diff --git a/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx b/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
index 8220b4f84e..a8431b073b 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/text/RichText.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import {TextStyle, StyleProp} from 'react-native'
+import {TextStyle, StyleProp, Text as RNText} from 'react-native'
 import {RichText as RichTextObj, AppBskyRichtextFacet} from '@atproto/api'
 import {TextLink} from '../Link'
 import {Text} from './Text'
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ export function RichText({
         />,
       )
     } else {
-      els.push(segment.text)
+      els.push(
+        <RNText key={key} style={[style, pal.text, lineHeightStyle]}>
+          {segment.text}
+        </RNText>,
+      )
     }
     key++
   }
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ export function RichText({
       type={type}
       style={[style, pal.text, lineHeightStyle]}
       numberOfLines={numberOfLines}
+      selectable={selectable}
       // @ts-ignore web only -prf
       dataSet={WORD_WRAP}>
       {els}
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx b/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
index 8e58686b1d..a05e4f18cc 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/text/Text.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {Text as RNText, TextInput, TextProps} from 'react-native'
 import {s, lh} from 'lib/styles'
 import {useTheme, TypographyVariant} from 'lib/ThemeContext'
+import {isNative} from 'platform/detection'
 
 export type CustomTextProps = TextProps & {
   type?: TypographyVariant
@@ -19,15 +20,15 @@ export function Text({
   const theme = useTheme()
   const typography = theme.typography[type]
   const lineHeightStyle = lineHeight ? lh(theme, type, lineHeight) : undefined
-  if (selectable) {
+  if (selectable && isNative) {
     return (
       <TextInput
-        value={children as string}
         scrollEnabled={false}
         style={[s.black, typography, lineHeightStyle, style]}
         editable={false}
-        multiline={true}
-      />
+        multiline={true}>
+        {children}
+      </TextInput>
     )
   }
   return (