diff --git a/app/models/status_reference.rb b/app/models/status_reference.rb
index dd912d995c..8d5d6eba8b 100644
--- a/app/models/status_reference.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_reference.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #  target_status_id :bigint(8)        not null
 #  created_at       :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at       :datetime         not null
+#  attribute_type   :string
 #
 
 class StatusReference < ApplicationRecord
diff --git a/app/services/process_references_service.rb b/app/services/process_references_service.rb
index 67f6e1beec..05aa5ef345 100644
--- a/app/services/process_references_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_references_service.rb
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ class ProcessReferencesService < BaseService
 
   def scan_text!
     text = extract_status_plain_text(@status)
-    statuses = fetch_statuses!(text.scan(REFURL_EXP).pluck(3).uniq)
+    scaned = text.scan(REFURL_EXP)
+    statuses = fetch_statuses!(scaned.pluck(3).uniq)
 
     @again = true if !@fetch_remote && statuses.any?(&:nil?)
+    @attributes = scaned.pluck(0).zip(statuses).to_h { |pair| [pair[1]&.id, pair[0]] }
 
     @scan_text = statuses.compact.map(&:id).uniq.filter { |status_id| !status_id.zero? }
   end
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ class ProcessReferencesService < BaseService
 
     statuses = Status.where(id: added_references)
     statuses.each do |status|
-      @added_objects << @status.reference_objects.new(target_status: status)
+      @added_objects << @status.reference_objects.new(target_status: status, attribute_type: @attributes[status.id])
       status.increment_count!(:status_referred_by_count)
       @references_count += 1
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230919232836_add_attribute_to_status_references.rb b/db/migrate/20230919232836_add_attribute_to_status_references.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea77b3eddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230919232836_add_attribute_to_status_references.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require Rails.root.join('lib', 'mastodon', 'migration_helpers')
+
+class AddAttributeToStatusReferences < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  include Mastodon::MigrationHelpers
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+      add_column :status_references, :attribute_type, :string
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f322d5e715..c5dcfc6a33 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_11_022527) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_19_232836) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_11_022527) do
     t.bigint "target_status_id", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", precision: nil, null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", precision: nil, null: false
+    t.string "attribute_type"
     t.index ["status_id"], name: "index_status_references_on_status_id"
     t.index ["target_status_id"], name: "index_status_references_on_target_status_id"
   end
diff --git a/spec/services/process_references_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/process_references_service_spec.rb
index 0cb2d2f190..e9099fb935 100644
--- a/spec/services/process_references_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/process_references_service_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
   describe 'posting new status' do
     subject do
       described_class.new.call(status, reference_parameters, urls: urls, fetch_remote: fetch_remote)
-      status.references.pluck(:id)
+      status.reference_objects.pluck(:target_status_id, :attribute_type)
     end
 
     let(:reference_parameters) { [] }
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:text) { "Hello RT #{target_status_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 1
-        expect(ids).to include target_status.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject.pluck(0)).to include target_status.id
+        expect(subject.pluck(1)).to include 'RT'
       end
     end
 
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:text) { "Hello RT #{target_status_uri}\nBT #{target_status2_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 2
-        expect(ids).to include target_status.id
-        expect(ids).to include target_status2.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 2
+        expect(subject).to include [target_status.id, 'RT']
+        expect(subject).to include [target_status2.id, 'BT']
       end
     end
 
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:text) { "Hello #{target_status_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 0
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 0
       end
     end
 
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
           updated: '2022-01-22T16:00:00Z',
         }
       end
-      let(:text) { 'BT https://example.com/test_post' }
+      let(:text) { 'BT:https://example.com/test_post' }
 
       before do
         stub_request(:get, 'https://example.com/test_post').to_return(status: 200, body: Oj.dump(object_json), headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/activity+json' })
@@ -75,10 +73,10 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       end
 
       it 'reference it' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject[0][1]).to eq 'BT'
 
-        status = Status.find_by(id: ids[0])
+        status = Status.find_by(id: subject[0][0])
         expect(status).to_not be_nil
         expect(status.url).to eq 'https://example.com/test_post'
       end
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
         let(:fetch_remote) { false }
 
         it 'reference it' do
-          ids = subject
+          ids = subject.pluck(0)
           expect(ids.size).to eq 1
 
           status = Status.find_by(id: ids[0])
@@ -101,11 +99,11 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
         let(:text) { "RT #{ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(target_status)} BT https://example.com/test_post" }
 
         it 'reference it' do
-          ids = subject
-          expect(ids.size).to eq 2
-          expect(ids).to include target_status.id
+          expect(subject.size).to eq 2
+          expect(subject).to include [target_status.id, 'RT']
+          expect(subject.pluck(1)).to include 'BT'
 
-          status = Status.find_by(id: ids, uri: 'https://example.com/test_post')
+          status = Status.find_by(id: subject.pluck(0), uri: 'https://example.com/test_post')
           expect(status).to_not be_nil
         end
       end
@@ -114,8 +112,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
         let(:text) { 'BT https://example.com/not_found' }
 
         it 'reference it' do
-          ids = subject
-          expect(ids.size).to eq 0
+          expect(subject.size).to eq 0
         end
       end
     end
@@ -144,9 +141,8 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:new_text) { "BT #{target_status_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 1
-        expect(ids).to include target_status.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject).to include target_status.id
       end
     end
 
@@ -155,10 +151,9 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:new_text) { "BT #{target_status_uri}\nBT #{target_status2_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 2
-        expect(ids).to include target_status.id
-        expect(ids).to include target_status2.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 2
+        expect(subject).to include target_status.id
+        expect(subject).to include target_status2.id
       end
     end
 
@@ -167,9 +162,8 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:new_text) { "BT #{target_status_uri}\nBT #{target_status_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 1
-        expect(ids).to include target_status.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject).to include target_status.id
       end
     end
 
@@ -178,8 +172,7 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:new_text) { 'Hello' }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 0
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 0
       end
     end
 
@@ -188,9 +181,8 @@ RSpec.describe ProcessReferencesService, type: :service do
       let(:new_text) { "BT #{target_status2_uri}" }
 
       it 'post status' do
-        ids = subject
-        expect(ids.size).to eq 1
-        expect(ids).to include target_status2.id
+        expect(subject.size).to eq 1
+        expect(subject).to include target_status2.id
       end
     end
   end