diff --git a/mod/share.php b/mod/share.php
index bba527342a..f6c025e3ce 100755
--- a/mod/share.php
+++ b/mod/share.php
@@ -16,10 +16,18 @@ function share_init(&$a) {
 
 	$o = '';
 
-	$o .= '&#x2672; <a href="' . $r[0]['author-link'] . '">' . $r[0]['author-name'] . '</a><br />';
-	if($r[0]['title'])
-		$o .= '<strong>' . $r[0]['title'] . '</strong><br />';
-	$o .= bbcode($r[0]['body'], true);
-	echo $o . '<br />';
+	if(local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','plaintext'))) {
+		$o .= '&#x2672; [url=' . $r[0]['author-link'] . ']' . $r[0]['author-name'] . '[/url]';
+		if($r[0]['title'])
+			$o .= '[b]' . $r[0]['title'] . '[/b]' . "\n";
+		$o .= $r[0]['body'] . "\n";
+	}
+	else {
+		$o .= '&#x2672; <a href="' . $r[0]['author-link'] . '">' . $r[0]['author-name'] . '</a><br />';
+		if($r[0]['title'])
+			$o .= '<strong>' . $r[0]['title'] . '</strong><br />';
+		$o .= bbcode($r[0]['body'], true) . '<br />';
+	}
+	echo $o;
 	killme();  
 }