diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
index 5b1c8ee0b..26902025a 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/common/markdown-textarea.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   mdToHtml,
   pictrsDeleteToast,
   randomStr,
+  relTags,
   setupTippy,
   setupTribute,
   toast,
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ export class MarkdownTextArea extends Component<
               href={markdownHelpUrl}
               class="btn btn-sm text-muted font-weight-bold"
               title={i18n.t("formatting_help")}
-              rel="noopener"
+              rel={relTags}
             >
               <Icon icon="help-circle" classes="icon-inline" />
             </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/sort-select.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/sort-select.tsx
index 9504756e9..118806476 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/common/sort-select.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/common/sort-select.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, linkEvent } from "inferno";
 import { SortType } from "lemmy-js-client";
 import { i18n } from "../../i18next";
-import { randomStr, sortingHelpUrl } from "../../utils";
+import { randomStr, relTags, sortingHelpUrl } from "../../utils";
 import { Icon } from "./icon";
 
 interface SortSelectProps {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class SortSelect extends Component<SortSelectProps, SortSelectState> {
         <a
           className="text-muted"
           href={sortingHelpUrl}
-          rel="noopener"
+          rel={relTags}
           title={i18n.t("sorting_help")}
         >
           <Icon icon="help-circle" classes="icon-inline" />
diff --git a/src/shared/components/community/community-link.tsx b/src/shared/components/community/community-link.tsx
index fee38eb2f..4ea7f8aef 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/community/community-link.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/community/community-link.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from "inferno";
 import { Link } from "inferno-router";
 import { CommunitySafe } from "lemmy-js-client";
-import { hostname, showAvatars } from "../../utils";
+import { hostname, relTags, showAvatars } from "../../utils";
 import { PictrsImage } from "../common/pictrs-image";
 
 interface CommunityLinkProps {
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class CommunityLink extends Component<CommunityLinkProps, any> {
         title={apubName}
         className={`${this.props.muted ? "text-muted" : ""}`}
         href={link}
+        rel={relTags}
       >
         {this.avatarAndName(displayName)}
       </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/community/community.tsx b/src/shared/components/community/community.tsx
index cdab971c2..bd624ee52 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/community/community.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/community/community.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   getPageFromProps,
   getSortTypeFromProps,
   notifyPost,
+  relTags,
   restoreScrollPosition,
   saveCommentRes,
   saveScrollPosition,
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ export class Community extends Component<any, State> {
             this.state.sort
           )}
           title="RSS"
-          rel="noopener"
+          rel={relTags}
         >
           <Icon icon="rss" classes="text-muted small" />
         </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/home/home.tsx b/src/shared/components/home/home.tsx
index d64a8528d..634868809 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/home/home.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/home/home.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   mdToHtml,
   notifyPost,
   numToSI,
+  relTags,
   restoreScrollPosition,
   saveCommentRes,
   saveScrollPosition,
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ export class Home extends Component<any, HomeState> {
         {this.state.listingType == ListingType.All && (
           <a
             href={`/feeds/all.xml?sort=${this.state.sort}`}
-            rel="noopener"
+            rel={relTags}
             title="RSS"
           >
             <Icon icon="rss" classes="text-muted small" />
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ export class Home extends Component<any, HomeState> {
         {this.state.listingType == ListingType.Local && (
           <a
             href={`/feeds/local.xml?sort=${this.state.sort}`}
-            rel="noopener"
+            rel={relTags}
             title="RSS"
           >
             <Icon icon="rss" classes="text-muted small" />
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ export class Home extends Component<any, HomeState> {
             <a
               href={`/feeds/front/${UserService.Instance.auth}.xml?sort=${this.state.sort}`}
               title="RSS"
-              rel="noopener"
+              rel={relTags}
             >
               <Icon icon="rss" classes="text-muted small" />
             </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/home/instances.tsx b/src/shared/components/home/instances.tsx
index c9a7b1ff9..c71338313 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/home/instances.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/home/instances.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from "inferno";
 import { GetSiteResponse } from "lemmy-js-client";
 import { i18n } from "../../i18next";
-import { setIsoData } from "../../utils";
+import { relTags, setIsoData } from "../../utils";
 import { HtmlTags } from "../common/html-tags";
 
 interface InstancesState {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class Instances extends Component<any, InstancesState> {
       <ul>
         {items.map(i => (
           <li>
-            <a href={`https://${i}`} rel="noopener">
+            <a href={`https://${i}`} rel={relTags}>
               {i}
             </a>
           </li>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/person/inbox.tsx b/src/shared/components/person/inbox.tsx
index b1f14e209..54b0f4316 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/person/inbox.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/person/inbox.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   editCommentRes,
   fetchLimit,
   isBrowser,
+  relTags,
   saveCommentRes,
   setIsoData,
   setupTippy,
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ export class Inbox extends Component<any, InboxState> {
                   <a
                     href={`/feeds/inbox/${UserService.Instance.auth}.xml`}
                     title="RSS"
-                    rel="noopener"
+                    rel={relTags}
                   >
                     <Icon icon="rss" classes="ml-2 text-muted small" />
                   </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/person/person-listing.tsx b/src/shared/components/person/person-listing.tsx
index 60e509cc9..56db662b2 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/person/person-listing.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/person/person-listing.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from "inferno";
 import { Link } from "inferno-router";
 import { PersonSafe } from "lemmy-js-client";
-import { hostname, isCakeDay, showAvatars } from "../../utils";
+import { hostname, isCakeDay, relTags, showAvatars } from "../../utils";
 import { PictrsImage } from "../common/pictrs-image";
 import { CakeDay } from "./cake-day";
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export class PersonListing extends Component<PersonListingProps, any> {
             title={apubName}
             className={this.props.muted ? "text-muted" : "text-info"}
             href={link}
+            rel={relTags}
           >
             {this.avatarAndName(displayName)}
           </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/person/profile.tsx b/src/shared/components/person/profile.tsx
index e36d0145c..6d3e4be54 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/person/profile.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/person/profile.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   mdToHtml,
   numToSI,
   previewLines,
+  relTags,
   restoreScrollPosition,
   routeSortTypeToEnum,
   saveCommentRes,
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ export class Profile extends Component<any, ProfileState> {
         />
         <a
           href={`/feeds/u/${this.state.userName}.xml?sort=${this.state.sort}`}
-          rel="noopener"
+          rel={relTags}
           title="RSS"
         >
           <Icon icon="rss" classes="text-muted small mx-2" />
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ export class Profile extends Component<any, ProfileState> {
                     className={`d-flex align-self-start btn btn-secondary mr-2 ${
                       !pv.person.matrix_user_id && "invisible"
                     }`}
-                    rel="noopener"
+                    rel={relTags}
                     href={`https://matrix.to/#/${pv.person.matrix_user_id}`}
                   >
                     {i18n.t("send_secure_message")}
diff --git a/src/shared/components/person/settings.tsx b/src/shared/components/person/settings.tsx
index 322dfa981..28ef84669 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/person/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/person/settings.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   languages,
   personSelectName,
   personToChoice,
+  relTags,
   setIsoData,
   setTheme,
   setupTippy,
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ export class Settings extends Component<any, SettingsState> {
           </div>
           <div class="form-group row">
             <label class="col-sm-5 col-form-label" htmlFor="matrix-user-id">
-              <a href={elementUrl} rel="noopener">
+              <a href={elementUrl} rel={relTags}>
                 {i18n.t("matrix_user_id")}
               </a>
             </label>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/metadata-card.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/metadata-card.tsx
index 85fcdb672..a3468997a 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/metadata-card.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/metadata-card.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, linkEvent } from "inferno";
 import { Post } from "lemmy-js-client";
+import { relTags } from "shared/utils";
 import { i18n } from "../../i18next";
 import { Icon } from "../common/icon";
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export class MetadataCard extends Component<
                 <div class="card-body">
                   {post.name !== post.embed_title && [
                     <h5 class="card-title d-inline">
-                      <a class="text-body" href={post.url} rel="noopener">
+                      <a class="text-body" href={post.url} rel={relTags}>
                         {post.embed_title}
                       </a>
                     </h5>,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export class MetadataCard extends Component<
                       <a
                         class="text-muted font-italic"
                         href={post.url}
-                        rel="noopener"
+                        rel={relTags}
                       >
                         {new URL(post.url).hostname}
                         <Icon icon="external-link" classes="ml-1" />
diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
index f7b058186..9badb746d 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   isBrowser,
   isImage,
   pictrsDeleteToast,
+  relTags,
   setupTippy,
   toast,
   validTitle,
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export class PostForm extends Component<PostFormProps, PostFormState> {
                       this.state.postForm.url
                     )}`}
                     class="mr-2 d-inline-block float-right text-muted small font-weight-bold"
-                    rel="noopener"
+                    rel={relTags}
                   >
                     archive.org {i18n.t("archive_link")}
                   </a>
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ export class PostForm extends Component<PostFormProps, PostFormState> {
                       this.state.postForm.url
                     )}`}
                     class="mr-2 d-inline-block float-right text-muted small font-weight-bold"
-                    rel="noopener"
+                    rel={relTags}
                   >
                     ghostarchive.org {i18n.t("archive_link")}
                   </a>
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ export class PostForm extends Component<PostFormProps, PostFormState> {
                       this.state.postForm.url
                     )}`}
                     class="mr-2 d-inline-block float-right text-muted small font-weight-bold"
-                    rel="noopener"
+                    rel={relTags}
                   >
                     archive.today {i18n.t("archive_link")}
                   </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/post-listing.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/post-listing.tsx
index 5881b33b4..c86a095c1 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/post-listing.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/post-listing.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   mdToHtml,
   numToSI,
   previewLines,
+  relTags,
   setupTippy,
   showScores,
   wsClient,
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export class PostListing extends Component<PostListingProps, PostListingState> {
         <a
           class="float-right text-body d-inline-block position-relative mb-2"
           href={post.url}
-          rel="noopener"
+          rel={relTags}
           title={post.url}
         >
           {this.imgThumb(this.getImageSrc())}
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ export class PostListing extends Component<PostListingProps, PostListingState> {
             className="text-body"
             href={post.url}
             title={post.url}
-            rel="noopener"
+            rel={relTags}
           >
             <div class="thumbnail rounded bg-light d-flex justify-content-center">
               <Icon icon="external-link" classes="d-flex align-items-center" />
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ export class PostListing extends Component<PostListingProps, PostListingState> {
                 className="text-muted font-italic"
                 href={post_view.post.url}
                 title={post_view.post.url}
-                rel="noopener"
+                rel={relTags}
               >
                 {hostname(post_view.post.url)}
               </a>
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ export class PostListing extends Component<PostListingProps, PostListingState> {
               className={!post.stickied ? "text-body" : "text-primary"}
               href={post.url}
               title={post.url}
-              rel="noopener"
+              rel={relTags}
             >
               {post.name}
             </a>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/private_message/private-message-form.tsx b/src/shared/components/private_message/private-message-form.tsx
index 60ae52d1b..4f0e9d129 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/private_message/private-message-form.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/private_message/private-message-form.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   authField,
   capitalizeFirstLetter,
   isBrowser,
+  relTags,
   setupTippy,
   toast,
   wsClient,
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ export class PrivateMessageForm extends Component<
                     #
                     <a
                       class="alert-link"
-                      rel="noopener"
+                      rel={relTags}
                       href="https://element.io/get-started"
                     >
                       #
diff --git a/src/shared/utils.ts b/src/shared/utils.ts
index 422beac39..acc9178c3 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ export const postRefetchSeconds: number = 60 * 1000;
 export const fetchLimit = 20;
 export const mentionDropdownFetchLimit = 10;
 
+export const relTags = "noopener nofollow";
+
 export const languages = [
   { code: "ca" },
   { code: "en" },