diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8974e0be0..09cb0162f 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class User
   def dispatch_post(post, opts = {})
     aspect_ids = opts.delete(:to)
 
-    aspect_ids = validate_aspect_permissions(aspect_ids)
+    aspect_ids = prune_aspect_ids(aspect_ids)
     self.raw_visible_posts << post
     self.save
 
@@ -199,24 +199,14 @@ class User
     end
   end
 
-  def validate_aspect_permissions(aspect_ids)
-    if aspect_ids == "all"
-      return aspect_ids
+  def prune_aspect_ids(aspect_ids)
+    return aspect_ids if aspect_ids == "all"
+    if aspect_ids.respond_to? :to_id
+      aspect_ids = [aspect_ids]
     end
 
-    aspect_ids = [aspect_ids.to_s] unless aspect_ids.is_a? Array
-
-    if aspect_ids.nil? || aspect_ids.empty?
-      raise ArgumentError.new("You must post to someone.")
-    end
-
-    aspect_ids.each do |aspect_id|
-      unless self.aspects.find(aspect_id)
-        raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot post to an aspect you do not own.")
-      end
-    end
-
-    aspect_ids
+    aspect_ids.map!{ |x| x.to_id }
+    aspects.map{ |x| x.id } & aspect_ids
   end
 
   def push_to_aspects(post, aspect_ids)
diff --git a/spec/models/user/posting_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/posting_spec.rb
index d1f17aadd..062630051 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/posting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/posting_spec.rb
@@ -16,23 +16,38 @@ describe User do
   let!(:service1) { s = Factory(:service, :provider => 'twitter'); user.services << s; s }
   let!(:service2) { s = Factory(:service, :provider => 'facebook'); user.services << s; s }
 
-
-  describe '#validate_aspect_permissions' do
-    it 'requires an aspect' do
-      proc {
-        user.validate_aspect_permissions([])
-      }.should raise_error /You must post to someone/
+  describe '#add_to_stream' do
+    before do
+      pending "not implemented"
+      @params = {:message => "hey", :to => [aspect.id, aspect1.id]}
+      @post = user.build_post(:status_message, @params)
+      @post.save
+      @aspect_ids = @params[:to]
     end
 
-    it "won't let you post to someone else's aspect" do
+    it 'saves post into visible post ids' do
       proc {
-        user.validate_aspect_permissions(aspect2.id)
-      }.should raise_error /Cannot post to an aspect you do not own./
+        user.add_to_stream(@post, @aspect_ids)
+      }.should change(user.raw_visible_posts, :count).by(1)
+      user.reload.raw_visible_posts.should include @post
     end
 
+    it 'saves post into each aspect in aspect_ids' do
+      user.add_to_stream(@post, @aspect_ids)
+      aspect.reload.post_ids.should include @post.id
+      aspect1.reload.post_ids.should include @post.id
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe '#prune_aspect_ids' do
+    it 'returns a list of all valid aspects a user can post to' do
+      aspect_ids = Aspect.all.map(&:id)
+      user.prune_aspect_ids(aspect_ids).should =~ [aspect.id, aspect1.id]
+    end
     it "lets you post to your own aspects" do
-      user.validate_aspect_permissions(aspect.id).should be_true
-      user.validate_aspect_permissions(aspect1.id).should be_true
+      user.prune_aspect_ids(aspect.id).should be_true
+      user.prune_aspect_ids(aspect1.id).should be_true
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
index 2eef85e9d..a2ff94d5f 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ describe User do
     connect_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2)
   end
 
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+
   it 'should stream only one message to the everyone aspect when a multi-aspected contacts posts' do
     user.add_person_to_aspect(user2.person.id, user.aspects.create(:name => "villains").id)
     status = user2.post(:status_message, :message => "Users do things", :to => aspect2.id)