diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentRawController.php b/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentRawController.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentRawController.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentRawController.php
@@ -85,4 +85,8 @@
     return id(new AphrontDialogResponse())->setDialog($dialog);
   }
 
+  public function shouldAllowPublic() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@
         $event->setIsEdited(true);
       }
 
+      $event->setIsNormalComment(true);
+
       // If we have a place for quoted text to go and this is a quotable
       // comment, pass the quote target ID to the event view.
       if ($this->getQuoteTargetID()) {
diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUITimelineEventView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUITimelineEventView.php
--- a/src/view/phui/PHUITimelineEventView.php
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUITimelineEventView.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   private $token;
   private $tokenRemoved;
   private $quoteTargetID;
+  private $isNormalComment;
   private $quoteRef;
   private $reallyMajorEvent;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,15 @@
     return $this->quoteTargetID;
   }
 
+  public function setIsNormalComment($is_normal_comment) {
+    $this->isNormalComment = $is_normal_comment;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getIsNormalComment() {
+    return $this->isNormalComment;
+  }
+
   public function setHideByDefault($hide_by_default) {
     $this->hideByDefault = $hide_by_default;
     return $this;
@@ -547,8 +557,9 @@
             'uri' => '/transactions/quote/'.$xaction_phid.'/',
             'ref' => $ref,
           ));
+    }
 
-      // if there is something to quote then there is something to view raw
+    if ($this->getIsNormalComment()) {
       $items[] = id(new PhabricatorActionView())
         ->setIcon('fa-cutlery')
         ->setHref('/transactions/raw/'.$xaction_phid.'/')