diff --git a/src/cljs/athens/views/blocks/core.cljs b/src/cljs/athens/views/blocks/core.cljs
index a8417273f8..1f10973802 100644
--- a/src/cljs/athens/views/blocks/core.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/athens/views/blocks/core.cljs
@@ -495,7 +495,9 @@
                (when (and @show-comments?
                           (or @show-textarea?
                               (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)))
-                 [inline-comments/inline-comments (comments/get-comments-in-thread @db/dsdb (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)) uid false])
+                 (cond
+                   @show-textarea? [inline-comments/inline-comments (comments/get-comments-in-thread @db/dsdb (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)) uid false]
+                   :else           [inline-comments/inline-comments (comments/get-comments-in-thread @db/dsdb (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)) uid true]))
 
                [presence/inline-presence-el uid]
 
diff --git a/src/cljs/athens/views/comments/inline.cljs b/src/cljs/athens/views/comments/inline.cljs
index 4fe01e5562..644fcc5ec6 100644
--- a/src/cljs/athens/views/comments/inline.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/athens/views/comments/inline.cljs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 
 
 (defn comments-disclosure
-  [hide? num-comments]
+  [hide? num-comments last-comment]
   [:> Button (merge
                (when-not @hide?
                  {:bg                 "background.upper"
@@ -182,7 +182,14 @@
      [:<>
       [:> ChevronRightIcon]
       [:> CommentCounter {:count num-comments}]
-      [:> Text {:pl 1.5} "Comments"]]
+      [:> Text {:pl 1.5} "Comments"]
+      [:> HStack
+       [:> Box
+        (:author last-comment)]
+       [:> Box
+        (:string last-comment)]
+       [:> Box
+        (timeAgo (:time last-comment))]]]
      [:<>
       [:> ChevronDownIcon]
       [:> CommentCounter {:count num-comments}]
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@
       (fn [data uid _hide?]
         (let [num-comments (count data)
               username     (rf/subscribe [:username])
+              last-comment  (last data)
               ;; hacky way to detect if user just wanted to start the first comment, but the block-uid of the textarea
               ;; isn't accessible globally
               focus-textarea-if-opening-first-time #(when (zero? num-comments)
@@ -215,7 +223,7 @@
                         :borderRadius "md"
                         :align "stretch"})
 
-           [comments-disclosure hide? num-comments]
+           [comments-disclosure hide? num-comments last-comment]
 
            (when-not @hide?
              [:> Box {:pl 8
diff --git a/src/cljs/athens/views/pages/block_page.cljs b/src/cljs/athens/views/pages/block_page.cljs
index 23ef71b797..ceb86cd204 100644
--- a/src/cljs/athens/views/pages/block_page.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/athens/views/pages/block_page.cljs
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
         properties-enabled? (rf/subscribe [:feature-flags/enabled? :properties])]
 
     (fn [block]
-      (let [{:block/keys [string children uid properties] :db/keys [id]} block]
+      (let [{:block/keys [string children uid properties] :db/keys [id]} block
+            show-comments?           (rf/subscribe [:comment/show-comments?])
+            show-textarea?           (rf/subscribe [:comment/show-editor? uid])]
         (when (not= string (:string/previous @state))
           (swap! state assoc :string/previous string :string/local string))
 
@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@
          ;; Show comments when the toggle is on
          [:> Box {:ml "4%"
                   :w "100%"}
-          (when (or @(rf/subscribe [:comment/show-editor? uid])
-                    (and @(rf/subscribe [:comment/show-comments?])
+          (when (or @show-textarea?
+                    (and @show-comments?
                          (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)))
             [inline-comments/inline-comments (comments/get-comments-in-thread @db/dsdb (comments/get-comment-thread-uid @db/dsdb uid)) uid false])]