diff --git a/app/models/concerns/status/threading_concern.rb b/app/models/concerns/status/threading_concern.rb
index 937090ead1..faa3a37700 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/status/threading_concern.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/status/threading_concern.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ module Status::ThreadingConcern
       UNION ALL
 
         SELECT
-          statuses.id, path || statuses.id, authors || statuses.account_id
+          statuses.id, path || statuses.id, (CASE
+            WHEN array_length(authors, 1) >= 30 THEN authors
+            WHEN statuses.account_id = ANY(authors) THEN authors
+            ELSE authors || statuses.account_id
+          END)
         FROM
           search_tree
         JOIN