diff --git a/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb b/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
index e1423d02a..2cc694231 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch < Postzord::Receiver
 
   def update_cache!
     @users.each do |user|
-      cache = RedisCache.new(user, "created_at")
-      cache.add(@object.created_at.to_i, @object.id)
+      # (NOTE) this can be optimized furter to not use n-query
+      contact = user.contact_for(object.author)
+      if contact && contact.aspect_memberships.size > 0
+        cache = RedisCache.new(user, "created_at")
+        cache.add(@object.created_at.to_i, @object.id)
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb b/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
index aa1a8dc76..4741b0ef5 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::Private < Postzord::Receiver
   end
 
   def update_cache!
-    cache = RedisCache.new(@user, "created_at")
-    cache.add(@object.created_at.to_i, @object.id)
+    if @user.contact_for(@author).aspect_memberships.size > 0
+      cache = RedisCache.new(@user, "created_at")
+      cache.add(@object.created_at.to_i, @object.id)
+    end
   end
 
   protected
diff --git a/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch_spec.rb b/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch_spec.rb
index 764c7c596..2663d2954 100644
--- a/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch_spec.rb
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch do
   end
 
   describe '#update_cache!' do
-    it 'adds to a redis cache for receiving_users' do
-      users = [alice, eve]
+    before do
+
+    end
+
+    it 'adds to a redis cache for users sharing with author' do
+      users = [bob]
       @zord = Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch.new(@object, users.map{|u| u.id})
 
       sort_order = "created_at"
@@ -126,5 +130,24 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch do
 
       @zord.update_cache!
     end
+
+    it 'does not add to the redis cache of the users not contact with author' do
+      users = [bob, eve]
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch.new(@object, users.map{|u| u.id})
+
+      RedisCache.should_receive(:new).once.with(bob, anything()).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
+
+      @zord.update_cache!
+    end
+
+    it 'does not add to the redis cache of users not sharing with the author' do
+      alice.share_with(eve.person, alice.aspects.first)
+      users = [bob, eve]
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch.new(@object, users.map{|u| u.id})
+
+      RedisCache.should_receive(:new).once.with(bob, anything()).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
+
+      @zord.update_cache!
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/private_spec.rb b/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/private_spec.rb
index cc8104662..188f6ad7e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/private_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/postzord/receiver/private_spec.rb
@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@ require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib/postzord/receiver/private')
 describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
 
   before do
-    @user = alice
-    @user2 = bob
-    @person2 = @user2.person
-
-    aspect1 = @user.aspects.first
-    aspect2 = @user2.aspects.first
-
-    @original_post = @user2.build_post(:status_message, :text => "hey", :aspect_ids => [aspect2.id])
-    @salmon_xml = @user2.salmon(@original_post).xml_for(@user.person)
+    @alices_post = alice.build_post(:status_message, :text => "hey", :aspect_ids => [alice.aspects.first.id])
+    @salmon_xml = alice.salmon(@alices_post).xml_for(bob.person)
   end
 
   describe '.initialize' do
@@ -26,7 +19,7 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
       Webfinger.should_not_receive(:new)
       Salmon::EncryptedSlap.should_not_receive(:from_xml)
 
-      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :person => @person2, :object => @original_post)
+      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :person => alice.person, :object => @alices_post)
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@user).should_not be_nil
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@sender).should_not be_nil
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@object).should_not be_nil
@@ -37,10 +30,10 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
       web_mock = mock()
       web_mock.should_receive(:fetch).and_return true
       salmon_mock.should_receive(:author_id).and_return(true)
-      Salmon::EncryptedSlap.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@salmon_xml, @user).and_return(salmon_mock)
+      Salmon::EncryptedSlap.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@salmon_xml, bob).and_return(salmon_mock)
       Webfinger.should_receive(:new).and_return(web_mock)
 
-      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :salmon_xml => @salmon_xml)
+      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :salmon_xml => @salmon_xml)
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@user).should_not be_nil
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@sender).should_not be_nil
       zord.instance_variable_get(:@salmon_xml).should_not be_nil
@@ -49,7 +42,7 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
 
   describe '#receive!' do
     before do
-      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :salmon_xml => @salmon_xml)
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :salmon_xml => @salmon_xml)
       @salmon = @zord.instance_variable_get(:@salmon)
     end
 
@@ -73,14 +66,14 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
     end
 
     it 'parses the salmon object' do
-      Diaspora::Parser.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@salmon.parsed_data).and_return(@original_post)
+      Diaspora::Parser.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@salmon.parsed_data).and_return(@alices_post)
       @zord.receive!
     end
   end
 
   describe 'receive_object' do
     before do
-      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :person => @person2, :object => @original_post)
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :person => alice.person, :object => @alices_post)
       @salmon = @zord.instance_variable_get(:@salmon)
     end
 
@@ -88,8 +81,8 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
       cm = Comment.new
       cm.stub(:receive).and_return(cm)
 
-      Notification.should_receive(:notify).with(@user, cm, @person2)
-      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :person => @person2, :object => cm)
+      Notification.should_receive(:notify).with(bob, cm, alice.person)
+      zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :person => alice.person, :object => cm)
       zord.receive_object
     end
 
@@ -105,15 +98,26 @@ describe Postzord::Receiver::Private do
   end
 
   describe '#update_cache!' do
-    it 'adds to redis cache for the given user' do
-      @original_post.save!
+    it 'adds to redis cache if the contact has aspect visibilities' do
+      @alices_post.save!
 
-      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(@user, :person => @person2, :object => @original_post)
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(bob, :person => alice.person, :object => @alices_post)
 
       sort_order = "created_at"
-      cache = RedisCache.new(@user, sort_order)
-      RedisCache.should_receive(:new).with(@user, sort_order).and_return(cache)
-      cache.should_receive(:add).with(@original_post.created_at.to_i, @original_post.id)
+      cache = RedisCache.new(bob, sort_order)
+      RedisCache.should_receive(:new).with(bob, sort_order).and_return(cache)
+      cache.should_receive(:add).with(@alices_post.created_at.to_i, @alices_post.id)
+      @zord.update_cache!
+    end
+
+    it 'does not add to redis cache if the receiving user is not sharing with the sender' do
+      alice.share_with(eve.person, alice.aspects.first)
+      @alices_post.save!
+
+      @zord = Postzord::Receiver::Private.new(eve, :person => alice.person, :object => @alices_post)
+
+      sort_order = "created_at"
+      RedisCache.should_not_receive(:new)
       @zord.update_cache!
     end
   end