diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 5f9e7b219b76bfefa8dcf437368bfb7e77d816a7..2dfabc9faf45e2f4b24c0a0114a8f52df92b8487 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Contributions are very welcome, the hard work is done!
 * A note regarding ignoring users was added to the failure messages on commenting/liking [#6646](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6646)
 * Replace sidetiq with sidekiq-cron [#6616](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6616)
 * Refactor mobile comment section [#6509](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6509)
+* Set vertical resize as default for all textareas [#6654](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6654)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Destroy Participation when removing interactions with a post [#5852](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5852)
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ Contributions are very welcome, the hard work is done!
 * Do not fail when submitting an empty comment in the mobile view [#6543](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6543)
 * Limit flash message width on small devices [#6529](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6529)
 * Add navbar on mobile when not logged in [#6483](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6483)
-*  Fix timeago tooltips for reshares [#6648](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6648)
+* Fix timeago tooltips for reshares [#6648](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6648)
 
 ## Features
 * Support color themes [#6033](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6033)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
index 6e72e00c220037745298b4656b15f7c1ac6cd94c..98a02a62303055439d2e5445018e51f227a5d487 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ textarea {
 }
 // scss-lint:enable QualifyingElement
 
+textarea {
+  resize: vertical;
+}
+
 // Forms described here are only used on the public pages at the moment
 .block-form {
   margin: 20px auto;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
index 3f4b5557888650c58d63e0dc32b902fc44fe5f11..074376d2bbc9245a000a23f6b9a651a81cee183e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ body {
   padding: 0;
 }
 
+textarea {
+  resize: vertical;
+}
+
 h3 {  margin-top: 0; }
 .clear { clear: both; }
 #main { padding: 56px 10px 0 10px; }