diff --git a/app/views/templates/stream_element.jst b/app/views/templates/stream_element.jst
index 89e217e8d..dd2963b49 100644
--- a/app/views/templates/stream_element.jst
+++ b/app/views/templates/stream_element.jst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="right controls">
-  <% if(author.id != current_user.id) { %>
+  <% if(author.id != (!!current_user && current_user.id)) { %>
     <a href="#" rel=nofollow>
       <img src="/images/icons/ignoreuser.png" alt="Ignoreuser" class="block_user control_icon" title= "<%= Diaspora.I18n.t('ignore') %>" />
       <img src="/images/deletelabel.png" class="delete control_icon hide_post" title="<%= Diaspora.I18n.t('stream.hide') %>" />
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views.js b/public/javascripts/app/views.js
index e3581607f..5864606c6 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ app.views.Base =  Backbone.View.extend({
 
   defaultPresenter : function(){
     var modelJson = this.model ? this.model.toJSON() : {}
-    return _.extend(modelJson, app.user());
+    return _.extend(modelJson, { current_user: app.user().current_user });
   },
 
   render : function() {
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ app.views.Base =  Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   renderTemplate : function(){
-    this.template = _.template($(this.template_name).html());
+    var templateHTML = $(this.template_name).html(); //don't forget to regenerate your jasmine fixtures ;-)
+    this.template = _.template(templateHTML);
     var presenter = _.isFunction(this.presenter) ? this.presenter() : this.presenter
     $(this.el).html(this.template(presenter));
     this.postRenderTemplate();
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/post_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/post_view.js
index 35eb63d5c..0fb51bb57 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views/post_view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/post_view.js
@@ -29,11 +29,20 @@ app.views.Post = app.views.StreamObject.extend({
     //subviews
     this.commentStreamView = new app.views.CommentStream({ model : this.model});
     this.likesInfoView = new app.views.LikesInfo({ model : this.model});
-    this.feedbackView = window.app.user().current_user && new app.views.Feedback({model : this.model});
 
     return this;
   },
 
+  feedbackView : function(){
+    if(!window.app.user().current_user ) { return null }
+    var feedbackViewClass = this.resharedContent() ? app.views.ReshareFeedback : app.views.Feedback 
+    return new feedbackViewClass({model : this.model});
+  },
+
+  resharedContent : function(){
+    return this.model.get('root')
+  },
+
   postContentView: function(){
     var normalizedClass = this.model.get("post_type").replace(/::/, "__");
     var postClass = app.views[normalizedClass] || app.views.StatusMessage;
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/reshare_feedback_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/reshare_feedback_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0da8de2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/reshare_feedback_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+app.views.ReshareFeedback = Backbone.View.extend({
+
+
+});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view_spec.js
index b9d0b8ea2..93d670009 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 describe("app.views.Feedback", function(){
   beforeEach(function(){
-    window.current_user = app.user({id : -1, name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+   loginAs({id : -1, name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
     Diaspora.I18n.loadLocale({stream : {
       'like' : "Like",
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
index 5430ea025..754ad9e31 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 describe("app.views.Header", function() {
   beforeEach(function() {
-    // should be jasmine helper
-    window.current_user = app.user({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+    this.userAttrs = {name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}}
+
+    loginAs(this.userAttrs);
 
     spec.loadFixture("aspects_index");
     this.view = new app.views.Header().render();
   });
-
-  describe("render", function(){
-    context("notifications badge", function(){
-      it("displays a count when the current user has a notification", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {notifications_count : 1})
+describe("render", function(){ context("notifications badge", function(){ it("displays a count when the current user has a notification", function(){ loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {notifications_count : 1}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#notification_badge .badge_count").hasClass('hidden')).toBe(false);
         expect(this.view.$("#notification_badge .badge_count").text()).toContain("1");
       })
 
       it("does not display a count when the current user has a notification", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {notifications_count : 0})
+        loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {notifications_count : 0}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#notification_badge .badge_count").hasClass('hidden')).toBe(true);
       })
@@ -25,14 +22,14 @@ describe("app.views.Header", function() {
 
     context("messages badge", function(){
       it("displays a count when the current user has a notification", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {unread_messages_count : 1})
+        loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {unread_messages_count : 1}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#message_inbox_badge .badge_count").hasClass('hidden')).toBe(false);
         expect(this.view.$("#message_inbox_badge .badge_count").text()).toContain("1");
       })
 
       it("does not display a count when the current user has a notification", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {unread_messages_count : 0})
+        loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {unread_messages_count : 0}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#message_inbox_badge .badge_count").hasClass('hidden')).toBe(true);
       })
@@ -40,13 +37,13 @@ describe("app.views.Header", function() {
 
     context("admin link", function(){
       it("displays if the current user is an admin", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {admin : true})
+        loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {admin : true}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#user_menu").html()).toContain("/admins");
       })
 
       it("does not display if the current user is not an admin", function(){
-        window.current_user = _.extend(window.current_user, {admin : false})
+        loginAs(_.extend(this.userAttrs, {admin : false}))
         this.view.render();
         expect(this.view.$("#user_menu").html()).not.toContain("/admins");
       })
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/likes_info_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/likes_info_spec.js
index e35d2a3bb..53e4855be 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/likes_info_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/likes_info_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 describe("app.views.LikesInfo", function(){
   beforeEach(function(){
-    window.current_user = app.user({id : -1, name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+    loginAs({id : -1, name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
     Diaspora.I18n.loadLocale({stream : {
       likes : {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
index 3ddeb5ede..e4ff3b402 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/post_view_spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ describe("app.views.Post", function(){
 
   describe("#render", function(){
     beforeEach(function(){
-      window.current_user = app.user({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+      loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
       Diaspora.I18n.loadLocale({stream : {
         reshares : {
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ describe("app.views.Post", function(){
       this.reshare = this.collection.models[1];
     })
 
+    context("for a reshare", function(){
+      it("should display ReshareFeedback", function(){
+        spyOn(app.views, "ReshareFeedback").andReturn(stubView("these are special reshare actions"));
+        var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.reshare}).render();
+        expect(view.$(".feedback").text().trim()).toBe("these are special reshare actions");
+      })
+    })
+
     it("displays a reshare count", function(){
       this.statusMessage.set({reshares_count : 2})
       var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.statusMessage}).render();
@@ -161,10 +169,9 @@ describe("app.views.Post", function(){
 
     context("user not signed in", function(){
       it("does not provide a Feedback view", function(){
-        window.current_user = app.user(null);
-
+        logout()
         var view = new app.views.Post({model : this.statusMessage}).render();
-        expect(view.feedbackView).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(view.feedbackView()).toBeFalsy();
       })
     })
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
index 00d0873bc..6704f9b7c 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
   beforeEach(function() {
     // should be jasmine helper
-    window.current_user = app.user({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+    loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
     spec.loadFixture("aspects_index");
     this.view = new app.views.Publisher();
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
index b0af4e9d4..0ef2cdd8b 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 describe("app.views.Stream", function(){
   beforeEach(function(){
-    // should be jasmine helper
-    window.current_user = app.user({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
+    loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
     this.posts = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("multi_stream_json"))["posts"];
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views_spec.js
index 2217796d0..f7acdfa54 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views_spec.js
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
 describe("app.views.Base", function(){
-  function stubView(text){
-    var stubClass = Backbone.View.extend({
-      render : function(){
-        $(this.el).html(text)
-      return this
-      }
-    })
-
-    return new stubClass
-  }
-
   describe("#render", function(){
     beforeEach(function(){
       var staticTemplateClass = app.views.Base.extend({ template_name : "#static-text-template" })
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js b/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
index 547aeee4d..dd0cdc992 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
@@ -40,6 +40,25 @@ afterEach(function() {
 var context = describe;
 var spec = {};
 
+window.stubView = function stubView(text){
+  var stubClass = Backbone.View.extend({
+    render : function(){
+      $(this.el).html(text);
+      return this
+    }
+  })
+
+  return new stubClass
+}
+
+window.loginAs = function loginAs(attrs){
+  return window.current_user = app.user({current_user: factory.userAttrs(attrs)})
+}
+
+window.logout = function logout(){
+  return window.current_user = app.user({current_user: null})
+}
+
 spec.clearLiveEventBindings = function() {
   var events = jQuery.data(document, "events");
   for (prop in events) {
@@ -63,6 +82,7 @@ spec.loadFixture = function(fixtureName) {
   spec.loadFixtureCount++;
 };
 
+
 // Returns fixture markup as a string. Useful for fixtures that
 // represent the response text of ajax requests.
 spec.readFixture = function(fixtureName) {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/helpers/factory.js b/spec/javascripts/helpers/factory.js
index 92dd30341..897e2c9a6 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/helpers/factory.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/helpers/factory.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ factory = {
     return _.extend(defaultAttrs, overrides)
   },
 
-  author : function(overrides){
+  userAttrs : function(overrides){
     var id = this.id.next()
       var defaultAttrs = {
         "name":"Awesome User" + id,
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ factory = {
     return new app.models.Post(_.extend(defaultAttrs, overrides))
   }
 }
+
+factory.author = factory.userAttrs