diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip10Notes/TextNoteEvent.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip10Notes/TextNoteEvent.kt
index 3e50a92a4..f245a5c7c 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip10Notes/TextNoteEvent.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip10Notes/TextNoteEvent.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.hints.types.EventIdHint
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.hints.types.PubKeyHint
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.signers.eventTemplate
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.tags.aTag.ATag
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.tags.events.ETag
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.tags.people.PTag
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip10Notes.tags.MarkedETag
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip10Notes.tags.markedETags
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ class TextNoteEvent(
         return pHints + nip19Hints
     }
 
+    fun isNewThread() = tags.none(ETag::isTagged)
+
     override fun isAFork() = tags.any { it.size > 3 && (it[0] == "a" || it[0] == "e") && it[3] == "fork" }
 
     override fun forkFromAddress() = tags.firstNotNullOfOrNull(ATag::parseAddress)