diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
index 3bdc3d2a8..306d221ef 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/ChatMessage.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import {
   Groups,
   Associations
 } from '~/types';
-import TextContent from './content/text';
-import CodeContent from './content/code';
+import TextContent from '../../../landscape/components/Graph/content/text';
+import CodeContent from '../../../landscape/components/Graph/content/code';
 import RemoteContent from '~/views/components/RemoteContent';
 import { Mention } from '~/views/components/MentionText';
 import { Dropdown } from '~/views/components/Dropdown';
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ import useContactState from '~/logic/state/contact';
 import { useIdlingState } from '~/logic/lib/idling';
 import ProfileOverlay from '~/views/components/ProfileOverlay';
 import {useCopy} from '~/logic/lib/useCopy';
-import {PermalinkEmbed} from '../../permalinks/embed';
-import {referenceToPermalink} from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
+import {GraphContentWide} from '~/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide';
 
 
 export const DATESTAMP_FORMAT = '[~]YYYY.M.D';
@@ -396,12 +395,11 @@ export const MessageAuthor = ({
       msg.author !== window.ship) &&
     `~${msg.author}` in contacts
       ? contacts[`~${msg.author}`]
-      : false;
+      : undefined;
 
   const showNickname = useShowNickname(contact);
   const { hideAvatars } = useSettingsState(selectCalmState);
-  const shipName = showNickname ? contact.nickname : cite(msg.author);
-  const copyNotice = 'Copied';
+  const shipName = showNickname && contact?.nickname || cite(msg.author) || `~${msg.author}`;
   const color = contact
     ? `#${uxToHex(contact.color)}`
     : dark
@@ -412,28 +410,10 @@ export const MessageAuthor = ({
     : dark
     ? 'mix-blend-diff'
     : 'mix-blend-darken';
-  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState(shipName);
-  const [nameMono, setNameMono] = useState(showNickname ? false : true);
+
+  const { copyDisplay, doCopy, didCopy } = useCopy(`~${msg.author}`, shipName);
   const { hovering, bind } = useHovering();
-  const [showOverlay, setShowOverlay] = useState(false);
-
-  const toggleOverlay = () => {
-    setShowOverlay((value) => !value);
-  };
-
-  const showCopyNotice = () => {
-    setDisplayName(copyNotice);
-    setNameMono(false);
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const resetDisplay = () => {
-      setDisplayName(shipName);
-      setNameMono(showNickname ? false : true);
-    };
-    const timer = setTimeout(() => resetDisplay(), 800);
-    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
-  }, [shipName, displayName]);
+  const nameMono = !(showNickname || didCopy);
 
   const img =
     contact?.avatar && !hideAvatars ? (
@@ -470,10 +450,7 @@ export const MessageAuthor = ({
   return (
     <Box display='flex' alignItems='flex-start' {...rest}>
       <Box
-        onClick={() => {
-          setShowOverlay(true);
-        }}
-        height={24}
+       height={24}
         pr={2}
         mt={'1px'}
         pl={'12px'}
@@ -500,13 +477,10 @@ export const MessageAuthor = ({
             mono={nameMono}
             fontWeight={nameMono ? '400' : '500'}
             cursor='pointer'
-            onClick={() => {
-              writeText(`~${msg.author}`);
-              showCopyNotice();
-            }}
+            onClick={doCopy}
             title={`~${msg.author}`}
           >
-            {displayName}
+            {copyDisplay}
           </Text>
           <Text flexShrink={0} fontSize={0} gray>
             {timestamp}
@@ -538,7 +512,6 @@ export const Message = ({
   ...rest
 }) => {
   const { hovering, bind } = useHovering();
-  const contacts = useContactState((state) => state.contacts);
   return (
     <Box width="100%" position='relative' {...rest}>
       {timestampHover ? (
@@ -557,66 +530,14 @@ export const Message = ({
       ) : (
         <></>
       )}
-      <Box width="100%" {...bind}>
-        {msg.contents.map((content, i) => {
-          switch (Object.keys(content)[0]) {
-            case 'text':
-              return (
-                <TextContent
-                  key={i}
-                  api={api}
-                  fontSize={1}
-                  lineHeight={'20px'}
-                  content={content}
-                />
-              );
-            case 'code':
-            return <CodeContent key={i} content={content} />;
-            case 'reference':
-              const { link } = referenceToPermalink(content);
-              return (
-                <PermalinkEmbed
-                  link={link}
-                  api={api}
-                  transcluded={transcluded}
-                  showOurContact={showOurContact}
-                />
-              );
-            case 'url':
-             return (
-                <Box
-                  key={i}
-                  flexShrink={0}
-                  fontSize={1}
-                  lineHeight='20px'
-                  color='black'
-                  width="fit-content"
-                  maxWidth="500px"
-                >
-                  <RemoteContent
-                    key={content.url}
-                    url={content.url}
-                  />
-                </Box>
-              );
-            case 'mention':
-              const first = (i) => i === 0;
-              return (
-                <Mention
-                  key={i}
-                  first={first(i)}
-                  group={group}
-                  scrollWindow={scrollWindow}
-                  ship={content.mention}
-                  contact={contacts?.[`~${content.mention}`]}
-                  api={api}
-                />
-              );
-            default:
-              return null;
-          }
-        })}
-      </Box>
+      <GraphContentWide
+        {...bind}
+        width="100%"
+        post={msg}
+        transcluded={transcluded}
+        api={api}
+        showOurContact={showOurContact}
+      />
     </Box>
   );
 };
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/MentionText.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/MentionText.tsx
index 56d4d0958..6e6d8d88f 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/MentionText.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/MentionText.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import RichText from '~/views/components/RichText';
 import { cite, useShowNickname, uxToHex } from '~/logic/lib/util';
 import ProfileOverlay from '~/views/components/ProfileOverlay';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
-import useContactState from '~/logic/state/contact';
+import useContactState, {useContact} from '~/logic/state/contact';
 import {referenceToPermalink} from '~/logic/lib/permalinks';
 import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
 
@@ -40,46 +40,28 @@ export function MentionText(props: MentionTextProps) {
 }
 
 export function Mention(props: {
-  contact: Contact;
-  group: Group;
-  scrollWindow?: HTMLElement;
   ship: string;
   first?: Boolean;
   api: any;
 }) {
-  const { ship, scrollWindow, first, api, ...rest } = props;
-  let { contact } = props;
-  const contacts = useContactState(state => state.contacts);
-  contact = contact?.color ? contact : contacts?.[`~${ship}`];
-  const history = useHistory();
+  const { ship, first, api, ...rest } = props;
+  const contact = useContact(ship);
   const showNickname = useShowNickname(contact);
   const name = showNickname ? contact?.nickname : cite(ship);
-  const group = props.group ?? { hidden: true };
-  const [showOverlay, setShowOverlay] = useState(false);
-
-  const toggleOverlay = useCallback(() => {
-    setShowOverlay((value) => !value);
-  }, [showOverlay]);
 
   return (
-    <Box position='relative' display='inline-block' cursor='pointer' {...rest}>
-        <ProfileOverlay
-          ship={ship}
-          api={api}
-        >
-          <Text
-            onClick={() => toggleOverlay()}
-            marginLeft={first? 0 : 1}
-            marginRight={1}
-            px={1}
-            bg='washedBlue'
-            color='blue'
-            fontSize={showNickname ? 1 : 0}
-            mono={!showNickname}
-          >
-          {name}
-        </Text>
-      </ProfileOverlay>
-    </Box>
+    <ProfileOverlay ship={ship} api={api}>
+      <Text
+        marginLeft={first? 0 : 1}
+        marginRight={1}
+        px={1}
+        bg='washedBlue'
+        color='blue'
+        fontSize={showNickname ? 1 : 0}
+        mono={!showNickname}
+      >
+        {name}
+      </Text>
+    </ProfileOverlay>
   );
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/ProfileOverlay.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/ProfileOverlay.tsx
index 2c3c691c1..8be125c21 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/ProfileOverlay.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/ProfileOverlay.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { PureComponent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { PureComponent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, useMemo, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { Contact, Group, uxToHex } from '@urbit/api';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import VisibilitySensor from 'react-visibility-sensor';
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const FixedOverlay = styled(Col)`
 type ProfileOverlayProps = BoxProps & {
   ship: string;
   api: any;
+  children: ReactNode;
 };
 
 const ProfileOverlay = (props: ProfileOverlayProps) => {
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69581e48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/GraphContentWide.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Post, ReferenceContent } from "@urbit/api";
+import { Box } from "@tlon/indigo-react";
+
+import GlobalApi from "~/logic/api/global";
+import TextContent from "./content/text";
+import CodeContent from "./content/code";
+import RemoteContent from "~/views/components/RemoteContent";
+import { Mention } from "~/views/components/MentionText";
+import { PermalinkEmbed } from "~/views/apps/permalinks/embed";
+import { referenceToPermalink } from "~/logic/lib/permalinks";
+import { PropFunc } from "~/types";
+
+function GraphContentWideInner(
+  props: {
+    transcluded?: number;
+    post: Post;
+    api: GlobalApi;
+    showOurContact: boolean;
+  } & PropFunc<typeof Box>
+) {
+  const { post, transcluded = 0, showOurContact, api, ...rest } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <Box {...rest}>
+      {post.contents.map((content, i) => {
+        switch (Object.keys(content)[0]) {
+          case "text":
+            return (
+              <TextContent
+                key={i}
+                api={api}
+                fontSize={1}
+                lineHeight={"20px"}
+                content={content}
+              />
+            );
+          case "code":
+            return <CodeContent key={i} content={content} />;
+          case "reference":
+            const { link } = referenceToPermalink(content as ReferenceContent);
+            return (
+              <PermalinkEmbed
+                link={link}
+                api={api}
+                transcluded={transcluded}
+                showOurContact={showOurContact}
+              />
+            );
+          case "url":
+            return (
+              <Box
+                key={i}
+                flexShrink={0}
+                fontSize={1}
+                lineHeight="20px"
+                color="black"
+                width="fit-content"
+                maxWidth="500px"
+              >
+                <RemoteContent key={content.url} url={content.url} />
+              </Box>
+            );
+          case "mention":
+            const first = (i) => i === 0;
+            return (
+              <Mention
+                key={i}
+                first={first(i)}
+                ship={content.mention}
+                api={api}
+              />
+            );
+          default:
+            return null;
+        }
+      })}
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
+export const GraphContentWide = React.memo(GraphContentWideInner);
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/code.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/code.js
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/code.js
rename to pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/code.js
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/interface/src/views/apps/chat/components/content/text.js
rename to pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/Graph/content/text.js