diff --git a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
index 044deb470..de333e74d 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ module Jobs
 
     def self.perform(user_id, encoded_object_xml, person_ids, dispatcher_class_as_string)
       user = User.find(user_id)
+
+      #could be bad here
       people = Person.where(:id => person_ids)
 
       dispatcher = dispatcher_class_as_string.constantize
diff --git a/app/models/jobs/notify_local_users.rb b/app/models/jobs/notify_local_users.rb
index f75d5418e..791b3f628 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/notify_local_users.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/notify_local_users.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Jobs
       return if (object.author.diaspora_handle == 'diasporahq@joindiaspora.com' || (object.respond_to?(:relayable?) && object.parent.author.diaspora_handle == 'diasporahq@joindiaspora.com'))
       #end hax
 
+      #this is really terrible
       users = User.where(:id => user_ids)
       person = Person.find_by_id(person_id)
 
diff --git a/app/models/jobs/receive_local_batch.rb b/app/models/jobs/receive_local_batch.rb
index ec8b781a6..8d408c2ef 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/receive_local_batch.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/receive_local_batch.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ module Jobs
     @queue = :receive
 
     def self.perform(object_class_string, object_id, recipient_user_ids)
+
+
       object = object_class_string.constantize.find(object_id)
+
+      #recipient user ids could be really bad
       receiver = Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch.new(object, recipient_user_ids)
       receiver.perform!
     end
diff --git a/app/models/notification.rb b/app/models/notification.rb
index 40711786a..bd61c7684 100644
--- a/app/models/notification.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
 #   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
-#
+
 class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base
   require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib/diaspora/web_socket')
   include Diaspora::Socketable
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 0d6d40829..4928fbb77 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :posts, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy # This person's own posts
   has_many :photos, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy # This person's own photos
   has_many :comments, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy # This person's own comments
+  has_many :likes, :foreign_key => :author_id, :dependent => :destroy # This person's own likes
 
   belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'User'
 
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/relayable.rb b/lib/diaspora/relayable.rb
index 18f62bff4..b7d9a7aa5 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/relayable.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/relayable.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ module Diaspora
       end
     end
 
+    def particpants
+      self.parent.participants
+    end
+
     def receive(user, person=nil)
       comment_or_like = self.class.where(:guid => self.guid).first || self
 
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/shareable.rb b/lib/diaspora/shareable.rb
index 1ba5746ef..b7acf69e6 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/shareable.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/shareable.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ module Diaspora
       end
     end
 
+    # @return [Array<Person>] The list of participants to this shareable
+    def participants
+      @participants ||= lambda do
+        share_type = self.class.base_class.to_s
+        people = []
+        if self.respond_to? :comments
+          people += Person.joins(:comments).where(:comments => {:commentable_id => self.id, :commentable_type => share_type}).all
+        end
+
+        if self.respond_to? :likes
+         people += Person.joins(:likes).where(:likes => {:target_id => self.id, :target_type => share_type}).all
+        end
+        people
+      end.call
+    end
 
     protected
 
diff --git a/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb b/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
index be91e2c93..24b607968 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/receiver/local_batch.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::LocalBatch < Postzord::Receiver
   def initialize(object, recipient_user_ids)
     @object = object
     @recipient_user_ids = recipient_user_ids
+    #this is a nightmare
     @users = User.where(:id => @recipient_user_ids)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/post_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
index 55f9b3430..64c512953 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ describe Post do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#participants' do
+    it 'only returns the people that commented and liked the post' do
+      status = Factory(:status_message, :author => bob.person, :public => true)
+      alice.comment('too', :post => status)
+      eve.like(true, :target => status)
+
+      status.participants.map(&:id).should =~ [alice, eve].map{|x| x.person.id}
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#comments' do
     it 'returns the comments of a post in created_at order' do
       post = bob.post :status_message, :text => "hello", :to => 'all'