diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
index 6ff24b7b7..24f2286d8 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
@@ -337,10 +337,60 @@ public class ThreadFragment extends StatusListFragment implements ProvidesAssist
 	}
 
 	protected void onStatusCreated(StatusCreatedEvent ev){
-		if(ev.status.inReplyToId!=null && getStatusByID(ev.status.inReplyToId)!=null){
-			data.add(ev.status);
-			onAppendItems(Collections.singletonList(ev.status));
+		if (ev.status.inReplyToId == null) return;
+		Status repliedToStatus = getStatusByID(ev.status.inReplyToId);
+		if (repliedToStatus == null) return;
+		NeighborAncestryInfo ancestry = ancestryMap.get(repliedToStatus.id);
+
+		int nextDisplayItemsIndex = -1, indexOfPreviousDisplayItem = -1;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < displayItems.size(); i++) {
+			StatusDisplayItem item = displayItems.get(i);
+			if (repliedToStatus.id.equals(item.parentID)) {
+				// saving the replied-to status' display items index to eventually reach the last one
+				indexOfPreviousDisplayItem = i;
+				item.hasDescendantNeighbor = true;
+			} else if (indexOfPreviousDisplayItem >= 0 && nextDisplayItemsIndex == -1) {
+				// previous display item was the replied-to status' display items
+				nextDisplayItemsIndex = i;
+				// nothing left to do if there's no other reply to that status
+				if (ancestry.descendantNeighbor == null) break;
+			}
+			if (ancestry.descendantNeighbor != null && item.parentID.equals(ancestry.descendantNeighbor.id)) {
+				// existing reply shall no longer have the replied-to status as its neighbor
+				item.hasAncestoringNeighbor = false;
+			}
 		}
+
+		// fall back to inserting the item at the end
+		nextDisplayItemsIndex = nextDisplayItemsIndex >= 0 ? nextDisplayItemsIndex : displayItems.size();
+		int nextDataIndex = data.indexOf(repliedToStatus) + 1;
+
+		// if replied-to status already has another reply...
+		if (ancestry.descendantNeighbor != null) {
+			// update the reply's ancestry to remove its ancestoring neighbor (as we did above)
+			ancestryMap.get(ancestry.descendantNeighbor.id).ancestoringNeighbor = null;
+			// make sure the existing reply has a reply line
+			if (nextDataIndex < data.size() &&
+					!(displayItems.get(nextDisplayItemsIndex) instanceof ReblogOrReplyLineStatusDisplayItem)) {
+				Status nextStatus = data.get(nextDataIndex);
+				if (!nextStatus.account.id.equals(repliedToStatus.account.id)) {
+					// create reply line manually since we're not building that status' items
+					displayItems.add(nextDisplayItemsIndex, StatusDisplayItem.buildReplyLine(
+							this, nextStatus, accountID, nextStatus, repliedToStatus.account, false
+					));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// update replied-to status' ancestry
+		ancestry.descendantNeighbor = ev.status;
+
+		// add ancestry for newly created status before building its display items
+		ancestryMap.put(ev.status.id, new NeighborAncestryInfo(ev.status, null, repliedToStatus));
+		displayItems.addAll(nextDisplayItemsIndex, buildDisplayItems(ev.status));
+		data.add(nextDataIndex, ev.status);
+		adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
index b1bd67d3a..f0f0fc6a0 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/StatusDisplayItem.java
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ public abstract class StatusDisplayItem{
 		return buildItems(fragment, status, accountID, parentObject, knownAccounts, inset, addFooter, notification, false, filterContext);
 	}
 
+	public static ReblogOrReplyLineStatusDisplayItem buildReplyLine(BaseStatusListFragment<?> fragment, Status status, String accountID, DisplayItemsParent parent, Account account, boolean threadReply) {
+		String parentID = parent.getID();
+		String text = threadReply ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_show_thread)
+				: account == null ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_in_reply)
+				: GlobalUserPreferences.compactReblogReplyLine && status.reblog != null ? account.displayName
+				: fragment.getString(R.string.in_reply_to, account.displayName);
+		String fullText = threadReply ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_show_thread)
+				: account == null ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_in_reply)
+				: fragment.getString(R.string.in_reply_to, account.displayName);
+		return new ReblogOrReplyLineStatusDisplayItem(
+				parentID, fragment, text, account == null ? List.of() : account.emojis,
+				R.drawable.ic_fluent_arrow_reply_20sp_filled, null, null, fullText
+		);
+	}
+
 	public static ArrayList<StatusDisplayItem> buildItems(BaseStatusListFragment<?> fragment, Status status, String accountID, DisplayItemsParent parentObject, Map<String, Account> knownAccounts, boolean inset, boolean addFooter, Notification notification, boolean disableTranslate, Filter.FilterContext filterContext){
 		String parentID=parentObject.getID();
 		ArrayList<StatusDisplayItem> items=new ArrayList<>();
@@ -120,17 +135,7 @@ public abstract class StatusDisplayItem{
 
 		if(statusForContent.inReplyToAccountId!=null && !(threadReply && fragment instanceof ThreadFragment)){
 			Account account = knownAccounts.get(statusForContent.inReplyToAccountId);
-			String text = threadReply ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_show_thread)
-					: account == null ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_in_reply)
-					: GlobalUserPreferences.compactReblogReplyLine && status.reblog != null ? account.displayName
-					: fragment.getString(R.string.in_reply_to, account.displayName);
-			String fullText = threadReply ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_show_thread)
-					: account == null ? fragment.getString(R.string.sk_in_reply)
-					: fragment.getString(R.string.in_reply_to, account.displayName);
-			replyLine = new ReblogOrReplyLineStatusDisplayItem(
-					parentID, fragment, text, account == null ? List.of() : account.emojis,
-					R.drawable.ic_fluent_arrow_reply_20sp_filled, null, null, fullText
-			);
+			replyLine = buildReplyLine(fragment, status, accountID, parentObject, account, threadReply);
 		}
 
 		if(status.reblog!=null){