diff --git a/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
index 5c7658c1..bb916e92 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
           %p.answerbox--question-text
             = a.question.content
   .panel-body
-    %p= a.content
+    %p= a.content[0..255]
+    - if a.content.length > 255
+      [...]
+      %br/
+      Answer too long to display.
+      %a{href: show_user_answer_path(a.user.screen_name, a.id)}
+        Read the entire answer
     - if @user.nil?
       .row
         .col-md-6.col-sm-4.col-xs-7.text-left.text-muted