diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view.js
index 41e957c89..c230d2b4f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/feedback_view.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ app.views.Feedback = app.views.Base.extend({
   className : "info",
 
   events: {
-    "click *[rel='auth-required']" : "requireAuth",
     "click .like" : "toggleLike",
     "click .reshare" : "resharePost",
     "click .post_report" : "report"
@@ -39,11 +38,5 @@ app.views.Feedback = app.views.Base.extend({
     if(evt) { evt.preventDefault(); }
     if(!window.confirm(Diaspora.I18n.t("reshares.post", {name: this.model.reshareAuthor().name}))) { return }
     this.model.interactions.reshare();
-  },
-
-  requireAuth : function(evt) {
-    if( app.currentUser.authenticated() ) { return }
-    alert("you must be logged in to do that!")
-    return false;
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/comment_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/comment_tpl.jst.hbs
index 5d5c7c1cf..23eb368d9 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/comment_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/comment_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 
   <div class="bd">
     <div class="controls">
-    {{#if canRemove}}
-      <a href="#" class="delete comment_delete" title="{{t "delete"}}">
-        <div alt="Deletelabel" class="icons-deletelabel" />
-      <a/>
-    {{else}}
-      <a href="#" data-type="comment" class="comment_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
-        <div class="icons-report"/>
-      </a>
+    {{#if loggedIn}}
+      {{#if canRemove}}
+        <a href="#" class="delete comment_delete" title="{{t "delete"}}">
+          <div alt="Deletelabel" class="icons-deletelabel" />
+        <a/>
+      {{else}}
+        <a href="#" data-type="comment" class="comment_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
+          <div class="icons-report"/>
+        </a>
+      {{/if}}
     {{/if}}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
index c70b326f6..be1bec2c8 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 <div class='pull-right'>
-    <a href="#" rel="auth-required" class="like" title="{{#if userLike}} {{t "viewer.unlike"}} {{else}} {{t "viewer.like"}} {{/if}}">
-        {{#if userLike}}
-            <i class="entypo heart red large"></i>
-        {{else}}
-            <i class="entypo heart gray large"></i>
-        {{/if}}
+  {{#if loggedIn}}
+    <a href="#" class="like" title="{{#if userLike}} {{t "viewer.unlike"}} {{else}} {{t "viewer.like"}} {{/if}}">
+    {{#if userLike}}
+      <i class="entypo heart red large"></i>
+    {{else}}
+      <i class="entypo heart gray large"></i>
+    {{/if}}
     </a>
-
-    <a href="#" rel="auth-required" class="focus-comment" title="{{t "viewer.comment"}}">
+    
+    <a href="#" class="focus-comment" title="{{t "viewer.comment"}}">
       <i class="entypo comment gray large"></i>
     </a>
-
+    
     {{#if userCanReshare}}
-        <a href="#" rel="auth-required" class="reshare" title="{{t "viewer.reshare"}}">
-          <i class="entypo retweet gray large"></i>
-        </a>
+      <a href="#" class="reshare" title="{{t "viewer.reshare"}}">
+        <i class="entypo retweet gray large"></i>
+      </a>
     {{else}}
-        {{#if userReshare}}
-            <a href="#" rel="auth-required" class="reshare-viewonly" title="{{t "viewer.reshared"}}">
-              <i class="entypo retweet blue large"></i>
-            </a>
-        {{/if}}
+      {{#if userReshare}}
+        <a href="#" class="reshare-viewonly" title="{{t "viewer.reshared"}}">
+          <i class="entypo retweet blue large"></i>
+        </a>
+      {{/if}}
     {{/if}}
-
-    <a href="#" rel="auth-required" data-type="post" class="post_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
+    
+    <a href="#" data-type="post" class="post_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
       <i class="entypo gray large">&#x21;</i>
     </a>
-  </div>
+  {{/if}}
 </div>