diff --git a/components/reply.js b/components/reply.js
index 9bdd16bf..8e41d968 100644
--- a/components/reply.js
+++ b/components/reply.js
@@ -40,15 +40,42 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({ item, onSuccess, replyOpen, children
   const parentId = item.id
   const replyInput = useRef(null)
   const formInnerRef = useRef()
+
+  // Start block to handle iOS Safari's weird selection clearing behavior
+  const savedRange = useRef()
+  const savedRangeNode = useRef()
+  const onTouchEnd = useCallback(() => {
+    const selection = document.getSelection()
+    if (!selection || selection.rangeCount === 0 || selection.getRangeAt(0).length === 0) {
+      return
+    }
+    const range = selection.getRangeAt(0)
+    savedRangeNode.current = range.commonAncestorContainer
+    savedRange.current = range.cloneContents()
+  }, [])
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.addEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd)
+    return () => document.removeEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd)
+  }, [])
+  // End block to handle iOS Safari's weird selection clearing behavior
+
   useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
     quoteReply: ({ selectionOnly }) => {
       if (!reply) {
         setReply(true)
       }
       const selection = window.getSelection()
-      const selectedText = selection.isCollapsed ? undefined : selection.toString()
-      const isSelectedTextInTarget = contentContainerRef?.current?.contains(selection.anchorNode)
-      if ((selection.isCollapsed || !isSelectedTextInTarget) && selectionOnly) return
+      let selectedText = selection.isCollapsed ? undefined : selection.toString()
+      let isSelectedTextInTarget = contentContainerRef?.current?.contains(selection.anchorNode)
+
+      // Start block to handle iOS Safari's weird selection clearing behavior
+      if (!selectedText && savedRange.current && savedRangeNode.current) {
+        selectedText = savedRange.current.textContent
+        isSelectedTextInTarget = contentContainerRef?.current?.contains(savedRangeNode.current)
+      }
+      // End block to handle iOS Safari's weird selection clearing behavior
+
+      if ((selection.isCollapsed || !isSelectedTextInTarget || !selectedText) && selectionOnly) return
       const textToQuote = isSelectedTextInTarget ? selectedText : item.text
       let updatedValue
       if (formInnerRef.current && formInnerRef.current.values && !formInnerRef.current.values.text) {
diff --git a/docs/useful-dev-commands.md b/docs/useful-dev-commands.md
index 265f7594..ca08b130 100644
--- a/docs/useful-dev-commands.md
+++ b/docs/useful-dev-commands.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ### `nvm use 18`
 Switch to use nodejs version 18 in your current shell
 
-### `docker-compose up -d`
+### `docker-compose up --build -d`
 Bring up stacker news app via local docker services
 
 ### `docker-compose down`
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20231005215415_fix_freebies/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20231005215415_fix_freebies/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a90628e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20231005215415_fix_freebies/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+UPDATE "Item" SET freebie = true
+WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1
+    FROM "ItemAct"
+    WHERE "itemId" = "Item".id
+    AND "userId" = "Item"."userId"
+    AND act = 'FEE');
+
+-- add freebie tag back to applicatable items
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_item(
+    jitem JSONB, forward JSONB, poll_options JSONB, spam_within INTERVAL)
+RETURNS "Item"
+LANGUAGE plpgsql
+AS $$
+DECLARE
+    user_msats BIGINT;
+    cost_msats BIGINT;
+    freebie BOOLEAN;
+    item "Item";
+    med_votes FLOAT;
+    select_clause TEXT;
+BEGIN
+    PERFORM ASSERT_SERIALIZED();
+
+    -- access fields with appropriate types
+    item := jsonb_populate_record(NULL::"Item", jitem);
+
+    SELECT msats INTO user_msats FROM users WHERE id = item."userId";
+
+    IF item."maxBid" IS NOT NULL THEN
+        cost_msats := 1000000;
+    ELSE
+        cost_msats := 1000 * POWER(10, item_spam(item."parentId", item."userId", spam_within));
+    END IF;
+    -- it's only a freebie if it's a 1 sat cost, they have < 1 sat, and boost = 0
+    freebie := (cost_msats <= 1000) AND (user_msats < 1000) AND (item.boost IS NULL OR item.boost = 0);
+
+    IF NOT freebie AND cost_msats > user_msats THEN
+        RAISE EXCEPTION 'SN_INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS';
+    END IF;
+
+    -- get this user's median item score
+    SELECT COALESCE(
+        percentile_cont(0.5) WITHIN GROUP(
+            ORDER BY "weightedVotes" - "weightedDownVotes"), 0)
+        INTO med_votes FROM "Item" WHERE "userId" = item."userId";
+
+    -- if their median votes are positive, start at 0
+    -- if the median votes are negative, start their post with that many down votes
+    -- basically: if their median post is bad, presume this post is too
+    -- addendum: if they're an anon poster, always start at 0
+    IF med_votes >= 0 OR item."userId" = 27 THEN
+        med_votes := 0;
+    ELSE
+        med_votes := ABS(med_votes);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- there's no great way to set default column values when using json_populate_record
+    -- so we need to only select fields with non-null values that way when func input
+    -- does not include a value, the default value is used instead of null
+    SELECT string_agg(quote_ident(key), ',') INTO select_clause
+    FROM jsonb_object_keys(jsonb_strip_nulls(jitem)) k(key);
+    -- insert the item
+    EXECUTE format($fmt$
+        INSERT INTO "Item" (%s, "weightedDownVotes", freebie)
+        SELECT %1$s, %L, %L
+        FROM jsonb_populate_record(NULL::"Item", %L) RETURNING *
+    $fmt$, select_clause, med_votes, freebie, jitem) INTO item;
+
+    INSERT INTO "ItemForward" ("itemId", "userId", "pct")
+        SELECT item.id, "userId", "pct" FROM jsonb_populate_recordset(NULL::"ItemForward", forward);
+
+    -- Automatically subscribe forward recipients to the new post
+    INSERT INTO "ThreadSubscription" ("itemId", "userId")
+        SELECT item.id, "userId" FROM jsonb_populate_recordset(NULL::"ItemForward", forward);
+
+    INSERT INTO "PollOption" ("itemId", "option")
+        SELECT item.id, "option" FROM jsonb_array_elements_text(poll_options) o("option");
+
+    IF NOT freebie THEN
+        UPDATE users SET msats = msats - cost_msats WHERE id = item."userId";
+
+        INSERT INTO "ItemAct" (msats, "itemId", "userId", act)
+        VALUES (cost_msats, item.id, item."userId", 'FEE');
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this item has boost
+    IF item.boost > 0 THEN
+        PERFORM item_act(item.id, item."userId", 'BOOST', item.boost);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this is a job
+    IF item."maxBid" IS NOT NULL THEN
+        PERFORM run_auction(item.id);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this is a bio
+    IF item.bio THEN
+        UPDATE users SET "bioId" = item.id WHERE id = item."userId";
+    END IF;
+
+    -- schedule imgproxy job
+    INSERT INTO pgboss.job (name, data, retrylimit, retrybackoff, startafter)
+    VALUES ('imgproxy', jsonb_build_object('id', item.id), 21, true, now() + interval '5 seconds');
+
+    RETURN item;
+END;
+$$;
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