diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index aa0747f55..0d318526a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :js
 
   def index
-    @posts  = current_user.visible_posts(:_type => "StatusMessage").paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    if params[:a_ids]
+      aspects = current_user.aspects_from_ids(params[:a_ids])
+    else
+      aspects = current_user.aspects
+    end
+
+    post_ids = aspects.map!{|a| a.post_ids}.flatten!
+
+    @posts = Post.where(:id.in => post_ids, :_type => "StatusMessage").paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => 'created_at DESC'
+
     @post_hashes = hashes_for_posts @posts
     @contacts = Contact.all(:user_id => current_user.id, :pending => false)
     @aspect_hashes = hashes_for_aspects @aspects.all, @contacts, :limit => 8
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index 3b00283dd..7205b6c60 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ describe AspectsController do
     @user  = make_user
     @user2 = make_user
 
-    @aspect   = @user.aspects.create(:name => "lame-os")
+    @aspect0   = @user.aspects.create(:name => "lame-os")
     @aspect1  = @user.aspects.create(:name => "another aspect")
     @aspect2  = @user2.aspects.create(:name => "party people")
 
-    connect_users(@user, @aspect, @user2, @aspect2)
+    connect_users(@user, @aspect0, @user2, @aspect2)
 
     @contact = @user.contact_for(@user2.person)
     @user.getting_started = false
@@ -35,6 +35,37 @@ describe AspectsController do
       end
       assigns[:contacts].should == @user.contacts
     end
+
+    context 'filtering' do
+      before(:all) do
+        @posts = []
+        @users = []
+        8.times do |n|
+          user = make_user
+          @users << user
+          aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => 'people')
+          connect_users(@user, @aspect0, user, aspect)
+          post =  @user.post(:status_message, :message => "hello#{n}", :to => eval("@aspect#{(n%2)}.id"))
+          @posts << post
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "returns all posts" do
+        get :index
+        assigns(:posts).length.should == 8
+      end
+
+      it "returns posts filtered by a single aspect" do
+        get :index, :a_ids => [@aspect1.id.to_s]
+        assigns(:posts).length.should == 4
+      end
+
+      it "returns posts from filtered aspects" do
+        get :index, :a_ids => [@aspect0.id.to_s, @aspect1.id.to_s]
+        assigns(:posts).length.should == 8
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'performance' do
       before do
         require 'benchmark'
@@ -44,7 +75,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
           user = make_user
           @users << user
           aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => 'people')
-          connect_users(@user, @aspect, user, aspect)
+          connect_users(@user, @aspect0, user, aspect)
           post =  @user.post(:status_message, :message => "hello#{n}", :to => @aspect1.id)
           @posts << post
           user.comment "yo#{post.message}", :on => post
@@ -61,13 +92,13 @@ describe AspectsController do
 
   describe "#show" do
     it "succeeds" do
-      get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s
+      get :show, 'id' => @aspect0.id.to_s
       response.should be_success
     end
     it "assigns aspect, aspect_contacts, and posts" do
-      get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s
+      get :show, 'id' => @aspect0.id.to_s
       assigns(:aspect).should == @aspect
-      achash = @controller.send(:hashes_for_contacts, @aspect.contacts).first
+      achash = @controller.send(:hashes_for_contacts, @aspect0.contacts).first
       assigns(:aspect_contacts).first[:contact].should == achash[:contact]
       assigns(:aspect_contacts).first[:person].should == achash[:person]
       assigns(:posts).should == []
@@ -77,7 +108,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
       @user.send_contact_request_to(make_user.person, @aspect)
       @user.contacts.count.should == 2
 
-      get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s
+      get :show, 'id' => @aspect0.id.to_s
       contacts = assigns(:contacts)
       contacts.count.should == 1
       contacts.first.should == @contact
@@ -85,10 +116,10 @@ describe AspectsController do
     it "paginates" do
       16.times { |i| @user2.post(:status_message, :to => @aspect2.id, :message => "hi #{i}") }
 
-      get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s
+      get :show, 'id' => @aspect0.id.to_s
       assigns(:posts).count.should == 15
 
-      get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s, 'page' => '2'
+      get :show, 'id' => @aspect0.id.to_s, 'page' => '2'
       assigns(:posts).count.should == 1
     end
   end
@@ -175,7 +206,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
       @person = Factory.create(:person)
       @opts = {
         :person_id => @person.id,
-        :from => @aspect.id,
+        :from => @aspect0.id,
         :to =>
           {:to => @aspect1.id}
       }
@@ -216,39 +247,39 @@ describe AspectsController do
       @user.reload
       @hashes = @controller.send(:hashes_for_aspects, @user.aspects, @user.contacts, :limit => 9)
       @hash = @hashes.first
-      @aspect = @user.aspects.first
+      @aspect0 = @user.aspects.first
     end
     it 'has aspects' do
       @hashes.length.should == 2
       @hash[:aspect].should == @aspect
     end
     it 'has a contact_count' do
-      @hash[:contact_count].should == @aspect.contacts.count
+      @hash[:contact_count].should == @aspect0.contacts.count
     end
     it 'takes a limit on contacts returned' do
       @hash[:contacts].count.should == 9
     end
     it 'has a person in each hash' do
-      @aspect.contacts.map{|c| c.person}.include?(@hash[:contacts].first[:person]).should be_true
+      @aspect0.contacts.map{|c| c.person}.include?(@hash[:contacts].first[:person]).should be_true
     end
     it "does not return the rsa key" do
       @hash[:contacts].first[:person].serialized_public_key.should be_nil
     end
     it 'has a contact in each hash' do
-      @aspect.contacts.include?(@hash[:contacts].first[:contact]).should be_true
+      @aspect0.contacts.include?(@hash[:contacts].first[:contact]).should be_true
     end
   end
 
   describe "#update" do
     before do
-      @aspect = @user.aspects.create(:name => "Bruisers")
+      @aspect0 = @user.aspects.create(:name => "Bruisers")
     end
     it "doesn't overwrite random attributes" do
       new_user         = Factory.create :user
       params           = {"name" => "Bruisers"}
       params[:user_id] = new_user.id
-      put('update', :id => @aspect.id, "aspect" => params)
-      Aspect.find(@aspect.id).user_id.should == @user.id
+      put('update', :id => @aspect0.id, "aspect" => params)
+      Aspect.find(@aspect0.id).user_id.should == @user.id
     end
   end
 
@@ -309,10 +340,10 @@ describe AspectsController do
       post 'remove_from_aspect',
         :format => 'js',
         :person_id => @user2.person.id,
-        :aspect_id => @aspect.id
+        :aspect_id => @aspect0.id
       response.should be_success
-      @aspect.reload
-      @aspect.contacts.include?(@contact).should be false
+      @aspect0.reload
+      @aspect0.contacts.include?(@contact).should be false
     end
   end
 end