diff --git a/components/hoverable-popover.js b/components/hoverable-popover.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a0ca4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/hoverable-popover.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Popover } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import OverlayTrigger from 'react-bootstrap/OverlayTrigger'
+import styles from './hoverable-popover.module.css'
+
+export default function HoverablePopover ({ id, trigger, body, onShow }) {
+  const [showOverlay, setShowOverlay] = useState(false)
+
+  const timeoutId = useRef(null)
+
+  const handleMouseEnter = () => {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId.current)
+    onShow && onShow()
+    timeoutId.current = setTimeout(() => {
+      setShowOverlay(true)
+    }, 500)
+  }
+
+  const handleMouseLeave = () => {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId.current)
+    timeoutId.current = setTimeout(() => setShowOverlay(false), 100)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <OverlayTrigger
+      show={showOverlay}
+      placement='bottom'
+      onHide={handleMouseLeave}
+      overlay={
+        <Popover
+          onPointerEnter={handleMouseEnter}
+          onPointerLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+          className={styles.HoverablePopover}
+        >
+          <Popover.Body className={styles.HoverablePopover}>
+            {body}
+          </Popover.Body>
+        </Popover>
+      }
+    >
+      <span
+        onPointerEnter={handleMouseEnter}
+        onPointerLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+      >
+        {trigger}
+      </span>
+    </OverlayTrigger>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/components/user-popover.module.css b/components/hoverable-popover.module.css
similarity index 71%
rename from components/user-popover.module.css
rename to components/hoverable-popover.module.css
index 20d8ca76..a1601726 100644
--- a/components/user-popover.module.css
+++ b/components/hoverable-popover.module.css
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.userPopover {
+.hoverablePopover {
     border: 1px solid var(--theme-toolbarActive)
 }
 
-.userPopBody {
+.hoverablePopBody {
     font-weight: 500;
     font-size: 0.9rem;
 }
diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index a0422e82..0ca302f4 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import UserPopover from './user-popover'
 export default function ItemInfo ({
   item, full, commentsText = 'comments',
   commentTextSingular = 'comment', className, embellishUser, extraInfo, onEdit, editText,
-  onQuoteReply, extraBadges, nested, pinnable
+  onQuoteReply, extraBadges, nested, pinnable, showActionDropdown = true, showUser = true
 }) {
   const editThreshold = new Date(item.createdAt).getTime() + 10 * 60000
   const me = useMe()
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
       {!(item.position && (pinnable || !item.subName)) && !(!item.parentId && Number(item.user?.id) === AD_USER_ID) &&
         <>
           <span title={`from ${numWithUnits(item.upvotes, {
-              abbreviate: false,
-              unitSingular: 'stacker',
-              unitPlural: 'stackers'
-            })} ${item.mine
+            abbreviate: false,
+            unitSingular: 'stacker',
+            unitPlural: 'stackers'
+          })} ${item.mine
             ? `\\ ${numWithUnits(item.meSats, { abbreviate: false })} to post`
             : `(${numWithUnits(meTotalSats, { abbreviate: false })}${item.meDontLikeSats
               ? ` & ${numWithUnits(item.meDontLikeSats, { abbreviate: false, unitSingular: 'downsat', unitPlural: 'downsats' })}`
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
       </Link>
       <span> \ </span>
       <span>
-        <UserPopover name={item.user.name}>
-          <Link href={`/${item.user.name}`}>
-            @{item.user.name}<span> </span><Hat className='fill-grey' user={item.user} height={12} width={12} />
-            {embellishUser}
-          </Link>
-        </UserPopover>
+        {showUser &&
+          <UserPopover name={item.user.name}>
+            <Link href={`/${item.user.name}`}>
+              @{item.user.name}<span> </span><Hat className='fill-grey' user={item.user} height={12} width={12} />
+              {embellishUser}
+            </Link>
+          </UserPopover>}
         <span> </span>
         <Link href={`/items/${item.id}`} title={item.createdAt} className='text-reset' suppressHydrationWarning>
           {timeSince(new Date(item.createdAt))}
@@ -152,54 +153,57 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
             />
           </span>
         </>}
-      <ActionDropdown>
-        <CopyLinkDropdownItem item={item} />
-        {(item.parentId || item.text) && onQuoteReply &&
-          <Dropdown.Item onClick={onQuoteReply}>quote reply</Dropdown.Item>}
-        {me && <BookmarkDropdownItem item={item} />}
-        {me && <SubscribeDropdownItem item={item} />}
-        {item.otsHash &&
-          <Link href={`/items/${item.id}/ots`} className='text-reset dropdown-item'>
-            opentimestamp
-          </Link>}
-        {item?.noteId && (
-          <Dropdown.Item onClick={() => window.open(`https://njump.me/${item.noteId}`, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer,nofollow')}>
-            nostr note
-          </Dropdown.Item>
-        )}
-        {item && item.mine && !item.noteId && !item.isJob && !item.parentId &&
-          <CrosspostDropdownItem item={item} />}
-        {me && !item.position &&
-          !item.mine && !item.deletedAt &&
-          (item.meDontLikeSats > meTotalSats
-            ? <DropdownItemUpVote item={item} />
-            : <DontLikeThisDropdownItem id={item.id} />)}
-        {me && sub && !item.mine && !item.outlawed && Number(me.id) === Number(sub.userId) && sub.moderated &&
-          <>
-            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
-            <OutlawDropdownItem item={item} />
-          </>}
-        {me && !nested && !item.mine && sub && Number(me.id) !== Number(sub.userId) &&
-          <>
-            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
-            <MuteSubDropdownItem item={item} sub={sub} />
-          </>}
-        {canPin &&
-          <>
-            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
-            <PinSubDropdownItem item={item} />
-          </>}
-        {item.mine && !item.position && !item.deletedAt && !item.bio &&
-          <>
-            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
-            <DeleteDropdownItem itemId={item.id} type={item.title ? 'post' : 'comment'} />
-          </>}
-        {me && !item.mine &&
-          <>
-            <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
-            <MuteDropdownItem user={item.user} />
-          </>}
-      </ActionDropdown>
+      {
+        showActionDropdown &&
+          <ActionDropdown>
+            <CopyLinkDropdownItem item={item} />
+            {(item.parentId || item.text) && onQuoteReply &&
+              <Dropdown.Item onClick={onQuoteReply}>quote reply</Dropdown.Item>}
+            {me && <BookmarkDropdownItem item={item} />}
+            {me && <SubscribeDropdownItem item={item} />}
+            {item.otsHash &&
+              <Link href={`/items/${item.id}/ots`} className='text-reset dropdown-item'>
+                opentimestamp
+              </Link>}
+            {item?.noteId && (
+              <Dropdown.Item onClick={() => window.open(`https://njump.me/${item.noteId}`, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer,nofollow')}>
+                nostr note
+              </Dropdown.Item>
+            )}
+            {item && item.mine && !item.noteId && !item.isJob && !item.parentId &&
+              <CrosspostDropdownItem item={item} />}
+            {me && !item.position &&
+            !item.mine && !item.deletedAt &&
+            (item.meDontLikeSats > meTotalSats
+              ? <DropdownItemUpVote item={item} />
+              : <DontLikeThisDropdownItem id={item.id} />)}
+            {me && sub && !item.mine && !item.outlawed && Number(me.id) === Number(sub.userId) && sub.moderated &&
+              <>
+                <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+                <OutlawDropdownItem item={item} />
+              </>}
+            {me && !nested && !item.mine && sub && Number(me.id) !== Number(sub.userId) &&
+              <>
+                <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+                <MuteSubDropdownItem item={item} sub={sub} />
+              </>}
+            {canPin &&
+              <>
+                <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+                <PinSubDropdownItem item={item} />
+              </>}
+            {item.mine && !item.position && !item.deletedAt && !item.bio &&
+              <>
+                <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+                <DeleteDropdownItem itemId={item.id} type={item.title ? 'post' : 'comment'} />
+              </>}
+            {me && !item.mine &&
+              <>
+                <hr className='dropdown-divider' />
+                <MuteDropdownItem user={item.user} />
+              </>}
+          </ActionDropdown>
+      }
       {extraInfo}
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/components/item-popover.js b/components/item-popover.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf7de5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/item-popover.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ITEM } from '@/fragments/items'
+import errorStyles from '@/styles/error.module.css'
+import { useLazyQuery } from '@apollo/client'
+import classNames from 'classnames'
+import HoverablePopover from './hoverable-popover'
+import { ItemSkeleton, ItemSummary } from './item'
+
+export default function ItemPopover ({ id, children }) {
+  const [getItem, { loading, data }] = useLazyQuery(
+    ITEM,
+    {
+      variables: { id },
+      fetchPolicy: 'cache-first'
+    }
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <HoverablePopover
+      onShow={getItem}
+      trigger={children}
+      body={!data || loading
+        ? <ItemSkeleton showUpvote={false} />
+        : !data.item
+            ? <h1 className={classNames(errorStyles.status, errorStyles.describe)}>ITEM NOT FOUND</h1>
+            : <ItemSummary item={data.item} />}
+    />
+  )
+}
diff --git a/components/item.js b/components/item.js
index d859ff31..ea801fcf 100644
--- a/components/item.js
+++ b/components/item.js
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ import { Badge } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import AdIcon from '@/svgs/advertisement-fill.svg'
 import { DownZap } from './dont-link-this'
 import { timeLeft } from '@/lib/time'
+import classNames from 'classnames'
+import removeMd from 'remove-markdown'
+
+function onItemClick (e, router, item) {
+  const viewedAt = commentsViewedAt(item)
+  if (viewedAt) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
+      window.open(
+        `/items/${item.id}`,
+        '_blank',
+        'noopener,noreferrer'
+      )
+    } else {
+      router.push(
+        `/items/${item.id}?commentsViewedAt=${viewedAt}`,
+        `/items/${item.id}`)
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 export function SearchTitle ({ title }) {
   return reactStringReplace(title, /\*\*\*([^*]+)\*\*\*/g, (match, i) => {
@@ -51,23 +71,9 @@ export default function Item ({ item, rank, belowTitle, right, full, children, s
           <div className={`${styles.main} flex-wrap`}>
             <Link
               href={`/items/${item.id}`}
-              onClick={(e) => {
-                const viewedAt = commentsViewedAt(item)
-                if (viewedAt) {
-                  e.preventDefault()
-                  if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
-                    window.open(
-                      `/items/${item.id}`,
-                      '_blank',
-                      'noopener,noreferrer'
-                    )
-                  } else {
-                    router.push(
-                    `/items/${item.id}?commentsViewedAt=${viewedAt}`,
-                    `/items/${item.id}`)
-                  }
-                }
-              }} ref={titleRef} className={`${styles.title} text-reset me-2`}
+              onClick={(e) => onItemClick(e, router, item)}
+              ref={titleRef}
+              className={`${styles.title} text-reset me-2`}
             >
               {item.searchTitle ? <SearchTitle title={item.searchTitle} /> : item.title}
               {item.pollCost && <PollIndicator item={item} />}
@@ -108,7 +114,48 @@ export default function Item ({ item, rank, belowTitle, right, full, children, s
   )
 }
 
-export function ItemSkeleton ({ rank, children }) {
+export function ItemSummary ({ item }) {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const link = (
+    <Link
+      href={`/items/${item.id}`}
+      onClick={(e) => onItemClick(e, router, item)}
+      className={`${item.title && styles.title} ${styles.summaryText} text-reset me-2`}
+    >
+      {item.title ?? removeMd(item.text)}
+    </Link>
+  )
+  const info = (
+    <ItemInfo
+      item={item}
+      showUser={false}
+      showActionDropdown={false}
+      extraBadges={item.title && Number(item?.user?.id) === AD_USER_ID && <Badge className={styles.newComment} bg={null}>AD</Badge>}
+    />
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div className={classNames(styles.item, 'mb-0 pb-0')}>
+      <div className={styles.hunk}>
+        {item.title
+          ? (
+            <>
+              {link}
+              {info}
+            </>
+            )
+          : (
+            <>
+              {info}
+              {link}
+            </>
+            )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export function ItemSkeleton ({ rank, children, showUpvote = true }) {
   return (
     <>
       {rank
@@ -118,7 +165,7 @@ export function ItemSkeleton ({ rank, children }) {
           </div>)
         : <div />}
       <div className={`${styles.item} ${styles.skeleton}`}>
-        <UpVote className={styles.upvote} />
+        {showUpvote && <UpVote className={styles.upvote} />}
         <div className={styles.hunk}>
           <div className={`${styles.main} flex-wrap flex-md-nowrap`}>
             <span className={`${styles.title} clouds text-reset flex-md-fill flex-md-shrink-0 me-2`} />
@@ -149,11 +196,10 @@ function PollIndicator ({ item }) {
   return (
     <span className={styles.icon} title={isActive ? 'active' : 'results in'}>
       <PollIcon
-        className={`${
-    isActive
-? 'fill-success'
+        className={`${isActive
+          ? 'fill-success'
           : 'fill-grey'
-      } ms-1`} height={14} width={14}
+          } ms-1`} height={14} width={14}
       />
     </span>
   )
diff --git a/components/item.module.css b/components/item.module.css
index 816d83c3..5d83b494 100644
--- a/components/item.module.css
+++ b/components/item.module.css
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
     margin-bottom: .15rem;
 }
 
+.summaryText {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    display: -webkit-box;
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+}
+
 .notification {
     position: absolute;
     padding: 3px;
diff --git a/components/text.js b/components/text.js
index 0908baa1..1dc9d445 100644
--- a/components/text.js
+++ b/components/text.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import Link from 'next/link'
 import { UNKNOWN_LINK_REL } from '@/lib/constants'
 import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual'
 import UserPopover from './user-popover'
+import ItemPopover from './item-popover'
 
 export function SearchText ({ text }) {
   return (
@@ -227,7 +228,11 @@ export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, o
             try {
               const linkText = parseInternalLinks(href)
               if (linkText) {
-                return <Link href={href}>{linkText}</Link>
+                return (
+                  <ItemPopover id={linkText.replace('#', '').split('/')[0]}>
+                    <Link href={href}>{linkText}</Link>
+                  </ItemPopover>
+                )
               }
             } catch {
               // ignore errors like invalid URLs
diff --git a/components/user-popover.js b/components/user-popover.js
index 445ec2c7..11d7d65b 100644
--- a/components/user-popover.js
+++ b/components/user-popover.js
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 import { USER } from '@/fragments/users'
 import errorStyles from '@/styles/error.module.css'
 import { useLazyQuery } from '@apollo/client'
-import Link from 'next/link'
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { Popover } from 'react-bootstrap'
-import OverlayTrigger from 'react-bootstrap/OverlayTrigger'
-import { UserBase, UserSkeleton } from './user-list'
-import styles from './user-popover.module.css'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
+import Link from 'next/link'
+import HoverablePopover from './hoverable-popover'
+import ItemPopover from './item-popover'
+import { UserBase, UserSkeleton } from './user-list'
 
 function StackingSince ({ since }) {
   return (
     <small className='text-muted d-flex-inline'>
       stacking since:{' '}
       {since
-        ? <Link href={`/items/${since}`}>#{since}</Link>
+        ? (
+          <ItemPopover id={since}>
+            <Link href={`/items/${since}`}>#{since}</Link>
+          </ItemPopover>
+          )
         : <span>never</span>}
     </small>
   )
 }
 
 export default function UserPopover ({ name, children }) {
-  const [showOverlay, setShowOverlay] = useState(false)
-
   const [getUser, { loading, data }] = useLazyQuery(
     USER,
     {
@@ -31,52 +31,19 @@ export default function UserPopover ({ name, children }) {
     }
   )
 
-  const timeoutId = useRef(null)
-
-  const handleMouseEnter = () => {
-    clearTimeout(timeoutId.current)
-    getUser()
-    timeoutId.current = setTimeout(() => {
-      setShowOverlay(true)
-    }, 500)
-  }
-
-  const handleMouseLeave = () => {
-    clearTimeout(timeoutId.current)
-    timeoutId.current = setTimeout(() => setShowOverlay(false), 100)
-  }
-
   return (
-    <OverlayTrigger
-      show={showOverlay}
-      placement='bottom'
-      onHide={handleMouseLeave}
-      overlay={
-        <Popover
-          onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
-          onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
-          className={styles.userPopover}
-        >
-          <Popover.Body className={styles.userPopBody}>
-            {!data || loading
-              ? <UserSkeleton />
-              : !data.user
-                  ? <h1 className={classNames(errorStyles.status, errorStyles.describe)}>USER NOT FOUND</h1>
-                  : (
-                    <UserBase user={data.user} className='mb-0 pb-0'>
-                      <StackingSince since={data.user.since} />
-                    </UserBase>
-                    )}
-          </Popover.Body>
-        </Popover>
-      }
-    >
-      <span
-        onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
-        onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </span>
-    </OverlayTrigger>
+    <HoverablePopover
+      onShow={getUser}
+      trigger={children}
+      body={!data || loading
+        ? <UserSkeleton />
+        : !data.user
+            ? <h1 className={classNames(errorStyles.status, errorStyles.describe)}>USER NOT FOUND</h1>
+            : (
+              <UserBase user={data.user} className='mb-0 pb-0'>
+                <StackingSince since={data.user.since} />
+              </UserBase>
+              )}
+    />
   )
 }