diff --git a/app/controllers/sockets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sockets_controller.rb
index fd966afeb..ab6a70109 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sockets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sockets_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class SocketsController < ApplicationController
     Rails.logger.info("Socket received connection to: #{msg}")
   end
   
-  def outgoing(uid,object)
+  def outgoing(uid,object,opts={})
     @_request = ActionDispatch::Request.new({})
     Diaspora::WebSocket.push_to_user(uid, action_hash(uid, object))
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index 7c9cd2898..00c57959b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
     (object.is_a? Post) ? object.id : object.post_id
   end
 
-  def action_hash(uid, object)
+  def action_hash(uid, object, opts={})
     begin
       user = User.find_by_id(uid)
       v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
       Rails.logger.error("web socket view rendering failed for object #{object.inspect}.")
       raise e 
     end
-    action_hash = {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => v, :post_id => obj_id(object)}
+    action_hash = {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :group => opts[:group] , :html => v, :post_id => obj_id(object)}
     
     if object.is_a? Photo
       action_hash[:photo_hash] = object.thumb_hash
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
       action_hash[:status_message_hash] = object.latest_hash
       action_hash[:status_message_hash][:mine?] = true if object.person.owner_id == uid
     end
-    
+
     action_hash.to_json
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index e8a087d85..17e962648 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class User
     post.creator_signature = post.sign_with_key(encryption_key)
     post.save
     post.notify_people
-    post.socket_to_uid owner.id if (owner_id && post.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid))
+
+    post.socket_to_uid(id) if post.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid)
 
     self.posts << post
     self.save
@@ -252,7 +253,9 @@ class User
 
       self.posts << object
       self.save
-      object.socket_to_uid(id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
+
+      group = groups.find_by_person_id(object.person.id)
+      object.socket_to_uid(id, :group_id => group.id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
       dispatch_comment object if object.is_a?(Comment) && !owns?(object) 
 
     elsif object.is_a?(Comment) && object.verify_post_creator_signature
@@ -264,7 +267,9 @@ class User
     elsif object.verify_creator_signature == true 
       Rails.logger.debug("Saving object: #{object}")
       object.save
-      object.socket_to_uid(id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
+
+      group = groups.find_by_person_id(object.person.id)
+      object.socket_to_uid(id, :group_id => group.id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
index e65962761..fd4789bb6 100644
--- a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
+++ b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     //Attach onmessage to websocket
       ws.onmessage = function(evt) {
         var obj = jQuery.parseJSON(evt.data);
-        debug("got a " + obj['class']);
+        debug("got a " + obj['class'] + 'for group' + obj['group']);
 
         if (obj['class']=="retractions"){
           processRetraction(obj['post_id']);
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
         }else if (obj['class']=='photos' && onPageForClass('albums')){
           processPhotoInAlbum(obj['photo_hash'])
         }else if (obj['class']=='status_messages'){
-          processStatusMessage(obj['class'], obj['html'], obj['status_message_hash'])
+          processStatusMessage(obj['class'], obj['html'], obj['status_message_hash'], obj['group'])
         }else{
-          processPost(obj['class'], obj['html'])
+          processPost(obj['class'], obj['html'], obj['group'])
         }
 
         
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
           toggler.html().replace(/\d/,$('.comment_set', post)[0].childElementCount -1));
       }
 
-      function processPost(className, html){
-        if(onPageForClass(className)){
+      function processPost(className, html, groupId){
+        if(onPageForClass(className) || onPageForGroup(groupId)){
           $("#stream").prepend(
             $(html).fadeIn("fast", function(){
               $("#stream label:first").inFieldLabels();
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
         }
       }
 
-      function processStatusMessage(className, html, messageHash){
-        processPost(className, html);
+      function processStatusMessage(className, html, messageHash, group_id){
+        processPost(className, html, group_id);
         console.log(messageHash)
         if(messageHash['mine?']){
           updateMyLatestStatus(messageHash);
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
       function onPageForClass(className){
         return ((location.href.indexOf(className) != -1 ) || (location.pathname == '/')) && onPageOne();
       }
+
+      function onPageForGroup(groupId){
+        alert( groupId);
+      }
       
       function onPageOne() {
           var c = document.location.search.charAt(document.location.search.length-1);
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/websocket.rb b/lib/diaspora/websocket.rb
index bfbc69c26..36f8bf9c5 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/websocket.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/websocket.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ module Diaspora
   end
 
   module Socketable
-    def socket_to_uid id
-      SocketsController.new.outgoing(id, self)
+    def socket_to_uid(id, opts={})
+      SocketsController.new.outgoing(id, self, :group => opts[:group_id])
     end
     
     def unsocket_from_uid id