diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index 515993f8..b0dbafaf 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Dropdown from 'react-bootstrap/Dropdown'
 import Countdown from './countdown'
 import { abbrNum, numWithUnits } from '@/lib/format'
 import { newComments, commentsViewedAt } from '@/lib/new-comments'
-import { datePivot, timeSince } from '@/lib/time'
+import { timeSince } from '@/lib/time'
 import { DeleteDropdownItem } from './delete'
 import styles from './item.module.css'
 import { useMe } from './me'
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { useToast } from './toast'
 import { useShowModal } from './modal'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
 import SubPopover from './sub-popover'
+import useCanEdit from './use-can-edit'
 
 export default function ItemInfo ({
   item, full, commentsText = 'comments',
@@ -35,12 +36,12 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
   onQuoteReply, extraBadges, nested, pinnable, showActionDropdown = true, showUser = true,
   setDisableRetry, disableRetry
 }) {
-  const editThreshold = datePivot(new Date(item.invoice?.confirmedAt ?? item.createdAt), { minutes: 10 })
   const { me } = useMe()
   const router = useRouter()
   const [hasNewComments, setHasNewComments] = useState(false)
   const root = useRoot()
   const sub = item?.sub || root?.sub
+  const [canEdit, setCanEdit, editThreshold] = useCanEdit(item)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!full) {
@@ -48,19 +49,6 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
     }
   }, [item])
 
-  // allow anon edits if they have the correct hmac for the item invoice
-  // (the server will verify the hmac)
-  const [anonEdit, setAnonEdit] = useState(false)
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const invParams = window.localStorage.getItem(`item:${item.id}:hash:hmac`)
-    setAnonEdit(!!invParams && !me && Number(item.user.id) === USER_ID.anon)
-  }, [])
-
-  // deleted items can never be edited and every item has a 10 minute edit window
-  // except bios, they can always be edited but they should never show the countdown
-  const noEdit = !!item.deletedAt || (Date.now() >= editThreshold) || item.bio
-  const canEdit = !noEdit && ((me && item.mine) || anonEdit)
-
   // territory founders can pin any post in their territory
   // and OPs can pin any root reply in their post
   const isPost = !item.parentId
@@ -160,7 +148,7 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
           <>
             <EditInfo
               item={item} edit={edit} canEdit={canEdit}
-              setCanEdit={setAnonEdit} toggleEdit={toggleEdit} editText={editText} editThreshold={editThreshold}
+              setCanEdit={setCanEdit} toggleEdit={toggleEdit} editText={editText} editThreshold={editThreshold}
             />
             <PaymentInfo item={item} disableRetry={disableRetry} setDisableRetry={setDisableRetry} />
             <ActionDropdown>
diff --git a/components/use-can-edit.js b/components/use-can-edit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc31f17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/use-can-edit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { datePivot } from '@/lib/time'
+import { useMe } from '@/components/me'
+import { USER_ID } from '@/lib/constants'
+
+export default function useCanEdit (item) {
+  const editThreshold = datePivot(new Date(item.invoice?.confirmedAt ?? item.createdAt), { minutes: 10 })
+  const { me } = useMe()
+
+  // deleted items can never be edited and every item has a 10 minute edit window
+  // except bios, they can always be edited but they should never show the countdown
+  const noEdit = !!item.deletedAt || (Date.now() >= editThreshold) || item.bio
+  const authorEdit = me && item.mine
+  const [canEdit, setCanEdit] = useState(!noEdit && authorEdit)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // allow anon edits if they have the correct hmac for the item invoice
+    // (the server will verify the hmac)
+    const invParams = window.localStorage.getItem(`item:${item.id}:hash:hmac`)
+    const anonEdit = !!invParams && !me && Number(item.user.id) === USER_ID.anon
+    // anonEdit should not override canEdit, but only allow edits if they aren't already allowed
+    setCanEdit(canEdit => canEdit || anonEdit)
+  }, [])
+
+  return [canEdit, setCanEdit, editThreshold]
+}
diff --git a/pages/items/[id]/edit.js b/pages/items/[id]/edit.js
index 67572ca5..707da6fd 100644
--- a/pages/items/[id]/edit.js
+++ b/pages/items/[id]/edit.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import PageLoading from '@/components/page-loading'
 import { FeeButtonProvider } from '@/components/fee-button'
 import SubSelect from '@/components/sub-select'
+import useCanEdit from '@/components/use-can-edit'
 
 export const getServerSideProps = getGetServerSideProps({
   query: ITEM,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export default function PostEdit ({ ssrData }) {
   const { item } = data || ssrData
   const [sub, setSub] = useState(item.subName)
 
-  const editThreshold = new Date(item?.invoice?.confirmedAt ?? item.createdAt).getTime() + 10 * 60000
+  const [,, editThreshold] = useCanEdit(item)
 
   let FormType = DiscussionForm
   let itemType = 'DISCUSSION'