diff --git a/damus/ContentView.swift b/damus/ContentView.swift
index d8800ab..0a8da59 100644
--- a/damus/ContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/ContentView.swift
@@ -119,16 +119,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             let post = obj.object as! NostrPost
             print("post \(post.content)")
             let privkey = ""
-            let new_ev = NostrEvent(content: post.content, pubkey: pubkey)
-            for id in post.references {
-                var tag = [id.key, id.ref_id]
-                if let relay_id = id.relay_id {
-                    tag.append(relay_id)
-                }
-                new_ev.tags.append(tag)
-            }
-            new_ev.calculate_id()
-            new_ev.sign(privkey: privkey)
+            let new_ev = post.to_event(privkey: privkey, pubkey: pubkey)
             self.pool?.send(.event(new_ev))
         }
     }
diff --git a/damus/Views/PostView.swift b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
index 44d9d9d..e0fd24c 100644
--- a/damus/Views/PostView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/PostView.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ extension Notification.Name {
 struct NostrPost {
     let content: String
     let references: [ReferencedId]
+    
+    public func to_event(privkey: String, pubkey: String) -> NostrEvent {
+        let new_ev = NostrEvent(content: content, pubkey: pubkey)
+        for id in references {
+            var tag = [id.key, id.ref_id]
+            if let relay_id = id.relay_id {
+                tag.append(relay_id)
+            }
+            new_ev.tags.append(tag)
+            // filter our pubkeys
+            new_ev.tags = new_ev.tags.filter {
+                if $0[0] == "p" {
+                    return $0[1] != pubkey
+                } else {
+                    return true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        new_ev.calculate_id()
+        new_ev.sign(privkey: privkey)
+        return new_ev
+    }
 }