diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ComposeActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ComposeActivity.java
index 01835cd1..bae06e6c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ComposeActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ComposeActivity.java
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ public class ComposeActivity extends BaseActivity implements ComposeOptionsFragm
         setStatusVisibility(startingVisibility);
         postProgress.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
         updateHideMediaToggleColor();
+        updateVisibleCharactersLeft();
 
         final ParserUtils parser = new ParserUtils(this);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusViewHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusViewHolder.java
index 12d321ab..c532dcbd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusViewHolder.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusViewHolder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.keylesspalace.tusky.adapter;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.support.annotation.DrawableRes;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -129,7 +130,12 @@ public class StatusViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
         Context context = avatar.getContext();
         boolean hasReblog = rebloggedUrl != null && !rebloggedUrl.isEmpty();
         int padding = hasReblog ? Utils.dpToPx(context, 12) : 0;
-        avatar.setPadding(0, 0, padding, padding);
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT &&
+                avatar.getLayoutDirection() == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
+            avatar.setPadding(padding, 0, 0, padding);
+        } else {
+            avatar.setPadding(0, 0, padding, padding);
+        }
 
         if (url.isEmpty()) {
             avatar.setImageResource(R.drawable.avatar_default);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/DateUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/DateUtils.java
index b2cc49a2..7142b5fd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/DateUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/DateUtils.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 package com.keylesspalace.tusky.util;
 
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+
 public class DateUtils {
     /* This is a rough duplicate of android.text.format.DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString,
      * but even with the FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE flag it wasn't abbreviating enough. */
@@ -45,6 +47,6 @@ public class DateUtils {
             span /= YEAR;
             unit = "y";
         }
-        return prefix + span + unit;
+        return prefix + NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance().format(span) + unit;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_compose.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_compose.xml
index 63d5b3cf..d479e93d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_compose.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_compose.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
                 android:id="@+id/characters_left"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:text="500"
                 android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" />
 
             <Button
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/item_status.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/item_status.xml
index 5ff9b46b..92105895 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/item_status.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/item_status.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
         android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
         android:contentDescription="@string/action_view_profile"
-        tools:src="@drawable/avatar_default"/>
+        tools:src="@drawable/avatar_default" />
 
     <ImageView
         android:id="@+id/status_avatar_reblog"
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
         android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/status_avatar"
         android:layout_alignEnd="@id/status_avatar"
         android:layout_alignRight="@id/status_avatar"
+        android:contentDescription="@null"
         android:visibility="gone"
         tools:src="@color/accent"
-        tools:visibility="visible"/>
+        tools:visibility="visible" />
 
     <RelativeLayout
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"