diff --git a/templates/threads.html b/templates/threads.html
index 23d9a0f..44b7b54 100644
--- a/templates/threads.html
+++ b/templates/threads.html
@@ -119,18 +119,17 @@
           grid-template-columns: auto auto;
           gap: 5px;
 
-          & .anchor:hover a {
-            display: block;
-          }
-
+          & .anchor,
           & .anchor a {
+            padding-top: 5px;
+            font-size: small;
             text-align: right;
-            display: none;
+            color: #555;
+            vertical-align: center;
           }
 
           & .author a {
             display: block;
-            margin-bottom: 0.5em;
             text-decoration: none;
             color: #232323;
 
@@ -212,13 +211,13 @@
           <div class="card_content" id="{{ thread.id }}">
             <div class="heading">
               <h3 class="author">
-                <a rel="author" href="{{thread.account.url}}"
-                  >{{thread.account.display_name | safe}}</a
-                >
+                <a rel="author" href="{{thread.account.url}}">{{thread.account.display_name | safe}}</a>
               </h3>
 
               <div class="anchor">
-                <a href="{{ url_for('threads.thread', id=thread['id']) + '#' + thread['id'] }}">anchor</a>
+                <span title="{{ thread.created_at }}">{{ thread.created_at | time_ago }}</span> &middot;
+                <a href="{{ url_for('threads.thread', id=thread['id']) + '#' + thread['id'] }}">anchor</a> &middot;
+                <a href="{{ thread.url }}" target="_blank">&nearr;</a>
               </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -251,12 +250,6 @@
             </div>
 
             {% if thread.descendants is defined %}
-            <div class="meta">
-              <a href="{{thread.url}}" target="_blank"
-                >{{ thread.created_at }}</a
-              >
-            </div>
-
             <ul>
               {% for descendant in thread.descendants %}
               <li class="card descendant">
@@ -279,7 +272,9 @@
                     </h3>
 
                     <div class="anchor">
-                      <a href="{{ url_for('threads.thread', id=thread['id']) + '#' + descendant['id'] }}">anchor</a>
+                      <span title="{{ descendant.created_at }}">{{ descendant.created_at | time_ago }}</span> &middot;
+                      <a href="{{ url_for('threads.thread', id=thread['id']) + '#' + descendant['id'] }}">anchor</a>&middot;
+                      <a href="{{ descendant.url }}" target="_blank">&nearr;</a>
                     </div>
                   </div>
 
@@ -323,12 +318,6 @@
                     </a>
                     {% endif %}
                   </div>
-
-                  <div class="meta">
-                    <a href="{{descendant.url}}" target="_blank"
-                      >{{ descendant.created_at }}</a
-                    >
-                  </div>
                 </div>
               </li>
 
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index 6afcb41..40a75ca 100755
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template
 import requests
-import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import markdown
 import re
 
@@ -23,12 +23,33 @@ attribution = {
 @threads.before_request
 def middleware():
     # check current year and put ange as attribution
-    currentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
+    currentDateTime = datetime.now()
     date = currentDateTime.date()
     year = date.strftime("%Y")
     if year != attribution['year']:
         attribution['current_year'] = year
 
+@threads.app_template_filter('time_ago')
+def time_ago(date):
+    now = datetime.now()
+    date_obj = datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')
+    delta = now - date_obj
+    delta = delta - timedelta(hours=2)
+    days = delta.days
+    seconds = delta.seconds
+    if seconds < 3600:
+        return str(seconds / 60).split('.')[0] + ' minutes ago'
+    elif days == 0:
+        hours = timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+        return str(hours).split(':')[0] + ' hours ago'
+    elif days < 7:
+        return str(days) + ' days ago'
+    return date_obj.strftime('%b %d, %Y')
+
+@threads.app_template_filter('format_date')
+def format_date(date):
+    return date.replace('T', ' ').split('.')[0]
+
 
 @threads.route('/')
 def home():