diff --git a/activity.go b/activity.go
index 6800910..c1419e7 100644
--- a/activity.go
+++ b/activity.go
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ func sendchonk(user *WhatAbout, ch *Chonk) {
 	jo["published"] = dt
 	jo["attributedTo"] = user.URL
 	jo["to"] = aud
-	jo["content"] = ch.Noise
+	jo["content"] = ch.HTML
 
 	j := junk.New()
 	j["@context"] = itiswhatitis
diff --git a/fun.go b/fun.go
index 0c61493..7b88c18 100644
--- a/fun.go
+++ b/fun.go
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ func filterchonk(ch *Chonk) {
 	var htf htfilter.Filter
 	htf.SpanClasses = allowedclasses
 	htf.BaseURL, _ = url.Parse(ch.XID)
-	ch.HTML, _ = htf.String(ch.Noise)
+	noise := ch.Noise
+	if ch.Format == "markdown" {
+		noise = markitzero(noise)
+	}
+	ch.HTML, _ = htf.String(noise)
 	n := string(ch.HTML)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(n, "<p>") {
 		ch.HTML = template.HTML(n[3:])
diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index 3109d83..14020f4 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ func submitchonk(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Noise:  noise,
 		Format: format,
 	}
+	filterchonk(&ch)
 	savechonk(&ch)
 	go sendchonk(user, &ch)