diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 8c2640afc..2379ae8e3 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1377,6 +1377,13 @@ function diaspora_send_status($item,$owner,$contact,$public_batch = false) {
 	$body = $item['body'];
 
 /*
+	// We're trying to match Diaspora's split message/photo protocol but
+	// all the photos are displayed on D* as links and not img's - even
+	// though we're sending pretty much precisely what they send us when
+	// doing the same operation.  
+	// Commented out for now, we'll use bb2diaspora to convert photos to markdown
+	// which seems to get through intact.
+
 	$cnt = preg_match_all('|\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]|',$body,$matches,PREG_SET_ORDER);
 	if($cnt) {
 		foreach($matches as $mtch) {