diff --git a/src/group_handler/handle_mention.rs b/src/group_handler/handle_mention.rs
index 954b528..c266f0a 100644
--- a/src/group_handler/handle_mention.rs
+++ b/src/group_handler/handle_mention.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ impl<'a> ProcessMention<'a> {
 
     async fn send_reply_multipart(&self, mention : String, msg : String) -> Result<(), GroupError> {
         let parts = smart_split(&msg, Some(mention), self.config.get_character_limit());
+
+        let mut parent = self.status.id.clone();
         for p in parts {
             if let Ok(post) = StatusBuilder::new()
                 .status(p)
@@ -291,10 +293,12 @@ impl<'a> ProcessMention<'a> {
                 } else {
                     "text/plain"
                 })
+                .in_reply_to(&parent)
                 .visibility(Visibility::Direct)
                 .build()
             {
-                self.client.new_status(post).await?;
+                let status = self.client.new_status(post).await?;
+                parent = status.id;
             }
 
             // Sleep a bit to avoid throttling
@@ -307,15 +311,25 @@ impl<'a> ProcessMention<'a> {
     async fn send_announcement_multipart(&self, msg : &str) -> Result<(), GroupError> {
         let parts = smart_split(msg, None, self.config.get_character_limit());
 
+        let mut parent = None;
         for p in parts {
-            let post = StatusBuilder::new()
+            let mut builder = StatusBuilder::new();
+
+            builder
                 .status(p)
                 .content_type("text/markdown")
-                .visibility(Visibility::Public)
+                .visibility(Visibility::Public);
+
+            if let Some(p) = parent.as_ref() {
+                builder.in_reply_to(p);
+            }
+
+            let post = builder
                 .build()
                 .expect("error build status");
 
-            self.client.new_status(post).await?;
+            let status = self.client.new_status(post).await?;
+            parent = Some(status.id);
 
             // Sleep a bit to avoid throttling
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;