diff --git a/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx b/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
index 3d3647f60f..51c7b547ea 100644
--- a/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export const PostThreadItem = observer(function PostThreadItem({
                 type="post-text-lg"
                 richText={item.richText}
                 lineHeight={1.3}
+                selectable={true}
               />
             </View>
           ) : undefined}
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx b/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
index 0dc13fd34c..8220b4f84e 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export function RichText({
   richText,
   lineHeight = 1.2,
   style,
+  selectable = false,
   numberOfLines,
 }: {
   testID?: string
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export function RichText({
   lineHeight?: number
   style?: StyleProp<TextStyle>
   numberOfLines?: number
+  selectable?: boolean
 }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
   const pal = usePalette('default')
@@ -47,11 +49,13 @@ export function RichText({
         </Text>
       )
     }
+
     return (
       <Text
         testID={testID}
         type={type}
         style={[style, pal.text, lineHeightStyle]}
+        selectable={selectable}
         // @ts-ignore web only -prf
         dataSet={WORD_WRAP}>
         {text}
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx b/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
index 2825390cb5..8e58686b1d 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import {Text as RNText, TextProps} from 'react-native'
+import {Text as RNText, TextInput, TextProps} from 'react-native'
 import {s, lh} from 'lib/styles'
 import {useTheme, TypographyVariant} from 'lib/ThemeContext'
 
@@ -13,11 +13,23 @@ export function Text({
   children,
   lineHeight,
   style,
+  selectable,
   ...props
 }: React.PropsWithChildren<CustomTextProps>) {
   const theme = useTheme()
   const typography = theme.typography[type]
   const lineHeightStyle = lineHeight ? lh(theme, type, lineHeight) : undefined
+  if (selectable) {
+    return (
+      <TextInput
+        value={children as string}
+        scrollEnabled={false}
+        style={[s.black, typography, lineHeightStyle, style]}
+        editable={false}
+        multiline={true}
+      />
+    )
+  }
   return (
     <RNText style={[s.black, typography, lineHeightStyle, style]} {...props}>
       {children}