diff --git a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
index 64eecb856..b1543fac0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ module FormattingHelper
   end
   module_function :extract_status_plain_text
 
-  def status_content_format(status)
+  def status_content_format(status, outgoing: false)
     html_aware_format(
       status.text,
       status.local?,
       preloaded_accounts: [status.account] + (status.respond_to?(:active_mentions) ? status.active_mentions.map(&:account) : []),
-      nyaize: status.account.cat
+      nyaize: !outgoing && status.account.cat,
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
index 27e058199..d8671149e 100644
--- a/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ActivityPub::NoteSerializer < ActivityPub::Serializer
   end
 
   def content
-    status_content_format(object)
+    status_content_format(object, outgoing: true)
   end
 
   def content_map