diff --git a/app/controllers/authors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/authors_controller.rb
index f4e6b80c7..bf88844b8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/authors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/authors_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class AuthorsController < ApplicationController
   
   def show
     @author= Author.where(:id => params[:id]).first
-    @author_ostatus_posts = @author.ostatus_posts.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    @author_ostatus_posts = @author.ostatus_posts.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'published_at DESC'
   end
 
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
index 414f5956a..fe09cfa5c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class DashboardsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def ostatus
-    @posts = OstatusPost.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    @posts = OstatusPost.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'published_at DESC'
     render :index
   end
   
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2a9d7eda2..88a54e4c6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
   
   def how_long_ago(obj)
-    time_ago_in_words(obj.created_at) + " ago."
+    if obj.is_a? OstatusPost
+      "#{time_ago_in_words(obj.published_at)} ago"
+    else
+      "#{time_ago_in_words(obj.created_at)} ago."
+    end
   end
 
   def person_url(person)