diff --git a/web/src/app.rs b/web/src/app.rs
index 19ab0e5..00a86d9 100644
--- a/web/src/app.rs
+++ b/web/src/app.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ use leptos_use::{
 	UseCookieOptions, UseElementSizeReturn
 };
 
+// TODO this is getting out of hand
+//      when we will add lists there will have to potentially be multiple timelines (one per list)
+//      per user, which doesn't scale with this model. we should either take the "go back to where
+//      you were" into our own hands (maybe with timeline "segments"? would also solve slow load,
+//      but infinite-scroll upwards too may be hard to do) or understand how it works (with page
+//      stacks?) and keep timelines local to views.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct Feeds {
 	pub home: Timeline,
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct Feeds {
 	pub user: Timeline,
 	pub server: Timeline,
 	pub context: Timeline,
+	pub replies: Timeline,
 	pub tag: Timeline,
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ impl Feeds {
 			server: Timeline::new(format!("{URL_BASE}/outbox/page")),
 			tag: Timeline::new(format!("{URL_BASE}/tags/upub/page")),
 			context: Timeline::new(format!("{URL_BASE}/outbox/page")), // TODO ehhh
+			replies: Timeline::new(format!("{URL_BASE}/outbox/page")), // TODO ehhh
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -42,6 +50,7 @@ impl Feeds {
 		self.user.reset(None);
 		self.server.reset(None);
 		self.context.reset(None);
+		self.replies.reset(None);
 		self.tag.reset(None);
 	}
 }
@@ -155,6 +164,7 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
 										<Route path="global" view=move || view! { <Feed tl=feeds.global /> } />
 										<Route path="local" view=move || view! { <Feed tl=feeds.server /> } />
 										<Route path="notifications" view=move || view! { <Feed tl=feeds.notifications ignore_filters=true /> } />
+										<Route path="tags/:id" view=move || view! { <HashtagFeed tl=feeds.tag /> } />
 
 										<Route path="about" view=AboutPage />
 										<Route path="config" view=move || view! { <ConfigPage setter=set_config /> } />
@@ -166,9 +176,14 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
 											<Route path="followers" view=move || view! { <FollowList outgoing=false /> } />
 										</Route>
 
-										<Route path="tags/:id" view=move || view! { <HashtagFeed tl=feeds.tag /> } />
 
-										<Route path="objects/:id" view=ObjectView />
+										<Route path="objects/:id" view=ObjectView >
+											<Route path="" view=ObjectContext />
+											<Route path="replies" view=ObjectReplies />
+											// <Route path="liked" view=ObjectLiked />
+											// <Route path="announced" view=ObjectAnnounced />
+										</Route>
+
 										// <Route path="/web/activities/:id" view=move || view! { <ActivityPage tl=context_tl /> } />
 
 										<Route path="search" view=SearchPage />
diff --git a/web/src/components/post.rs b/web/src/components/post.rs
index 55ee18b..b56b72e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/post.rs
+++ b/web/src/components/post.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ pub fn PostBox(advanced: WriteSignal<bool>) -> impl IntoView {
 				on:input=move |ev| set_content.set(event_target_value(&ev))
 			></textarea>
 
+
+
 			<table class="align rev w-100">
 				<tr>
 					<td><input id="priv-public" type="radio" name="privacy" value="public" title="public" node_ref=public_ref /></td>
diff --git a/web/src/objects/mod.rs b/web/src/objects/mod.rs
index b6f2211..4d7a9e9 100644
--- a/web/src/objects/mod.rs
+++ b/web/src/objects/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 pub mod view;
-pub mod item;
+pub mod context;
+pub mod replies;
 
+pub mod item;
 pub mod attachment;
diff --git a/web/src/objects/view.rs b/web/src/objects/view.rs
index ee646fb..7546132 100644
--- a/web/src/objects/view.rs
+++ b/web/src/objects/view.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use leptos::*;
 use leptos_router::*;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-use apb::{Object};
+use apb::{Base, Object};
 
 #[component]
 pub fn ObjectView() -> impl IntoView {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn ObjectView() -> impl IntoView {
 		move |oid| async move {
 			let obj = cache::OBJECTS.resolve(&oid, U::Object, auth).await?;
 			if let Ok(author) = obj.attributed_to().id() {
-				cache::OBJECTS.resolve(&author, U::Actor, auth).await;
+				cache::OBJECTS.resolve(author, U::Actor, auth).await;
 			}
 			Some(obj)
 
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ pub fn ObjectView() -> impl IntoView {
 		},
 		Some(Some(o)) => {
 			let object = o.clone();
+			let base = Uri::web(U::Object, o.id().unwrap_or_default());
 			view!{
 				<Object object=object />
 				<hr class="color ma-2" />
-				<div class="mr-1-r ml-1-r">
-					<Thread tl=feeds.context root=o.id().unwrap_or_default().to_string() />
-				</div>
+				<code class="cw color center mt-1 mb-1 ml-3 mr-3">
+					<a href=format!("{base}/context")><b>context</b></a> | <a href=format!("{base}/replies")><b>replies</b></a>
+				</code>
+				<Outlet />
 			}.into_view()
 		},
 	}}
diff --git a/web/src/prelude.rs b/web/src/prelude.rs
index a452fd8..e1ed2d1 100644
--- a/web/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/web/src/prelude.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub use crate::{
 		view::ObjectView,
 		attachment::Attachment,
 		item::{Object, Summary, LikeButton, RepostButton, ReplyButton},
+		context::ObjectContext,
+		replies::ObjectReplies,
 	},
 	timeline::{
 		Timeline,