diff --git a/public/javascripts/stream.js b/public/javascripts/stream.js
index 690f47612..d9fff8cae 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/stream.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/stream.js
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ var Stream = {
     Stream.setUpAudioLinks();
     //Stream.setUpImageLinks();
 
+    Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", Stream.collapseText);
+  },
+  collapseText: function(){
+    elements = $(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,1));
     // collapse long posts
-    $(".content p", this.selector).expander({
+    $(".content p", elements).expander({
       slicePoint: 400,
       widow: 12,
       expandText: Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("show_more"),
@@ -27,14 +31,13 @@ var Stream = {
     });
 
     // collapse long comments
-    $(".comment .content span", this.selector).expander({
+    $(".comment .content span", elements).expander({
       slicePoint: 200,
       widow: 400,
       expandText: Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("show_more"),
       userCollapse: false
     });
   },
-
   initializeLives: function(){
     // reshare button action
     $(".reshare_button", this.selector).live("click", function(evt) {
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ var Stream = {
           toggle.html(Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("comments.hide"));
           commentList.html(data)
                      .addClass('loaded');
-          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled")
+          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled", commentList);
         }
       });
     }
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 41ed4820e..3af8b51a6 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ var View = {
     });
 
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", function() {
-      $('#main_stream label').inFieldLabels();
+      new_elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,1)
+      $(new_elements).find('label').inFieldLabels();
     });
 
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/reloaded", function() {
@@ -56,11 +57,15 @@ var View = {
 
     /* Autoexpand textareas */
     var startAutoResize = function() {
-      $('textarea')
-        .autoResize({
-          'animate': false,
-          'extraSpace': 5
-        });
+     if (arguments.length > 1){
+        target = $(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,1)).find('textarea');
+      }else{
+        target = $('textarea')
+      }
+      target.autoResize({
+                          'animate': false,
+                          'extraSpace': 5
+                        });
     }
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", startAutoResize)
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/reloaded", startAutoResize)
diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/directionDetector.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/directionDetector.js
index 9af9cca3b..6f29af4f8 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/directionDetector.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/directionDetector.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *   the COPYRIGHT file.
  */
 /* Modified version of https://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/blobs/master/plugins/DirectionDetector/jquery.DirectionDetector.js */
-(function() { 
+(function() {
   var DirectionDetector = function() {
     var self = this;
     this.binds = [];
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
     this.subscribe("widget/ready", function() {
       self.updateBinds();
-    
-      Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", function() {
+
+      Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", function(eventID, new_elements) {
 				self.updateBinds();
       });
     });
@@ -21,35 +21,35 @@
       if(typeof str !== "string" || str.length < 1) {
 				return false;
       }
-      
+
       var charCode = str.charCodeAt(0);
       if(charCode >= 1536 && charCode <= 1791) // Sarabic, Persian, ...
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode >= 65136 && charCode <= 65279) // Arabic present 1
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode >= 64336 && charCode <= 65023) // Arabic present 2
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=1424 && charCode<=1535) // Hebrew
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=64256 && charCode<=64335) // Hebrew present
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=1792 && charCode<=1871) // Syriac
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=1920 && charCode<=1983) // Thaana
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=1984 && charCode<=2047) // NKo
 				return true;
-      
+
       else if(charCode>=11568 && charCode<=11647) // Tifinagh
 				return true;
-      
+
       return false;
     };
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     this.updateDirection = function() {
       var textArea = $(this),
 				cleaned = textArea.val().replace(self.cleaner, "").replace(/^[ ]+/, "");
-    
+
       if(self.isRTL(cleaned)) {
 				textArea.css("direction", "rtl");
       }
diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/infinite-scroll.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/infinite-scroll.js
index 721c54758..73f2bb3c1 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/infinite-scroll.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/infinite-scroll.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
     this.initialize = function() {
       if($('#main_stream').length !== 0){
-        $('#main_stream').infinitescroll(this.options, function() {
-          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled");
+        $('#main_stream').infinitescroll(this.options, function(new_elements) {
+          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled", new_elements);
         });
       } else if($('#people_stream').length !== 0){
         $("#people_stream").infinitescroll($.extend(self.options, {
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
           pathParse : function( pathStr, nextPage){
             return pathStr.replace("page=2", "page=" + nextPage);
           }
-        }), function() {
-          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled");
+        }), function(new_elements) {
+          Diaspora.widgets.publish("stream/scrolled", new_elements);
         });
       }
     };
diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
index cbd7ed2f4..1b324c2a1 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
     };
 
     this.updateTimeAgo = function() {
-      self.timeAgoElement().timeago();
+      if (arguments.length > 1){
+        new_elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,1);
+        $(new_elements).find(self.selector).timeago();
+      }else{
+        self.timeAgoElement().timeago();
+      }
     };
   };
   Diaspora.widgets.add("timeago", TimeAgo);
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/stream-spec.js b/spec/javascripts/stream-spec.js
index a4576f0bd..42e0e350e 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/stream-spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/stream-spec.js
@@ -20,17 +20,21 @@ describe("Stream", function() {
     });
 
   });
-  describe("initialize", function() {
+  describe("collapseText", function() {
 
     it("adds a 'show more' links to long posts", function() {
       Diaspora.widgets.i18n.loadLocale(
         {show_more: 'Placeholder'}, 'en');
-      Stream.initialize();
+
       stream_element = $('#main_stream .stream_element:first');
+      Stream.collapseText('eventID', stream_element[0]);
+
       expect(stream_element.find("p .details").css('display')).toEqual('none');
       expect(stream_element.find(".read-more a").css('display')).toEqual('inline');
+
       stream_element.find(".read-more a").click();
       jasmine.Clock.tick(200);
+
       expect(stream_element.find(".read-more").css('display')).toEqual('none');
       expect(stream_element.find(".details").css('display')).toEqual('inline');
     });