diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
index 11ded0064..88b8235f2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class GroupsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
 
   def index
-    @posts = current_user.posts.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    @posts = current_user.raw_visible_posts.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 226f3233b..28b5de57d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def show
-    @person= current_user.visible_person_by_id(params[:id])
-  
-    @person_profile = @person.profile
-    @person_posts = Post.where(:person_id => @person.id).paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    @person = current_user.visible_person_by_id(params[:id])
+    @profile = @person.profile
+    @posts = Post.find_all_by_person_id(@person.id).paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
     @latest_status_message = StatusMessage.newest_for(@person)
-    @post_count = @person_posts.count
+    @post_count = @posts.count
   end
   
   def destroy
diff --git a/app/models/album.rb b/app/models/album.rb
index 7b9a746aa..b6daabb47 100644
--- a/app/models/album.rb
+++ b/app/models/album.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ class Album
   end
 
   def propagate_retraction
-    Retraction.for(self).notify_people
+    self.person.owner.retract(self)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index d9cf93145..26236a5b8 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -20,20 +20,17 @@ class Person
   belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'User'
   one :profile, :class_name => 'Profile'
 
-  many :posts, :class_name => 'Post', :foreign_key => :person_id
   many :albums, :class_name => 'Album', :foreign_key => :person_id
 
 
   timestamps!
 
+  before_destroy :remove_all_traces
   before_validation :clean_url
   validates_presence_of :email, :url, :profile, :serialized_key 
   validates_format_of :url, :with =>
      /^(https?):\/\/[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,5})?(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?$/ix
   
-
-  after_destroy :remove_all_traces
-
   
   def self.search(query)
     Person.all('$where' => "function() { return this.email.match(/^#{query}/i) ||
@@ -92,11 +89,9 @@ class Person
       self.url = self.url + '/' if self.url[-1,1] != '/'
     end
   end
-
   private
-
   def remove_all_traces
-    self.posts.delete_all
+    Post.all(:person_id => id).each{|p| p.delete}
+    Album.all(:person_id => id).each{|p| p.delete}
   end
-
  end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index b3f9b48b3..f18069cea 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class User
   ######### Posts and Such ###############
 
   def retract( post )
+    post.unsocket_from_uid(self.id) if post.respond_to? :unsocket_from_uid
     retraction = Retraction.for(post)
     retraction.creator_signature = retraction.sign_with_key( encryption_key ) 
     retraction.notify_people
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ class User
       self.save
 
       groups = groups_with_person(object.person)
-      object.socket_to_uid(id, :group_id => groups.first.id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
+      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/people/show.html.haml b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
index b29699997..af8eb86ab 100644
--- a/app/views/people/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
     %h1
       = @person.real_name
       - unless @person.id == current_user.id
-        .button.right
-          = link_to 'remove friend', @person, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+        .right
+          = link_to 'remove friend', @person, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :class => "button"
     
     %ul
-      -unless @person_posts.first.nil?
+      -unless @posts.first.nil?
         %li
-          %i= "last seen: #{how_long_ago(@person_posts.first)}"
+          %i= "last seen: #{how_long_ago(@posts.first)}"
       %li
         %i= "friends since: #{how_long_ago(@person)}"
       %li
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
         %span="posted: #{how_long_ago(@latest_status_message)}"
   
   .span-20.last
-    - if @person.posts
+    - if @posts
       %h3= "stream - #{@post_count} item(s)" 
       %ul#stream
-        - for post in @person_posts
+        - for post in @posts
           = render type_partial(post), :post => post
-        = will_paginate @person_posts
+        = will_paginate @posts
     - else
       %h3 no posts to display!
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index a571e0582..ad4d00e2b 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe Person do
     person_message = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @person)
     person_two =     Factory.create(:person)
 
-    @person.owns?   (person_message).should be true
+    @person.owns?(person_message).should be true
     person_two.owns?(person_message).should be false
   end
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe Person do
 
     person.destroy
 
-    Post.count.should        == 1
+    Post.count.should == 1
     Comment.all.count.should == 4
     status_message.comments.count.should == 4
   end
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe Person do
       request = @user.send_friend_request_to @person.receive_url, @group.id
       request2 = @user2.send_friend_request_to @person.receive_url, @group2.id
 
-      @user.activate_friend (@person, @group) 
+      @user.activate_friend(@person, @group) 
       @user2.activate_friend(@person, @group2)
 
       @user.reload
diff --git a/spec/models/post_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
index 9ec8ccb19..c6196b0f0 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
@@ -27,27 +27,6 @@ describe Post do
 
   end
  
-  describe "stream" do 
-    before do
-      @owner      = Factory.build(:user)
-      @person_one = Factory.create(:person, :email => "some@dudes.com")
-      @person_two = Factory.create(:person, :email => "other@dudes.com")
-
-      Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "puppies", :created_at => Time.now+1, :person => @owner.person)
-      Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "http://reddit.com", :created_at => Time.now+2, :person => @person_one)
-      Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "kittens", :created_at => Time.now+3, :person => @person_two)
-      Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "Bear's body", :created_at => Time.now+4, :person => @owner.person)
-      Factory.create(:status_message, :message => "Google", :created_at => Time.now+5, :person => @person_two)
-    end
-
-    it "should get all posts for a specified user" do
-      person_posts = @person_one.posts
-      person_posts.count.should == 1
-
-      person_posts = @person_two.posts
-      person_posts.count.should == 2
-    end
-  end
   describe 'xml' do
     it 'should serialize to xml with its person' do
       message = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @user.person)
diff --git a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
index 7e850c490..4919e66f4 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe User do
     StatusMessage.all.size.should == 0
     @user.receive( xml )
     
-    person.posts.first.message.should == 'store this!'
+    Post.all(:person_id => person.id).first.message.should == 'store this!'
     StatusMessage.all.size.should == 1
   end