        stubMention('foo'),
-        stubMention('bar'),
-        stubMention('baz')
-      ].join(' '))
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('Remove last mentions if there\'s just one first mention - remove all', () => {
-    const html = [
-      [
-        makeMention('foo')
-      ].join(' '),
-      'Bruh',
-      'Bruh',
-      [
-        makeMention('foo'),
-        makeMention('bar'),
-        makeMention('baz')
-      ].join(' ')
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const expected = [
-      [
-        removedMentionSpan,
-        'Bruh' // Due to trim we remove extra newline
-      ].join(''),
-      'Bruh\n' // Can't remove this one yet
-    ].join('\n')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -678,7 +311,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: true,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -690,54 +322,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
   })
 
   it('rich contents of a mention are handled properly', () => {
-    const html = [
-      p(
-        'Testing'
-      ),
-      p(
-        '<a href="lol" class="mention">',
-        '<span>',
-        'https://</span>',
-        '<span>',
-        'lol.tld/</span>',
-        '<span>',
-        '</span>',
-        '</a>'
-      )
-    ].join('')
-    const expected = [
-      p(
-        'Testing'
-      ),
-      p(
-        '<mentionlink-stub url="lol" content="',
-        '<span>',
-        'https://</span>',
-        '<span>',
-        'lol.tld/</span>',
-        '<span>',
-        '</span>',
-        '">',
-        '</mentionlink-stub>'
-      )
-    ].join('')
-
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(RichContent, {
-      localVue,
-      propsData: {
-        attentions,
-        hideMentions: false,
-        handleLinks: true,
-        greentext: true,
-        emoji: [],
-        html
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
-  })
-
-  it('rich contents of a mention in beginning are handled properly', () => {
     attentions.push({ statusnet_profile_url: 'lol' })
     const html = [
       p(
@@ -757,16 +341,19 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
     const expected = [
       p(
         '<span class="MentionsLine">',
-        '<mentionlink-stub content="',
+        '<span class="MentionLink mention-link">',
+        '<a href="lol" target="_blank" class="original">',
         '<span>',
         'https://</span>',
         '<span>',
         'lol.tld/</span>',
         '<span>',
         '</span>',
-        '" url="lol" class="mention-link">',
-        '</mentionlink-stub>',
-        '<!---->', // v-if placeholder
+        '</a>',
+        ' ',
+        '<!---->', // v-if placeholder, mentionlink's "new" (i.e. rich) display
+        '</span>',
+        '<!---->', // v-if placeholder, mentionsline's extra mentions and stuff
         '</span>'
       ),
       p(
@@ -776,12 +363,8 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
 
     const wrapper = mount(RichContent, {
       localVue,
-      stubs: {
-        MentionLink: true
-      },
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: false,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -826,7 +409,6 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       localVue,
       propsData: {
         attentions,
-        hideMentions: false,
         handleLinks: true,
         greentext: true,
         emoji: [],
@@ -836,4 +418,63 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
 
     expect(wrapper.html()).to.eql(compwrap(expected))
   })
+
+  it.skip('[INFORMATIVE] Performance testing, 10 000 simple posts', () => {
+    const amount = 20
+
+    const onePost = p(
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      makeMention('Lain'),
+      ' i just landed in l a where are you'
+    )
+
+    const TestComponent = {
+      template: `
+      <div v-if="!vhtml">
+        ${new Array(amount).fill(`<RichContent html="${onePost}" :greentext="true" :handleLinks="handeLinks" :emoji="[]" :attentions="attentions"/>`)}
+      </div>
+      <div v-else="vhtml">
+        ${new Array(amount).fill(`<div v-html="${onePost}"/>`)}
+      </div>
+      `,
+      props: ['handleLinks', 'attentions', 'vhtml']
+    }
+    console.log(1)
+
+    const ptest = (handleLinks, vhtml) => {
+      const t0 = performance.now()
+
+      const wrapper = mount(TestComponent, {
+        localVue,
+        propsData: {
+          attentions,
+          handleLinks,
+          vhtml
+        }
+      })
+
+      const t1 = performance.now()
+
+      wrapper.destroy()
+
+      const t2 = performance.now()
+
+      return `Mount: ${t1 - t0}ms, destroy: ${t2 - t1}ms, avg ${(t1 - t0) / amount}ms - ${(t2 - t1) / amount}ms per item`
+    }
+
+    console.log(`${amount} items with links handling:`)
+    console.log(ptest(true))
+    console.log(`${amount} items without links handling:`)
+    console.log(ptest(false))
+    console.log(`${amount} items plain v-html:`)
+    console.log(ptest(false, true))
+  })
 })