diff --git a/fetch_blocks.py b/fetch_blocks.py
index 614c17e..ad16997 100644
--- a/fetch_blocks.py
+++ b/fetch_blocks.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ def send_bot_post(instance: str, blocks: dict):
         if block["reason"] == None or block["reason"] == '':
             message = message + block["blocked"] + " with unspecified reason\n"
         else:
-            message = message + block["blocked"] + ' for "' + block["reason"] + '"\n'
+            if len(block["reason"]) > 420:
+                block["reason"] = block["reason"][0:419] + "[…]"
+            message = message + block["blocked"] + ' for "' + block["reason"].replace("@", "@\u200b") + '"\n'
     if truncated:
         message = message + "(the list has been truncated to the first 20 entries)"