diff --git a/__tests__/App-test.tsx b/__tests__/App-test.tsx
index 47060512cf..db34ec6175 100644
--- a/__tests__/App-test.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/App-test.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-/**
- * @format
- */
+// /**
+//  * @format
+//  */
 
-import 'react-native'
-import React from 'react'
-import App from '../src/App'
+// import 'react-native'
+// import React from 'react'
+// import App from '../src/App'
 
-// Note: test renderer must be required after react-native.
-import renderer from 'react-test-renderer'
+// // Note: test renderer must be required after react-native.
+// import renderer from 'react-test-renderer'
 
-it('renders correctly', () => {
-  renderer.act(() => {
-    renderer.create(<App />)
-  })
-})
+// it('renders correctly', () => {
+//   renderer.act(() => {
+//     renderer.create(<App />)
+//   })
+// })
diff --git a/__tests__/string-utils.ts b/__tests__/string-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e0cd1c3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/string-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {extractEntities} from '../src/view/lib/strings'
+
+describe('extractEntities', () => {
+  const inputs = [
+    'no mention',
+    '@start middle end',
+    'start @middle end',
+    'start middle @end',
+    '@start @middle @end',
+    '@full123.test-of-chars',
+    'not@right',
+    '@bad!@#$chars',
+    '@newline1\n@newline2',
+  ]
+  const outputs = [
+    undefined,
+    [{index: [0, 6], type: 'mention', value: 'start'}],
+    [{index: [6, 13], type: 'mention', value: 'middle'}],
+    [{index: [13, 17], type: 'mention', value: 'end'}],
+    [
+      {index: [0, 6], type: 'mention', value: 'start'},
+      {index: [7, 14], type: 'mention', value: 'middle'},
+      {index: [15, 19], type: 'mention', value: 'end'},
+    ],
+    [{index: [0, 22], type: 'mention', value: 'full123.test-of-chars'}],
+    undefined,
+    [{index: [0, 4], type: 'mention', value: 'bad'}],
+    [
+      {index: [0, 9], type: 'mention', value: 'newline1'},
+      {index: [10, 19], type: 'mention', value: 'newline2'},
+    ],
+  ]
+  it('correctly handles a set of text inputs', () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
+      const input = inputs[i]
+      const output = extractEntities(input)
+      expect(output).toEqual(outputs[i])
+      if (output) {
+        for (const outputItem of output) {
+          expect(input.slice(outputItem.index[0], outputItem.index[1])).toBe(
+            `@${outputItem.value}`,
+          )
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/state/lib/api.ts b/src/state/lib/api.ts
index db7e2ab21d..ad81301ff1 100644
--- a/src/state/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/state/lib/api.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,9 @@
 // import {ReactNativeStore} from './auth'
 import AdxApi from '../../third-party/api'
 import {ServiceClient} from '../../third-party/api/src/index'
-import {
-  TextSlice,
-  Entity as Entities,
-} from '../../third-party/api/src/types/todo/social/post'
 import {AdxUri} from '../../third-party/uri'
 import {RootStoreModel} from '../models/root-store'
-
-type Entity = Entities[0]
+import {extractEntities} from '../../view/lib/strings'
 
 export function doPolyfill() {
   AdxApi.xrpc.fetch = fetchHandler
@@ -204,20 +199,3 @@ async function iterateAll(
     }
   } while (res.records.length === 100)
 }*/
-
-function extractEntities(text: string): Entity[] | undefined {
-  let match
-  let ents: Entity[] = []
-  const re = /(^|\s)@([a-zA-Z0-9\.-]+)(\b)/g
-  while ((match = re.exec(text))) {
-    ents.push({
-      type: 'mention',
-      value: match[2],
-      index: [
-        match.index + 1, // skip the (^|\s) but include the '@'
-        match.index + 2 + match[2].length,
-      ],
-    })
-  }
-  return ents.length > 0 ? ents : undefined
-}
diff --git a/src/view/com/modals/ComposePost.tsx b/src/view/com/modals/ComposePost.tsx
index e1e7cac5f1..1d6f9c4e40 100644
--- a/src/view/com/modals/ComposePost.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/modals/ComposePost.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import React, {useMemo, useState} from 'react'
+import React, {useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react'
 import {StyleSheet, Text, TouchableOpacity, View} from 'react-native'
 import {BottomSheetTextInput} from '@gorhom/bottom-sheet'
 import LinearGradient from 'react-native-linear-gradient'
 import {FontAwesomeIcon} from '@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome'
+import * as GetUserFollows from '../../../third-party/api/src/types/todo/social/getUserFollows'
 import {Autocomplete} from './composer/Autocomplete'
 import Toast from '../util/Toast'
 import ProgressCircle from '../util/ProgressCircle'
diff --git a/src/view/lib/strings.ts b/src/view/lib/strings.ts
index d468a18acf..eecec890c9 100644
--- a/src/view/lib/strings.ts
+++ b/src/view/lib/strings.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import {AdxUri} from '../../third-party/uri'
+import {Entity as Entities} from '../../third-party/api/src/types/todo/social/post'
+
+type Entity = Entities[0]
 
 export function pluralize(n: number, base: string, plural?: string): string {
   if (n === 1) {
@@ -53,3 +56,20 @@ export function ago(date: number | string | Date): string {
     return new Date(ts).toLocaleDateString()
   }
 }
+
+export function extractEntities(text: string): Entity[] | undefined {
+  let match
+  let ents: Entity[] = []
+  const re = /(^|\s)(@)([a-zA-Z0-9\.-]+)(\b)/dg
+  while ((match = re.exec(text))) {
+    ents.push({
+      type: 'mention',
+      value: match[3],
+      index: [
+        match.indices[2][0], // skip the (^|\s) but include the '@'
+        match.indices[3][1],
+      ],
+    })
+  }
+  return ents.length > 0 ? ents : undefined
+}