diff --git a/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift b/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
index 789d809..342db84 100644
--- a/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/HomeModel.swift
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class HomeModel: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     func should_hide_event(_ ev: NostrEvent) -> Bool {
-        return false
+        return !ev.should_show_event
     }
 
     func handle_text_event(sub_id: String, _ ev: NostrEvent) {
diff --git a/damus/Models/ProfileModel.swift b/damus/Models/ProfileModel.swift
index ff16db6..bd27bec 100644
--- a/damus/Models/ProfileModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/ProfileModel.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ class ProfileModel: ObservableObject {
     }
     
     func add_event(_ ev: NostrEvent) {
+        guard ev.should_show_event else {
+            return
+        }
+
         if seen_event.contains(ev.id) {
             return
         }
diff --git a/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift b/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
index 06d88db..834d105 100644
--- a/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SearchHomeModel: ObservableObject {
                 guard sub_id == self.base_subid || sub_id == self.profiles_subid else {
                     return
                 }
-                if ev.kind == NostrKind.text.rawValue {
+                if ev.is_textlike && ev.should_show_event {
                     if seen_pubkey.contains(ev.pubkey) {
                         return
                     }
diff --git a/damus/Models/SearchModel.swift b/damus/Models/SearchModel.swift
index 7659d1e..14fccb3 100644
--- a/damus/Models/SearchModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/SearchModel.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class SearchModel: ObservableObject {
     
     func handle_event(relay_id: String, ev: NostrConnectionEvent) {
         let done = handle_subid_event(pool: pool, sub_id: sub_id, relay_id: relay_id, ev: ev) { ev in
-            if ev.known_kind == .text {
+            if ev.known_kind == .text && ev.should_show_event {
                 self.add_event(ev)
             }
         }
diff --git a/damus/Models/ThreadModel.swift b/damus/Models/ThreadModel.swift
index 8880a0a..1dc726d 100644
--- a/damus/Models/ThreadModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/ThreadModel.swift
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ class ThreadModel: ObservableObject {
     }
     
     func add_event(_ ev: NostrEvent, privkey: String?) {
+        guard ev.should_show_event else {
+            return
+        }
+        
         if event_map[ev.id] != nil {
             return
         }
diff --git a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
index 2f62d76..76042d0 100644
--- a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
+++ b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ class NostrEvent: Codable, Identifiable, CustomStringConvertible {
     let created_at: Int64
     let kind: Int
     let content: String
+    
+    var is_textlike: Bool {
+        return kind == 1 || kind == 42
+    }
+    
+    var too_big: Bool {
+        return self.content.count > 32000
+    }
+    
+    var should_show_event: Bool {
+        return !too_big
+    }
 
     private var _blocks: [Block]? = nil
     func blocks(_ privkey: String?) -> [Block] {