diff --git a/damus/Models/UserSettingsStore.swift b/damus/Models/UserSettingsStore.swift
index 2bab8c1e0..9e03a721f 100644
--- a/damus/Models/UserSettingsStore.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/UserSettingsStore.swift
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ class UserSettingsStore: ObservableObject {
     @Setting(key: "always_show_images", default_value: false)
     var always_show_images: Bool
     
+    @Setting(key: "collapse_images", default_value: false)
+    var collapse_images: Bool
+    
     @Setting(key: "hide_nsfw_tagged_content", default_value: false)
     var hide_nsfw_tagged_content: Bool
 
diff --git a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
index 4842d2757..3e3351661 100644
--- a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
     
     let damus_state: DamusState
     let event: NostrEvent
-    @State var show_images: Bool
+    @State var blur_images: Bool
     let size: EventViewKind
     let preview_height: CGFloat?
     let options: EventViewOptions
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
         return self.artifacts_model.state.artifacts ?? .separated(.just_content(event.get_content(damus_state.keypair)))
     }
     
-    init(damus_state: DamusState, event: NostrEvent, show_images: Bool, size: EventViewKind, options: EventViewOptions) {
+    init(damus_state: DamusState, event: NostrEvent, blur_images: Bool, size: EventViewKind, options: EventViewOptions) {
         self.damus_state = damus_state
         self.event = event
-        self.show_images = show_images
+        self.blur_images = blur_images
         self.size = size
         self.options = options
         self.preview_height = lookup_cached_preview_size(previews: damus_state.previews, evid: event.id)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
     }
     
     var preview: LinkViewRepresentable? {
-        guard show_images,
+        guard blur_images,
               case .loaded(let preview) = preview_model.state,
               case .value(let cached) = preview else {
             return nil
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
     
     func previewView(links: [URL]) -> some View {
         Group {
-            if let preview = self.preview, show_images {
+            if let preview = self.preview, blur_images {
                 if let preview_height {
                     preview
                         .frame(height: preview_height)
@@ -133,17 +133,31 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
                 }
             }
 
-            if show_images && artifacts.media.count > 0 {
-                ImageCarousel(state: damus_state, evid: event.id, urls: artifacts.media)
-            } else if !show_images && artifacts.media.count > 0 {
-                ZStack {
-                    ImageCarousel(state: damus_state, evid: event.id, urls: artifacts.media)
-                    Blur()
-                        .onTapGesture {
-                            show_images = true
+            if damus_state.settings.collapse_images {
+                ForEach(artifacts.media.indices, id: \.self) { index in
+                    switch artifacts.media[index] {
+                    case .image(let url), .video(let url):
+                        if with_padding {
+                            truncatedText(content: url_str(url))
+                                .padding(.horizontal)
+                        } else {
+                            truncatedText(content: url_str(url))
                         }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if blur_images && artifacts.media.count > 0 {
+                    ImageCarousel(state: damus_state, evid: event.id, urls: artifacts.media)
+                } else if !blur_images && artifacts.media.count > 0 {
+                    ZStack {
+                        ImageCarousel(state: damus_state, evid: event.id, urls: artifacts.media)
+                        Blur()
+                            .onTapGesture {
+                                blur_images = true
+                            }
+                    }
+                    //.cornerRadius(10)
                 }
-                //.cornerRadius(10)
             }
             
             if artifacts.invoices.count > 0 {
@@ -618,17 +632,17 @@ struct NoteContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
 
         Group {
             VStack {
-                NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_note, show_images: true, size: .normal, options: [])
+                NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_note, blur_images: true, size: .normal, options: [])
             }
             .previewDisplayName("Short note")
             
             VStack {
-                NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_encoded_note_with_image!, show_images: true, size: .normal, options: [])
+                NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_encoded_note_with_image!, blur_images: true, size: .normal, options: [])
             }
             .previewDisplayName("Note with image")
 
             VStack {
-                NoteContentView(damus_state: state2, event: test_longform_event.event, show_images: true, size: .normal, options: [.wide])
+                NoteContentView(damus_state: state2, event: test_longform_event.event, blur_images: true, size: .normal, options: [.wide])
                     .border(Color.red)
             }
             .previewDisplayName("Long-form note")
diff --git a/damus/Views/Settings/AppearanceSettingsView.swift b/damus/Views/Settings/AppearanceSettingsView.swift
index 0ee6311b3..ba1208ffb 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Settings/AppearanceSettingsView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Settings/AppearanceSettingsView.swift
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ struct AppearanceSettingsView: View {
                 Toggle(NSLocalizedString("Always show images", comment: "Setting to always show and never blur images"), isOn: $settings.always_show_images)
                     .toggleStyle(.switch)
                 
+                Toggle(NSLocalizedString("Collapse images", comment: "Setting to only show image links"), isOn: $settings.collapse_images)
+                    .toggleStyle(.switch)
+                
                 Picker(NSLocalizedString("Image uploader", comment: "Prompt selection of user's image uploader"),
                        selection: $settings.default_media_uploader) {
                     ForEach(MediaUploader.allCases, id: \.self) { uploader in