diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
index a0dc4336b..f9ec3c03b 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     = link_to_person post.person
     = post.message
   %div.time
-    = link_to "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago", status_message_path(post)
+    = link_to(how_long_ago(post), status_message_path(post))
   = render "comments/comments", :post => post 
   - if mine?(post)
     = link_to 'Destroy', status_message_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete