diff --git a/components/adv-post-form.js b/components/adv-post-form.js
index 732d58c5..615455bd 100644
--- a/components/adv-post-form.js
+++ b/components/adv-post-form.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import AccordianItem from './accordian-item'
-import { MarkdownInput, Input, InputUserSuggest, VariableInput, Checkbox } from './form'
+import { Input, InputUserSuggest, VariableInput, Checkbox } from './form'
 import InputGroup from 'react-bootstrap/InputGroup'
 import { BOOST_MIN, BOOST_MULT, MAX_FORWARDS } from '../lib/constants'
 import { DEFAULT_CROSSPOSTING_RELAYS } from '../lib/nostr'
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 
 const EMPTY_FORWARD = { nym: '', pct: '' }
 
-export function AdvPostInitial ({ text, forward, boost }) {
+export function AdvPostInitial ({ forward, boost }) {
   return {
-    text: text || '',
     boost: boost || '',
     forward: forward?.length ? forward : [EMPTY_FORWARD]
   }
 }
 
-export default function AdvPostForm ({ isLink }) {
+export default function AdvPostForm ({ children }) {
   const me = useMe()
   const router = useRouter()
 
@@ -28,24 +27,7 @@ export default function AdvPostForm ({ isLink }) {
       header={<div style={{ fontWeight: 'bold', fontSize: '92%' }}>options</div>}
       body={
         <>
-          {isLink &&
-            <MarkdownInput
-              label={
-                <div className='d-flex align-items-center'>text
-                  <Info>
-                    <span className='fw-bold'>You can use this text to ...</span>
-                    <ul>
-                      <li>provide context</li>
-                      <li>summarize the link</li>
-                      <li>spur great conversation!</li>
-                      <li>or for anything else that comes to your mind</li>
-                    </ul>
-                  </Info>
-                </div>
-              }
-              name='text'
-              minRows={6}
-            />}
+          {children}
           <Input
             label={
               <div className='d-flex align-items-center'>boost
diff --git a/components/link-form.js b/components/link-form.js
index d25d9d29..f8b69ce4 100644
--- a/components/link-form.js
+++ b/components/link-form.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
-import { Form, Input, SubmitButton } from '../components/form'
+import { Form, Input, MarkdownInput, SubmitButton } from '../components/form'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { gql, useApolloClient, useLazyQuery, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
 import Countdown from './countdown'
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ export function LinkForm ({ item, sub, editThreshold, children }) {
       initial={{
         title: item?.title || shareTitle || '',
         url: item?.url || shareUrl || '',
-        ...AdvPostInitial({ text: item?.text, forward: normalizeForwards(item?.forwards), boost: item?.boost }),
+        text: item?.text || '',
+        ...AdvPostInitial({ forward: normalizeForwards(item?.forwards), boost: item?.boost }),
         ...SubSelectInitial({ sub: item?.subName || sub?.name })
       }}
       schema={schema}
@@ -185,7 +186,13 @@ export function LinkForm ({ item, sub, editThreshold, children }) {
           }
         }}
       />
-      <AdvPostForm edit={!!item} isLink />
+      <AdvPostForm edit={!!item}>
+        <MarkdownInput
+          label='context'
+          name='text'
+          minRows={2}
+        />
+      </AdvPostForm>
       <div className='mt-3'>
         {item
           ? (