diff --git a/client/src/components/modals/CardModals/TextModal.tsx b/client/src/components/modals/CardModals/TextModal.tsx
index 70ead06..3237da2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/modals/CardModals/TextModal.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/modals/CardModals/TextModal.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const RichText = ({ text, isExpanded, emojiMap }: { text: string; isExpanded: bo
   return (
     <>
       {content.map((line, i) => (
-        <div key={i}>
+        <div key={i} className={line.startsWith('>') ? 'text-sky-300' : ''}>
           {line.split(' ').map((word, j) => {
             if (emojiMap[word]) {
               return <img className="w-9 h-9 mx-0.5 inline" src={emojiMap[word]} alt={word} key={j} />;
diff --git a/client/src/components/modals/CheckMobile/CheckMobile.tsx b/client/src/components/modals/CheckMobile/CheckMobile.tsx
index cde1aa1..02523bb 100644
--- a/client/src/components/modals/CheckMobile/CheckMobile.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/modals/CheckMobile/CheckMobile.tsx
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ export default function CombinedIntroAndMobile() {
                                 </h2>
                                 <ul className="list-none space-y-2 text-xs">
                                     <li>
-                                        {'>'} Here your anonymous posts are distributed among a series of independent <a className="underline" href="https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NOSTR</a> relay servers,
+                                        {'>'} here your anonymous posts are distributed among a series of independent <a className="underline" href="https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NOSTR</a> servers,
                                         which means they are highly resistant to censorship and moderation.
                                     </li>
                                     <li>
-                                        {'>'} Each post must use Proof-of-Work to reduce spam and noise. Your note's ID is a hash of the note,
-                                        and this hashing is done repeatedly with a nonce until it starts with multiple leading zeros,
-                                        which approximates the work done to generate the note.
+                                        {'>'} each post must use Proof-of-Work which filters out most spam and noise. this is done by hashing the note repeatedly,  
+                                        while incrementing a nonce, until the hash (the note's ID) starts with a certain number of leading zeros. this takes work/energy.
+                                    </li>
+                                    <li>
+                                        {'>'} the Home feed is sorted by total Proof-of-Work of notes and replies in a thread.
                                     </li>
                                 </ul>
                             </div>
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/processedEvents.ts b/client/src/hooks/processedEvents.ts
index 9cce245..6175678 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/processedEvents.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/processedEvents.ts
@@ -55,14 +55,20 @@ const useProcessedEvents = (id?: string, filterDifficulty: number = 0) => {
         if (event.kind === 6) {
           const parsedEvent = JSON.parse(event.content);
           const replies = repliesMap.get(parsedEvent.id) || [];
-          const totalWork = Math.pow(2, pow) + replies.reduce((acc, reply) => acc + Math.pow(2, verifyPow(reply)), 0);
+          const totalWork = Math.pow(2, pow) + replies.reduce((acc, reply) => {
+            const replyPow = reply.id.startsWith('0') ? verifyPow(reply) : 0;
+            return acc + Math.pow(2, replyPow);
+          }, 0);
           const metadataEvent = metadataEvents.find(e => e.pubkey === parsedEvent.pubkey && e.kind === 0) || null;
 
           return { postEvent: event, replies, totalWork, metadataEvent };
         }
 
         const replies = repliesMap.get(event.id) || [];
-        const totalWork = Math.pow(2, pow) + replies.reduce((acc, reply) => acc + Math.pow(2, verifyPow(reply)), 0);
+        const totalWork = Math.pow(2, pow) + replies.reduce((acc, reply) => {
+          const replyPow = reply.id.startsWith('0') ? verifyPow(reply) : 0;
+          return acc + Math.pow(2, replyPow);
+        }, 0);
         const metadataEvent = metadataEvents.find(e => e.pubkey === event.pubkey && e.kind === 0) || null;
         return { postEvent: event, replies, totalWork, metadataEvent };
       })