diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 67801f9d8..3598dbc34 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Post
   after_save :notify_friends
  
   before_destroy :propagate_retraction
-  after_destroy :destroy_comments
+  after_destroy :destroy_comments, :remove_from_view
 
   def self.stream
     Post.sort(:created_at.desc).all
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ class Post
   end
 
   def send_to_view
-      WebSocket.update_clients(self)
+    WebSocket.update_clients(self)
   end
   
+  def remove_from_view
+    WebSocket.update_clients(Retraction.for(self))
+  end
 
 end
 
diff --git a/app/models/retraction.rb b/app/models/retraction.rb
index 5cc5379f0..a4d10bb59 100644
--- a/app/models/retraction.rb
+++ b/app/models/retraction.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ class Retraction
   attr_accessor :post_id
   attr_accessor :person_id
   
+  def perform
+    Post.delete(self.post_id)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
index bd7818824..cc31c3b31 100644
--- a/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
+++ b/app/views/js/_websocket_js.haml
@@ -15,13 +15,19 @@
     
         function onPageOne() {
           var c = document.location.search.charAt(document.location.search.length-1);
-            return ((c =='') || (c== '1'))
-          }
+          return ((c =='') || (c== '1'));
+        }
 
 
-        if (obj['class']=="comments"){
+        if (obj['class']=="retractions"){
+          var post_id = obj['post_id'];
+          $('#' + post_id ).fadeOut(500, function(){
+            $(this).remove;
+          });
+
+        }else if (obj['class']=="comments"){
           var post_id = obj['post_id']
-          $('#'+ obj['post_id'] + ' .comment_set li:last' ).before(
+          $('#'+ post_id + ' .comment_set li:last' ).before(
             $(obj['html']).fadeIn("fast", function(){})
           )
         }else if(((location.href.indexOf(obj['class']) != -1 ) || (location.pathname == '/')) && onPageOne()) {
diff --git a/lib/common.rb b/lib/common.rb
index be199cdc0..6fc51ff2c 100644
--- a/lib/common.rb
+++ b/lib/common.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ module Diaspora
 
       objects.each do |p|
         if p.is_a? Retraction
-          Post.delete( p.post_id )
+        
+          p.perform
+          
         #This line checks if the sender was in the database, among other things?
         elsif p.respond_to?(:person) && !(p.person.nil?) #WTF
           p.save 
diff --git a/lib/socket_render.rb b/lib/socket_render.rb
index acdb01f71..8d77f4c6a 100644
--- a/lib/socket_render.rb
+++ b/lib/socket_render.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module SocketRenderer
 
   def self.view_hash(object)
     begin
-      v = view_for(object)
+      v = view_for(object) unless object.is_a? Retraction
 
     rescue Exception => e
       puts "in failzord " + v.inspect
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module SocketRenderer
     if object.is_a? Post
       object.id
     else 
-      object.post.id
+      object.post_id
     end
   end
 end