diff --git a/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb b/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
index 50a240f37..f7f00f772 100644
--- a/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "stream", "comments")
 require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "stream", "likes")
 require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "stream", "mention")
 require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "stream", "followed_tag")
+require File.join(Rails.root, "lib", "stream", "participate")
+
 
 class StreamsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ class StreamsController < ApplicationController
     stream_responder(Stream::Public)
   end
 
+  def participate
+    stream_responder(Stream::Participate)
+  end
+
   def multi
     stream_responder(Stream::Multi)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/main_stream.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/main_stream.html.haml
index 81474102b..4a73f346e 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/main_stream.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/main_stream.html.haml
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@
 
     #followed_tags_listing
       = render 'tags/followed_tags_listings'
-    
 
-    /participation stream
+    %br
+    %ul.left_nav
+      %li
+        = link_to t("streams.participate.title"), participate_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
+
     %ul.left_nav.sub
       %li
         = link_to t('streams.like_stream.title'), liked_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index ff6a6fcf5..ed793e74f 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ en:
     aspects:
       title: "Your Aspects"
 
+    participate:
+      title: "Participate"
   users:
     logged_out:
       signed_out: "You've signed out of Diaspora*"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 260610739..153e5ce37 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   # Streams
+  get "participate" => "streams#participate", :as => "participate_stream"
   get "public" => "streams#public", :as => "public_stream"
   get "stream" => "streams#multi", :as => "multi_stream"
   get "followed_tags" => "streams#followed_tags", :as => "followed_tags_stream"
diff --git a/lib/stream/base.rb b/lib/stream/base.rb
index 826954183..b3af708ca 100644
--- a/lib/stream/base.rb
+++ b/lib/stream/base.rb
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ class Stream::Base
     self.publisher = Publisher.new(self.user, publisher_opts)
   end
 
-  # @return [Person]
-  def random_community_spotlight_member
-    @random_community_spotlight_member ||= Person.find_by_diaspora_handle(spotlight_diaspora_id)
-  end
-
-  # @return [Boolean]
-  def has_community_spotlight?
-    random_community_spotlight_member.present?
-  end
-
   #requied to implement said stream
   def link(opts={})
     'change me in lib/base_stream.rb!'
diff --git a/lib/stream/participate.rb b/lib/stream/participate.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f942858ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stream/participate.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Stream::Participate < Stream::Base
+  def link(opts={})
+    Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.participate_stream_path(opts)
+  end
+
+  def title
+    I18n.translate("streams.participate.title")
+  end
+
+  # @return [ActiveRecord::Association<Post>] AR association of posts
+  def posts
+    @posts ||= EvilQuery::Participation.new(user).posts
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/router.js b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
index ca3c05775..4b29da6a6 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   routes: {
+    "participate": "stream",
     "stream": "stream",
     "aspects:query": "stream",
     "commented": "stream",
diff --git a/spec/controllers/streams_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/streams_controller_spec.rb
index 6b713e06d..87a278bf0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/streams_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/streams_controller_spec.rb
@@ -50,22 +50,19 @@ describe StreamsController do
     end
   end
 
-  streams = [
-    {:path => :liked, :type => Stream::Likes},
-    {:path => :mentioned, :type => Stream::Mention},
-    {:path => :followed_tags, :type => Stream::FollowedTag}
-  ]
+  streams = {
+      :liked => Stream::Likes,
+      :mentioned => Stream::Mention,
+      :followed_tags => Stream::FollowedTag,
+      :participate => Stream::Participate
+  }
 
-  streams.each do |s|
-    describe "##{s[:path]}" do
-      it 'succeeds' do
-        get s[:path]
+  streams.each do |stream_path, stream_class|
+    describe "a GET to #{stream_path}" do
+      it 'assigns a stream of the proper class' do
+        get stream_path
         response.should be_success
-      end
-
-      it 'assigns a stream' do
-        get s[:path]
-        assigns[:stream].should be_a s[:type]
+        assigns[:stream].should be_a stream_class
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/stream/participate_spec.rb b/spec/lib/stream/participate_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff9349d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/stream/participate_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require File.join(Rails.root, 'spec', 'shared_behaviors', 'stream')
+
+describe Stream::Participate do
+  before do
+    @stream = Stream::Participate.new(alice, :max_time => Time.now, :order => 'updated_at')
+  end
+
+  describe 'shared behaviors' do
+    it_should_behave_like 'it is a stream'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/no_id_on_object.rb b/spec/support/no_id_on_object.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 00914edfa..000000000
--- a/spec/support/no_id_on_object.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#class Object
-#  def id
-#    if self.class.ancestors.include?(ActiveRecord::Base)
-#      super
-#    else
-#      raise "You are calling id on a non-ActiveRecord object. STOP IT."
-#    end
-#  end
-#end