diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 11a3daef..9f9a3625 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export default function App() {
     return () => {
       darkModeMediaQuery.removeEventListener('change', darkModeListener);
     };
-  }, [isHomeRoute]);
+  }, [isHomeRoute, setBodyStyle, setSelectedStyle]);
   
   // fetch default subplebbits
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default function App() {
     return () => {
       didCancel = true;
     };
-  }, []);
+  }, [setDefaultSubplebbits]);
 
   // handle nested routes
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export default function App() {
       setIsSettingsOpen(false);
     }
     
-  }, [location.pathname]);
+  }, [location.pathname, setIsSettingsOpen, setShowPostForm, setShowPostFormLink]);
 
   return (
   <div>
diff --git a/src/components/Post.jsx b/src/components/Post.jsx
index 8ddb71f6..c9178fa1 100644
--- a/src/components/Post.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Post.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+// import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import rehypeSanitize from 'rehype-sanitize';
 import breaks from 'remark-breaks';
 
@@ -28,28 +28,28 @@ const blockquoteToGreentext = () => (tree) => {
   });
 };
 
-const createQuotelink = (handlequoteclick, comment, children) => {
-  const text = children.map((child) => (typeof child === 'string' ? child : child.props.children)).join('');
-  const regex = /(\s|^)(c\/[A-Za-z0-9]{12}|c\/[A-Za-z0-9]{45})(?=\s|$)/g;
-  const parts = text.split(regex);
+// const createQuotelink = (handlequoteclick, comment, children) => {
+//   const text = children.map((child) => (typeof child === 'string' ? child : child.props.children)).join('');
+//   const regex = /(\s|^)(c\/[A-Za-z0-9]{12}|c\/[A-Za-z0-9]{45})(?=\s|$)/g;
+//   const parts = text.split(regex);
 
-  return parts.flatMap((part, i) => {
-    if (regex.test(part)) {
-      return [
-        <Link
-          key={`link-${i}`}
-          className="quotelink"
-          to=""
-          onClick={handlequoteclick}
-        >
-          {part.trim()}
-        </Link>,
-      ];
-    } else {
-      return [part];
-    }
-  });
-};
+//   return parts.flatMap((part, i) => {
+//     if (regex.test(part)) {
+//       return [
+//         <Link
+//           key={`link-${i}`}
+//           className="quotelink"
+//           to=""
+//           onClick={handlequoteclick}
+//         >
+//           {part.trim()}
+//         </Link>,
+//       ];
+//     } else {
+//       return [part];
+//     }
+//   });
+// };
 
 
 const Post = ({ content, handlequoteclick, comment }) => {
diff --git a/src/components/ReplyModal.jsx b/src/components/ReplyModal.jsx
index 4fa141df..9e3544f8 100644
--- a/src/components/ReplyModal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ReplyModal.jsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ isOpen, closeModal }) => {
     if (index !== undefined) {
       setPendingCommentIndex(index);
     }
-  }, [index, location]);
+  }, [index, location, setPendingCommentIndex]);
 
   
   const resetFields = () => {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ isOpen, closeModal }) => {
         closeModal();
       })();
     }
-  }, [publishCommentOptions]);
+  }, [publishCommentOptions, closeModal, publishComment]);
 
 
   const getChallengeAnswersFromUser = async (challenges) => {
diff --git a/src/components/styled/Board.styled.jsx b/src/components/styled/Board.styled.jsx
index 9398ff87..2a52a05b 100644
--- a/src/components/styled/Board.styled.jsx
+++ b/src/components/styled/Board.styled.jsx
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ export const NavBar = styled.div`
           background-color: #ddd;
           border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;
         }`;
-  }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}`;
 
 export const Header = styled.div`
@@ -410,7 +413,10 @@ export const Header = styled.div`
           margin-top: 5px;
           font-size: 9pt;
         }`;
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
 
@@ -445,8 +451,11 @@ export const Break = styled.hr`
         return `width: 90%;
         border: none;
         border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
-        height: 0;`;      
-    }
+        height: 0;`;
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
 
@@ -600,7 +609,9 @@ export const PostFormLink = styled.div`
           color: #333 !important;
           white-space: nowrap;
         }`;
-      
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
 `;
@@ -1123,7 +1134,10 @@ export const PostFormTable = styled.table`
           width: 100%
         }
       }`;
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 
   #t-help {
@@ -1224,8 +1238,10 @@ export const PostForm = styled.div`
       a:hover {
         color: #ff3300;
       }`;
-      
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
 
@@ -1369,8 +1385,10 @@ export const TopBar = styled.div`
         a:hover {
           color: #ff3300;
         }`;
-      
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 
   @media (min-width: 480px) {
@@ -1533,6 +1551,9 @@ export const TopBar = styled.div`
           color: #333 !important;
           white-space: nowrap;
         }`;
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
 `;
@@ -1598,8 +1619,10 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
         background-color: #ccc !important;
         border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
       }`;
-      
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
     }}
   }
   
@@ -2873,8 +2896,10 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
         border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
         height: 0;
       }`;
-      
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 
   @media (max-width: 480px) {
@@ -2934,6 +2959,9 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
           return `.highlighted {
           background-color: #ccc !important;
         }`;
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
 
@@ -3635,6 +3663,9 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
               }
             }
           }`;
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
   }
diff --git a/src/components/styled/CaptchaModal.styled.jsx b/src/components/styled/CaptchaModal.styled.jsx
index 2b30e05c..6a23701d 100644
--- a/src/components/styled/CaptchaModal.styled.jsx
+++ b/src/components/styled/CaptchaModal.styled.jsx
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ export const StyledModal = styled(Modal)`
         span {
           color: #333;
         }`; 
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/styled/ReplyModal.styled.jsx b/src/components/styled/ReplyModal.styled.jsx
index 4c6c086d..ca3dde3e 100644
--- a/src/components/styled/ReplyModal.styled.jsx
+++ b/src/components/styled/ReplyModal.styled.jsx
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ export const StyledModal = styled(Modal)`
         span {
           color: #000;
         }`; 
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/styled/SettingsModal.styled.jsx b/src/components/styled/SettingsModal.styled.jsx
index a70c47ae..5360553a 100644
--- a/src/components/styled/SettingsModal.styled.jsx
+++ b/src/components/styled/SettingsModal.styled.jsx
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ export const StyledModal = styled(Modal)`
             color: #f30 !important;
           }
         }`;
-      
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/styled/Thread.styled.jsx b/src/components/styled/Thread.styled.jsx
index 49c6389e..60e04acb 100644
--- a/src/components/styled/Thread.styled.jsx
+++ b/src/components/styled/Thread.styled.jsx
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ export const ReplyFormLink = styled.div`
           color: #333 !important;
           white-space: nowrap;
         }`;
+      
+      default:
+        return '';
       }
     }}
 `;
@@ -386,7 +389,8 @@ export const TopBar = styled.div`
             color: #ff3300 !important;
           }
         }`;
-      
+      default:
+        return '';
     }
   }}
 
@@ -514,7 +518,9 @@ export const TopBar = styled.div`
           color: #333 !important;
           white-space: nowrap;
         }`;
-      
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
 `;
@@ -678,7 +684,9 @@ export const BottomBar = styled.div`
           padding-bottom: 5px;
           padding-top: 5px;
         }`;
-      
+
+      default:
+        return '';
     }
   }}
 `;
@@ -735,16 +743,17 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
         return `.highlighted {
         background-color: #1d1d21 !important;
         border: 1px solid #111 !important;
-      }
-`;
+      }`;
 
       case 'Photon':
         return `.highlighted {
         background-color: #ccc !important;
         border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
       }`;
-      
-    }
+
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
     }}
   }
   
@@ -2018,7 +2027,9 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
         border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
         height: 0;
       }`;
-      
+
+      default:
+        return '';
     }
   }}
 
@@ -2079,7 +2090,10 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
           return `.highlighted {
           background-color: #ccc !important;
         }`;
-      }
+        
+      default:
+        return '';
+    }
     }}
 
     ${({ selectedStyle }) => {
@@ -2780,6 +2794,9 @@ export const BoardForm = styled.div`
               }
             }
           }`;
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
       }
     }}
   }
@@ -2896,6 +2913,9 @@ export const Footer = styled.div`
             color: #f30;
           }
         }`;
-    }
+        
+        default:
+          return '';
+      }
   }}
 `;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/views/Board.jsx b/src/components/views/Board.jsx
index 055473b7..44c0dff1 100644
--- a/src/components/views/Board.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Board.jsx
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ const Board = () => {
       setPendingCommentIndex(index);
       navigate(`/profile/c/${index}`);
     }
-  }, [index]);
+  }, [index, navigate, setPendingCommentIndex]);
 
   
   const resetFields = () => {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ const Board = () => {
         resetFields();
       })();
     }
-  }, [publishCommentOptions]);
+  }, [publishCommentOptions, publishComment]);
   
   
   const getChallengeAnswersFromUser = async (challenges) => {
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ const Board = () => {
         <PostFormLink id="post-form-link" showPostFormLink={showPostFormLink} selectedStyle={selectedStyle} >
           <div id="post-form-link-desktop">
               [
-                <a onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
+                <a href={() => {}} onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
               ]
             </div>
             <div id="post-form-link-mobile">
               <span className="btn-wrap">
-                <a onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
+                <a href={() => {}} onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
               </span>
             </div>
           </PostFormLink>
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ const Board = () => {
                 hasMore={hasMore}
               >
                 {selectedFeed.map((thread) => {
-                const { replies: { pages: { topAll: {} = {} } = {} } = {} } = thread;
                 const { displayedReplies, omittedCount } = filteredRepliesByThread[thread.cid] || {};
                 const commentMediaInfo = getCommentMediaInfo(thread);
                 const fallbackImgUrl = "/assets/filedeleted-res.gif";
diff --git a/src/components/views/Catalog.jsx b/src/components/views/Catalog.jsx
index 368a9b49..ee1f9640 100644
--- a/src/components/views/Catalog.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Catalog.jsx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const Catalog = () => {
       setPendingCommentIndex(index);
       navigate(`/profile/c/${index}`);
     }
-  }, [index]);
+  }, [index, navigate, setPendingCommentIndex]);
 
   
   const resetFields = () => {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ const Catalog = () => {
         resetFields();
       })();
     }
-  }, [publishCommentOptions]);
+  }, [publishCommentOptions, publishComment]);
   
   
   const getChallengeAnswersFromUser = async (challenges) => {
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ const Catalog = () => {
           <PostFormLink id="post-form-link" showPostFormLink={showPostFormLink} selectedStyle={selectedStyle} >
             <div id="post-form-link-desktop">
               [
-                <a onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
+                <a href={() => {}} onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
               ]
             </div>
             <div id="post-form-link-mobile">
               <span className="btn-wrap">
-                <a onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
+                <a href={() => {}} onClick={useClickForm()} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Start a New Thread</a>
               </span>
             </div>
           </PostFormLink>
diff --git a/src/components/views/Pending.jsx b/src/components/views/Pending.jsx
index b59f0d70..b279b89a 100644
--- a/src/components/views/Pending.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Pending.jsx
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ const Pending = () => {
                         <div key={`f-${"pending"}`} className="file" style={{marginBottom: "5px"}}>
                           <div key={`ft-${"pending"}`} className="file-text">
                             Link:&nbsp;
-                            <a key={`fa-${"pending"}`} href={commentMediaInfo.url} target="_blank">{
+                            <a key={`fa-${"pending"}`} href={commentMediaInfo.url} 
+                            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{
                             commentMediaInfo?.url.length > 30 ?
                             commentMediaInfo?.url.slice(0, 30) + "(...)" :
                             commentMediaInfo?.url
diff --git a/src/components/views/Thread.jsx b/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
index bedd6226..420b29f4 100644
--- a/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
     parentCids: [
       selectedThread || 'n/a', ...flattenedReplies.map(reply => reply.cid)
     ]
-  }), [flattenedReplies]);
+  }), [flattenedReplies, selectedThread]);
 
 
   const { accountComments } = useAccountComments({filter});
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
     if (selectedSubplebbit) {
       setSelectedTitle(selectedSubplebbit.title);
     }
-  }, [subplebbitAddress, setSelectedAddress, setSelectedTitle, defaultSubplebbits]);
+  }, [subplebbitAddress, setSelectedAddress, setSelectedTitle, defaultSubplebbits, setSelectedThread, threadCid]);
 
   // mobile navbar scroll effect
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
     if (index !== undefined) {
       setPendingCommentIndex(index);
     }
-  }, [index]);
+  }, [index, setPendingCommentIndex]);
 
   
   const resetFields = () => {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
         resetFields();
       })();
     }
-  }, [publishCommentOptions]);
+  }, [publishCommentOptions, publishComment]);
 
 
   const getChallengeAnswersFromUser = async (challenges) => {
@@ -338,17 +338,17 @@ const Thread = () => {
             </div>
             <div id="bottom-button-mobile">
               <span className="btn-wrap">
-                <a onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Bottom</a>
+                <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Bottom</a>
               </span>
             </div>
             <div id="post-form-link-desktop">
               [
-                <a onClick={() => {handleClickForm(); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid)}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
+                <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => {handleClickForm(); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid)}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
               ]
             </div>
             <div id="post-form-link-mobile">
               <span className="btn-wrap">
-                <a onClick={() => {handleClickForm(); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid)}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
+                <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => {handleClickForm(); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid)}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
               </span>
             </div>
           </ReplyFormLink>
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
           </span>
           <span className="return-button catalog-button" id="bottom-button-desktop">
             [
-            <a onClick={() =>  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)} 
+            <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() =>  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)} 
             onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'} 
             onTouchStart={() =>  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)}>Bottom</a>
             ]
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ const Thread = () => {
                         <div key={`f-${comment.cid}`} className="file" style={{marginBottom: "5px"}}>
                           <div key={`ft-${comment.cid}`} className="file-text">
                             Link:&nbsp;
-                            <a key={`fa-${comment.cid}`} href={commentMediaInfo.url} target="_blank">{
+                            <a key={`fa-${comment.cid}`} href={commentMediaInfo.url} 
+                            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{
                             commentMediaInfo?.url.length > 30 ?
                             commentMediaInfo?.url.slice(0, 30) + "(...)" :
                             commentMediaInfo?.url
@@ -628,7 +629,8 @@ const Thread = () => {
                               style={{marginBottom: "5px"}}>
                                 <div key={`ft-${index}`} className="reply-file-text">
                                   Link:&nbsp;
-                                  <a key={`fa-${index}`} href={replyMediaInfo.url} target="_blank">{
+                                  <a key={`fa-${index}`} href={replyMediaInfo.url} 
+                                  target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{
                                   replyMediaInfo?.url.length > 30 ?
                                   replyMediaInfo?.url.slice(0, 30) + "(...)" :
                                   replyMediaInfo?.url
@@ -917,14 +919,14 @@ const Thread = () => {
                     </span>
                     <span className="bottom-bar-top">
                       [
-                      <a onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)} 
+                      <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)} 
                       onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'} 
                       onTouchStart={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)}>Top</a>
                       ]
                     </span>
                     <span className="quickreply-button">
                     [
-                      <a onClick={() => {setIsReplyOpen(true); setSelectedParentCid(comment.cid); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid);}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
+                      <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => {setIsReplyOpen(true); setSelectedParentCid(comment.cid); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid);}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
                     ]
                     </span>
                     {comment.replyCount > 0 ? (
@@ -973,7 +975,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
                     <ReplyFormLink id="post-form-link" selectedStyle={selectedStyle} >
                       <div id="post-form-link-mobile" className="post-button-mobile">
                         <span className="btn-wrap">
-                          <a onClick={() => {setIsReplyOpen(true); setSelectedParentCid(comment.cid); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid);}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
+                          <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => {setIsReplyOpen(true); setSelectedParentCid(comment.cid); setSelectedShortCid(comment.shortCid);}} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'}>Post a Reply</a>
                         </span>
                       </div>
                       <div id="btns-container">
@@ -989,7 +991,7 @@ const Thread = () => {
                         </div>
                         <span className="bottom-bar-top">
                           <span className="btn-wrap">
-                            <a onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)} 
+                            <a href={()=> {}} onClick={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)} 
                             onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'} 
                             onTouchStart={() => window.scrollTo(0, 0)}
                             style={{marginRight: "10px", marginLeft: "10px"}}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useError.js b/src/hooks/useError.js
index 1264d072..6fa6a26d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useError.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useError.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { toast } from "react-toastify";
 
-const useError = (message, deps) => {
+const useError = (message) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (message) {
       const toastId = toast.error(message.toString(), {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const useError = (message, deps) => {
         toast.dismiss(toastId);
       };
     }
-  }, deps);
+  }, [message]);
 };
 
 export default useError;
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diff --git a/src/hooks/useSuccess.js b/src/hooks/useSuccess.js
index 8e87a53c..7e182a86 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSuccess.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useSuccess.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { toast } from "react-toastify";
 
-const useSuccess = (message, deps) => {
+const useSuccess = (message) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (message) {
       const toastId = toast.success(message.toString(), {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const useSuccess = (message, deps) => {
         toast.dismiss(toastId);
       };
     }
-  }, deps);
+  }, [message]);
 };
 
 export default useSuccess;
\ No newline at end of file