diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
index 244bb2750..82e708778 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     = person_image_link(post.author, :size => :thumb_small)
 
     .content
-      %div
+      %div.post_initial_info
         %span.from
           = person_link(post.author, :class => 'author')
           %time.time.timeago{:datetime => post.created_at, :integer => time_for_sort(post).to_i}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/stream.js b/public/javascripts/stream.js
index 3543d980a..d4b6718e8 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/stream.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/stream.js
@@ -18,13 +18,21 @@ var Stream = {
     Stream.setUpAudioLinks();
     //Stream.setUpImageLinks();
 
-    // collapse long comments
+    // collapse long posts
     $(".content p", this.selector).expander({
       slicePoint: 400,
       widow: 12,
       expandText: Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("show_more"),
       userCollapse: false
     });
+
+    // collapse long comments
+    $(".comment .content span", this.selector).expander({
+      slicePoint: 200,
+      widow: 12,
+      expandText: Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("show_more"),
+      userCollapse: false
+    });
   },
 
   initializeLives: function(){
@@ -41,7 +49,6 @@ var Stream = {
     });
 
     this.setUpComments();
-
   },
 
   setUpComments: function(){
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 0e5be741f..aec2a7f69 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -477,8 +477,9 @@ ul.dropdown
       :bottom 5px
 
 
-.details
-  :color #aaa
+.post_initial_info
+  .details
+    :color #aaa
 
 .time,
 .timeago,