diff --git a/packages/appview/src/api/lexicons/getStatuses.ts b/packages/appview/src/api/lexicons/getStatuses.ts
index c605d5a..e079c51 100644
--- a/packages/appview/src/api/lexicons/getStatuses.ts
+++ b/packages/appview/src/api/lexicons/getStatuses.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { XyzStatusphereStatus } from '@statusphere/lexicon'
-
 import { AppContext } from '#/context'
 import { Server } from '#/lexicons'
 import { statusToStatusView } from '#/lib/hydrate'
@@ -19,15 +17,7 @@ export default function (server: Server, ctx: AppContext) {
         encoding: 'application/json',
         body: {
           statuses: await Promise.all(
-            statuses
-              .filter(
-                (status) =>
-                  XyzStatusphereStatus.validateRecord({
-                    $type: 'xyz.statusphere.status',
-                    ...status,
-                  }).success,
-              )
-              .map((status) => statusToStatusView(status, ctx)),
+            statuses.map((status) => statusToStatusView(status, ctx)),
           ),
         },
       }
diff --git a/packages/appview/src/lib/hydrate.ts b/packages/appview/src/lib/hydrate.ts
index c26fe1a..d877468 100644
--- a/packages/appview/src/lib/hydrate.ts
+++ b/packages/appview/src/lib/hydrate.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert'
 import {
   AppBskyActorDefs,
   AppBskyActorProfile,
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ export async function statusToStatusView(
       did: status.authorDid,
       handle: await ctx.resolver
         .resolveDidToHandle(status.authorDid)
+        .then((handle) =>
+          handle.startsWith('did:') ? 'invalid.handle' : handle,
+        )
         .catch(() => 'invalid.handle'),
     },
   }