diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/post_content_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/post_content_view.js
index ff594f784..358de275b 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views/post_content_view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/post_content_view.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
       }
 
       function hashtagify(text){
-        var utf8WordCharcters =/(#([\u0080-\uFFFF|\w|-]+|<3))/g
-        return text.replace(utf8WordCharcters, function(tagText) {
-          return "<a href='/tags/" + tagText.substring(1) + "' class='tag'>" + tagText + "</a>"
+        var utf8WordCharcters =/(\s|^|>)#([\u0080-\uFFFF|\w|-]+|&lt;3)/g
+        return text.replace(utf8WordCharcters, function(hashtag, preceeder, tagText) {
+          return preceeder + "<a href='/tags/" + tagText + "' class='tag'>#" + tagText + "</a>"
         })
       }
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
index 13967168b..52a3ca865 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
+//this file is the scary no-no-zone bad-touch of our backbone code.
+//after re-writing/eliminating the existing Publisher let's re-write
+//this with PANACHE!
 
+app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
   el : "#publisher",
 
   events : {
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     "submit form" : "createStatusMessage"
   },
 
+
   initialize : function(){
     this.collection = this.collection || new app.collections.Stream;
     return this;
@@ -37,12 +41,10 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   clear : function() {
-    // remove form data
-    _.each(this.$('textarea'), function(element) {
-      $(element).removeClass("with_attachments")
-                .css("paddingBottom", "")
-                .val("");
-    });
+    this.$('textarea')
+      .removeClass("with_attachments")
+      .css("paddingBottom", "")
+      .val("");
 
     // remove photos
     this.$("#photodropzone").find('li').remove();
@@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     // close publishing area (CSS)
     this.close();
 
+    // clear mentions (TO BE REMOVED!!)
+    Publisher.autocompletion.mentionList.clear()
+
     return this;
   },
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
index e7b676994..db065d54a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ describe("app.views.Post", function(){
         this.statusMessage.set({text: "I love #parties and #rockstars and #unicorns"})
         var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.statusMessage}).render();
         expect(view.$("a.tag").length).toBe(3)
+        expect(view.$("a:contains('#parties')")).toExist();
+        expect(view.$("a:contains('#rockstars')")).toExist();
+        expect(view.$("a:contains('#unicorns')")).toExist();
+      })
+
+      it("requires hashtags to be preceeded with a space", function(){
+        this.statusMessage.set({text: "I love the#parties"})
+        var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.statusMessage}).render();
+        expect(view.$(".tag").length).toBe(0)
       })
 
       // NOTE THIS DIVERGES FROM GRUBER'S ORIGINAL DIALECT OF MARKDOWN.
@@ -62,7 +71,6 @@ describe("app.views.Post", function(){
         var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.statusMessage}).render();
         expect(view.$("h1:contains(parties)")).not.toExist();
         expect(view.$("a:contains('#parties')")).toExist();
-
       })
     })
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
index 30cda0951..a7df063f5 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe("app.views.Stream", function(){
 
     context("when rendering a Status Mesasage", function(){
       it("shows the status message in the content area", function(){
-        expect(this.statusElement.find(".post-content p").text()).toContain("you&#39;re gonna love this") //markdown'ed
+        expect(this.statusElement.find(".post-content p").text()).toContain("you're gonna love this") //markdown'ed
       })
     })
   })