diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index 35f170de3..e7bdce5bc 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import MuteDropdownItem from './mute'
 export default function ItemInfo ({
   item, pendingSats, full, commentsText = 'comments',
   commentTextSingular = 'comment', className, embellishUser, extraInfo, onEdit, editText,
-  onQuoteReply, nofollow
+  onQuoteReply, nofollow, extraBadges
 }) {
   const editThreshold = new Date(item.createdAt).getTime() + 10 * 60000
   const me = useMe()
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({
             {' '}<Badge className={styles.newComment} bg={null}>freebie</Badge>
           </Link>
         )}
+      {extraBadges}
       {canEdit && !item.deletedAt &&
         <>
           <span> \ </span>
diff --git a/components/item.js b/components/item.js
index 0e97c631f..49e0a8ad1 100644
--- a/components/item.js
+++ b/components/item.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default function Item ({ item, rank, belowTitle, right, full, children, s
             full={full} item={item} pendingSats={pendingSats}
             onQuoteReply={replyRef?.current?.quoteReply}
             nofollow={nofollow}
-            embellishUser={Number(item?.user?.id) === AD_USER_ID && <Badge className={styles.newComment} bg={null}>AD</Badge>}
+            extraBadges={Number(item?.user?.id) === AD_USER_ID && <Badge className={styles.newComment} bg={null}>AD</Badge>}
           />
           {belowTitle}
         </div>
diff --git a/prisma/seed.js b/prisma/seed.js
index 6202eb617..da713f1a7 100644
--- a/prisma/seed.js
+++ b/prisma/seed.js
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ async function main () {
     where: { name: 'anon' }
   })
 
+  const ad = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+    where: { name: 'ad' }
+  })
+
   await prisma.item.create({
     data: {
       title: 'System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment',
@@ -178,6 +182,21 @@ async function main () {
     }
   })
 
+  await prisma.item.create({
+    data: {
+      title: 'An ad post',
+      url: 'https://www.google.com',
+      userId: ad.id,
+      subName: 'bitcoin',
+      children: {
+        create: {
+          userId: anon.id,
+          text: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
   const bigCommentPost = await prisma.item.create({
     data: {
       title: 'a discussion post with a lot of comments',