diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 87a8eaa9b3..f20942dbad 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -40,8 +40,19 @@ function bb_map_location($match) {
 	return str_replace($match[0], '<div class="map"  >' . Map::byLocation($match[1]) . '</div>', $match[0]);
 }
 
-function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true) {
-
+/**
+ * Processes [attachment] tags
+ *
+ * Note: Can produce a [bookmark] tag in the returned string
+ *
+ * @brief Processes [attachment] tags
+ * @param string $Text
+ * @param bool|int $simplehtml
+ * @param bool $tryoembed
+ * @return string
+ */
+function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true)
+{
 	$data = get_attachment_data($Text);
 	if (!$data) {
 		return $Text;
@@ -52,10 +63,7 @@ function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true) {
 		$data["title"] = str_replace(array("http://", "https://"), "", $data["title"]);
 	}
 
-	if (((strpos($data["text"], "[img=") !== false)
-		|| (strpos($data["text"], "[img]") !== false)
-		|| Config::get('system', 'always_show_preview'))
-		&& ($data["image"] != "")) {
+	if (((strpos($data["text"], "[img=") !== false) || (strpos($data["text"], "[img]") !== false) || Config::get('system', 'always_show_preview')) && ($data["image"] != "")) {
 		$data["preview"] = $data["image"];
 		$data["image"] = "";
 	}
@@ -69,14 +77,16 @@ function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true) {
 			$text = sprintf('<span class="type-%s">', $data["type"]);
 		}
 
-		$bookmark = array(sprintf('[bookmark=%s]%s[/bookmark]', $data["url"], $data["title"]), $data["url"], $data["title"]);
+		$oembed = sprintf('[bookmark=%s]%s[/bookmark]', $data['url'], $data['title']);
 		if ($tryoembed) {
-			$oembed = tryoembed($bookmark);
-		} else {
-			$oembed = $bookmark[0];
+			try {
+				$oembed = OEmbed::getHTML($data['url'], $data['title']);
+			} catch (Exception $e) {
+				// $oembed isn't modified
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (strstr(strtolower($oembed), "<iframe ")) {
+		if (stripos($oembed, "<iframe ") !== false) {
 			$text = $oembed;
 		} else {
 			if (($data["image"] != "") && !strstr(strtolower($oembed), "<img ")) {
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@ function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true) {
 			$text .= '</span>';
 		}
 	}
-	return trim($data["text"].' '.$text.' '.$data["after"]);
+	return trim($data["text"] . ' ' . $text . ' ' . $data["after"]);
 }
 
 function bb_remove_share_information($Text, $plaintext = false, $nolink = false) {
@@ -223,32 +233,6 @@ function stripcode_br_cb($s) {
 	return '[code]' . str_replace('<br />', '', $s[1]) . '[/code]';
 }
 
-function tryoembed($match) {
-	$url = $match[1];
-
-	// Always embed the SSL version
-	$url = str_replace(array("http://www.youtube.com/", "http://player.vimeo.com/"),
-				array("https://www.youtube.com/", "https://player.vimeo.com/"), $url);
-
-	$o = OEmbed::fetchURL($url);
-
-	if (!is_object($o)) {
-		return $match[0];
-	}
-
-	if (isset($match[2])) {
-		$o->title = $match[2];
-	}
-
-	if ($o->type == "error") {
-		return $match[0];
-	}
-
-	$html = OEmbed::formatObject($o);
-
-	return $html;
-}
-
 /*
  * [noparse][i]italic[/i][/noparse] turns into
  * [noparse][ i ]italic[ /i ][/noparse],
@@ -432,6 +416,16 @@ function bb_replace_images($body, $images) {
 	return $newbody;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Processes [share] tags
+ *
+ * Note: Can produce a [bookmark] tag in the output
+ *
+ * @brief Processes [share] tags
+ * @param array    $share      preg_match_callback result array
+ * @param bool|int $simplehtml
+ * @return string
+ */
 function bb_ShareAttributes($share, $simplehtml)
 {
 	$attributes = $share[2];
@@ -520,7 +514,6 @@ function bb_ShareAttributes($share, $simplehtml)
 	}
 
 	$preshare = trim($share[1]);
-
 	if ($preshare != "") {
 		$preshare .= "<br /><br />";
 	}
@@ -541,7 +534,7 @@ function bb_ShareAttributes($share, $simplehtml)
 				$text .= "<hr />";
 			}
 
-			if (substr(normalise_link($link), 0, 19) != "http://twitter.com/") {
+			if (stripos(normalise_link($link), 'http://twitter.com/') === 0) {
 				$text .= $headline . '<blockquote>' . trim($share[3]) . "</blockquote><br />";
 
 				if ($link != "") {
@@ -586,20 +579,30 @@ function bb_ShareAttributes($share, $simplehtml)
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
-			$text = trim($share[1]) . "\n";
+			// Transforms quoted tweets in rich attachments to avoid nested tweets
+			if (stripos(normalise_link($link), 'http://twitter.com/') === 0 && OEmbed::isAllowedURL($link)) {
+				try {
+					$oembed = OEmbed::getHTML($link, $preshare);
+				} catch (Exception $e) {
+					$oembed = sprintf('[bookmark=%s]%s[/bookmark]', $link, $preshare);
+				}
 
-			$avatar = proxy_url($avatar, false, PROXY_SIZE_THUMB);
+				$text = $preshare . $oembed;
+			} else {
+				$text = trim($share[1]) . "\n";
 
-			$tpl = get_markup_template('shared_content.tpl');
-			$text .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+				$avatar = proxy_url($avatar, false, PROXY_SIZE_THUMB);
+
+				$tpl = get_markup_template('shared_content.tpl');
+				$text .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 					'$profile' => $profile,
 					'$avatar' => $avatar,
 					'$author' => $author,
 					'$link' => $link,
 					'$posted' => $posted,
 					'$content' => trim($share[3])
-				)
-			);
+				));
+			}
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Content/OEmbed.php b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
index c317483d96..50b8bb4e35 100644
--- a/src/Content/OEmbed.php
+++ b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use dba;
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMXPath;
 use DOMNode;
+use Exception;
 
 require_once 'include/dba.php';
 require_once 'mod/proxy.php';
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@ class OEmbed
 	public static function formatObject($j)
 	{
 		$embedurl = $j->embedurl;
-		$jhtml = self::iframe($j->embedurl, (isset($j->width) ? $j->width : null), (isset($j->height) ? $j->height : null));
-		$ret = "<span class='oembed " . $j->type . "'>";
+		$jhtml = $j->html;
+		$ret = '<div class="oembed ' . $j->type . '">';
 		switch ($j->type) {
 			case "video":
 				if (isset($j->thumbnail_url)) {
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ class OEmbed
 					$th = 120;
 					$tw = $th * $tr;
 					$tpl = get_markup_template('oembed_video.tpl');
-					$ret.=replace_macros($tpl, array(
+					$ret .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 						'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(),
 						'$embedurl' => $embedurl,
 						'$escapedhtml' => base64_encode($jhtml),
@@ -184,33 +185,32 @@ class OEmbed
 				} else {
 					$ret = $jhtml;
 				}
-				//$ret.="<br>";
 				break;
 			case "photo":
-				$ret.= "<img width='" . $j->width . "' src='" . proxy_url($j->url) . "'>";
+				$ret .= '<img width="' . $j->width . '" src="' . proxy_url($j->url) . '">';
 				break;
 			case "link":
 				break;
 			case "rich":
-				// not so safe..
 				if (self::isAllowedURL($embedurl)) {
 					$ret .= proxy_parse_html($jhtml);
 				}
 				break;
 		}
 
+		$ret .= '</div>';
 		// add link to source if not present in "rich" type
 		if ($j->type != 'rich' || !strpos($j->html, $embedurl)) {
-			$ret .= "<h4>";
+			$ret .= '<h4>';
 			if (isset($j->title)) {
 				if (isset($j->provider_name)) {
 					$ret .= $j->provider_name . ": ";
 				}
 
 				$embedlink = (isset($j->title)) ? $j->title : $embedurl;
-				$ret .= "<a href='$embedurl' rel='oembed'>$embedlink</a>";
+				$ret .= '<a href="' . $embedurl . '" rel="oembed">' . $embedlink . '</a>';
 				if (isset($j->author_name)) {
-					$ret.=" (" . $j->author_name . ")";
+					$ret .= ' (' . $j->author_name . ')';
 				}
 			} elseif (isset($j->provider_name) || isset($j->author_name)) {
 				$embedlink = "";
@@ -229,16 +229,14 @@ class OEmbed
 					$embedlink = $embedurl;
 				}
 
-				$ret .= "<a href='$embedurl' rel='oembed'>$embedlink</a>";
+				$ret .= '<a href="' . $embedurl . '" rel="oembed">' . $embedlink . '</a>';
 			}
-			//if (isset($j->author_name)) $ret.=" by ".$j->author_name;
-			//if (isset($j->provider_name)) $ret.=" on ".$j->provider_name;
 			$ret .= "</h4>";
-		} else {
+		} elseif (!strpos($j->html, $embedurl)) {
 			// add <a> for html2bbcode conversion
-			$ret .= "<a href='$embedurl' rel='oembed'>$embedurl</a>";
+			$ret .= '<a href="' . $embedurl . '" rel="oembed">' . $j->title . '</a>';
 		}
-		$ret.="</span>";
+
 		$ret = str_replace("\n", "", $ret);
 		return mb_convert_encoding($ret, 'HTML-ENTITIES', mb_detect_encoding($ret));
 	}
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ class OEmbed
 			$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
 
 			$xattr = self::buildXPath("class", "oembed");
-			$entries = $xpath->query("//span[$xattr]");
+			$entries = $xpath->query("//div[$xattr]");
 
 			$xattr = "@rel='oembed'"; //oe_build_xpath("rel","oembed");
 			foreach ($entries as $e) {
@@ -287,6 +285,48 @@ class OEmbed
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determines if rich content OEmbed is allowed for the provided URL
+	 *
+	 * @brief Determines if rich content OEmbed is allowed for the provided URL
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static function isAllowedURL($url)
+	{
+		if (!Config::get('system', 'no_oembed_rich_content')) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$domain = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
+
+		$str_allowed = Config::get('system', 'allowed_oembed', '');
+		$allowed = explode(',', $str_allowed);
+
+		return allowed_domain($domain, $allowed, true);
+	}
+
+	public static function getHTML($url, $title = null)
+	{
+		// Always embed the SSL version
+		$url = str_replace(array("http://www.youtube.com/", "http://player.vimeo.com/"),
+					array("https://www.youtube.com/", "https://player.vimeo.com/"), $url);
+
+		$o = OEmbed::fetchURL($url);
+
+		if (!is_object($o) || $o->type == 'error') {
+			throw new Exception('OEmbed failed for URL: ' . $url);
+		}
+
+		if (x($title)) {
+			$o->title = $title;
+		}
+
+		$html = OEmbed::formatObject($o);
+
+		return $html;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Generates the iframe HTML for an oembed attachment.
 	 *
@@ -299,6 +339,8 @@ class OEmbed
 	 * Since the iframe is automatically resized on load, there are no need for ugly
 	 * and impractical scrollbars.
 	 *
+	 * @todo This function is currently unused until someone™ adds support for a separate OEmbed domain
+	 *
 	 * @param string $src Original remote URL to embed
 	 * @param string $width
 	 * @param string $height
@@ -315,10 +357,7 @@ class OEmbed
 		}
 		$width = '100%';
 
-		// Only proxy OEmbed URLs to avoid mixed-content errors
-		if (Config::get('system', 'ssl_policy') == SSL_POLICY_FULL && parse_url($src, PHP_URL_SCHEME) !== 'https') {
-			$src = System::baseUrl() . '/oembed/' . base64url_encode($src);
-		}
+		$src = System::baseUrl() . '/oembed/' . base64url_encode($src);
 		return '<iframe onload="resizeIframe(this);" class="embed_rich" height="' . $height . '" width="' . $width . '" src="' . $src . '" allowfullscreen scrolling="no" frameborder="no">' . t('Embedded content') . '</iframe>';
 	}
 
@@ -356,24 +395,4 @@ class OEmbed
 		return $innerHTML;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Determines if rich content OEmbed is allowed for the provided URL
-	 *
-	 * @brief Determines if rich content OEmbed is allowed for the provided URL
-	 * @param string $url
-	 * @return boolean
-	 */
-	private static function isAllowedURL($url)
-	{
-		if (!Config::get('system', 'no_oembed_rich_content')) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		$domain = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
-
-		$str_allowed = Config::get('system', 'allowed_oembed', '');
-		$allowed = explode(',', $str_allowed);
-
-		return allowed_domain($domain, $allowed, true);
-	}
 }