diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index a138b0cccc..edf1c04e91 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView, BaseEmojiLabel {
     var emojiFont: UIFont = .preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body)
     var emojiTextColor: UIColor = .label
     
+    private let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
+    
     // The link range currently being previewed
     private var currentPreviewedLinkRange: NSRange?
     // The preview created in the previewForHighlighting method, so that we can use the same one in previewForDismissing.
@@ -78,8 +80,9 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView, BaseEmojiLabel {
         updateLinkUnderlineStyle()
         
         // the text view's builtin link interaction code is tied to isSelectable, so we need to use our own tap recognizer
-        let recognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(textTapped(_:)))
-        addGestureRecognizer(recognizer)
+        tapRecognizer.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textTapped(_:)))
+        tapRecognizer.delegate = self
+        addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)
         
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(_updateLinkUnderlineStyle), name: UIAccessibility.buttonShapesEnabledStatusDidChangeNotification, object: nil)
         underlineTextLinksCancellable =
@@ -132,12 +135,6 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView, BaseEmojiLabel {
     }
     
     @objc func textTapped(_ recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
-        // if there currently is a selection, deselct it on single-tap
-        if selectedRange.length > 0 {
-            // location doesn't matter since we are non-editable and the cursor isn't visible
-            selectedRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: 0)
-        }
-        
         let location = recognizer.location(in: self)
         if let (link, range) = getLinkAtPoint(location),
            link.scheme != dataDetectorsScheme {
@@ -384,3 +381,25 @@ extension ContentTextView: UIContextMenuInteractionDelegate {
         }
     }
 }
+
+extension ContentTextView: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
+    override func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
+        // NB: This method is both a gesture recognizer delegate method and a UIView method.
+        // We only want to prevent our own tap gesture recognizer from beginning, but don't
+        // want to interfere with any other gestures that may begin over this view.
+        if gestureRecognizer === tapRecognizer {
+            let location = gestureRecognizer.location(in: self)
+            if let (link, _) = getLinkAtPoint(location) {
+                if link.scheme == dataDetectorsScheme {
+                    return false
+                } else {
+                    return true
+                }
+            } else {
+                return false
+            }
+        } else {
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+}