diff --git a/lib/mastodon.py b/lib/mastodon.py
index 7101bc3..ce105af 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon.py
+++ b/lib/mastodon.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ def post_from_api_object(obj, instance):
     return Post(
             mastodon_instance = instance,
             mastodon_id = obj['id'],
-            body = obj['content'],
             favourite = obj['favourited'],
             has_media = 'media_attachments' in obj and bool(obj['media_attachments']),
             created_at = iso8601.parse_date(obj['created_at']),
diff --git a/lib/twitter.py b/lib/twitter.py
index 49a371c..1c58650 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.py
+++ b/lib/twitter.py
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ def post_from_api_tweet_object(tweet, post=None):
     except ValueError:
         post.created_at = datetime.strptime(tweet['created_at'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z')
         #whyyy
-    if 'full_text' in tweet:
-        post.body = tweet['full_text']
-    else:
-        post.body = tweet['text']
     post.author_id = 'twitter:{}'.format(tweet['user']['id_str'])
     if 'favorited' in tweet:
         post.favourite = tweet['favorited']
diff --git a/migrations/versions/8993e80e7aa3_remove_post_body.py b/migrations/versions/8993e80e7aa3_remove_post_body.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f21a3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/8993e80e7aa3_remove_post_body.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""remove post body
+
+Revision ID: 8993e80e7aa3
+Revises: c80af843eed3
+Create Date: 2017-08-20 18:04:28.516129
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '8993e80e7aa3'
+down_revision = 'c80af843eed3'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.drop_column('posts', 'body')
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.add_column('posts', sa.Column('body', sa.VARCHAR(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True))
diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
index 72fd7bd..8bff012 100644
--- a/model.py
+++ b/model.py
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ class Post(db.Model, TimestampMixin, RemoteIDMixin):
     __tablename__ = 'posts'
 
     id = db.Column(db.String, primary_key=True)
-    body = db.Column(db.String)
 
     author_id = db.Column(db.String, db.ForeignKey('accounts.id', ondelete='CASCADE', onupdate='CASCADE'), nullable=False)
     author = db.relationship(Account,
@@ -178,13 +177,8 @@ class Post(db.Model, TimestampMixin, RemoteIDMixin):
     favourite = db.Column(db.Boolean, server_default='FALSE', nullable=False)
     has_media = db.Column(db.Boolean, server_default='FALSE', nullable=False)
 
-    def snippet(self):
-        if len(self.body) > 20:
-            return self.body[:19] + "✂"
-        return self.body
-
     def __repr__(self):
-        return '<Post ({}, "{}", Author: {})>'.format(self.id, self.snippet(), self.author_id)
+        return '<Post ({}, Author: {})>'.format(self.id, self.author_id)
 
 db.Index('ix_posts_author_id_created_at', Post.author_id, Post.created_at)