diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 7c7d5ff849..1392ac0372 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	Posts.getPostsByTid = function(tid, set, start, end, reverse, callback) {
-		db[reverse ? 'getSortedSetRevRange' : 'getSortedSetRange'](set, start, end, function(err, pids) {
+		Posts.getPidsFromSet(set, start, end, reverse, function(err, pids) {
 			if(err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
@@ -102,31 +102,15 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				return callback(null, []);
 			}
 
-			Posts.getPostsByPids(pids, function(err, posts) {
-				if(err) {
-					return callback(err);
-				}
-
-				if(!Array.isArray(posts) || !posts.length) {
-					return callback(null, []);
-				}
-
-				plugins.fireHook('filter:post.getPosts', {tid: tid, posts: posts}, function(err, data) {
-					if(err) {
-						return callback(err);
-					}
-
-					if(!data || !Array.isArray(data.posts)) {
-						return callback(null, []);
-					}
-
-					callback(null, data.posts);
-				});
-			});
+			Posts.getPostsByPids(pids, tid, callback);
 		});
 	};
 
-	Posts.getPostsByPids = function(pids, callback) {
+	Posts.getPidsFromSet = function(set, start, end, reverse, callback) {
+		db[reverse ? 'getSortedSetRevRange' : 'getSortedSetRange'](set, start, end, callback);
+	};
+
+	Posts.getPostsByPids = function(pids, tid, callback) {
 		var keys = [];
 
 		for(var x=0, numPids=pids.length; x<numPids; ++x) {
@@ -155,7 +139,23 @@ var async = require('async'),
 					next(null, postData);
 				});
 
-			}, callback);
+			}, function(err, posts) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				plugins.fireHook('filter:post.getPosts', {tid: tid, posts: posts}, function(err, data) {
+					if (err) {
+						return callback(err);
+					}
+
+					if (!data || !Array.isArray(data.posts)) {
+						return callback(null, []);
+					}
+
+					callback(null, data.posts);
+				});
+			});
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index 41bba06ba6..06079dedaa 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -217,24 +217,22 @@ SocketUser.setTopicSort = function(socket, sort, callback) {
 	}
 };
 
-SocketUser.getOnlineUsers = function(socket, data, callback) {
+SocketUser.getOnlineUsers = function(socket, uids, callback) {
 	var returnData = {};
-	if(!data) {
+	if (!uids) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
-	function getUserStatus(uid, next) {
-		SocketUser.isOnline(socket, uid, function(err, data) {
-			if(err) {
-				return next(err);
+	SocketUser.isOnline(socket, uids, function(err, userData) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+		userData.forEach(function(user) {
+			if (user) {
+				returnData[user.uid] = user;
 			}
-			returnData[uid] = data;
-			next();
 		});
-	}
-
-	async.each(data, getUserStatus, function(err) {
-		callback(err, returnData);
+		callback(null, returnData);
 	});
 };
 
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 8618f9d985..dc7929a6b7 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -256,11 +256,24 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			}
 
 			async.parallel({
-				mainPost: function(next) {
-					Topics.getMainPost(tid, uid, next);
-				},
 				posts: function(next) {
-					Topics.getTopicPosts(tid, set, start, end, uid, reverse, next);
+					posts.getPidsFromSet(set, start, end, reverse, function(err, pids) {
+						if (err) {
+							return next(err);
+						}
+
+						pids = [topicData.mainPid].concat(pids);
+						posts.getPostsByPids(pids, tid, function(err, posts) {
+							if (err) {
+								return next(err);
+							}
+							start = parseInt(start, 10);
+							for(var i=0; i<posts.length; ++i) {
+								posts[i].index = start + i + 1;
+							}
+							Topics.addPostData(posts, uid, next);
+						});
+					});
 				},
 				category: function(next) {
 					Topics.getCategoryData(tid, next);
@@ -280,7 +293,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				}
 
 				topicData.category = results.category;
-				topicData.posts = results.mainPost.concat(results.posts);
+				topicData.posts = results.posts;
 				topicData.tags = results.tags;
 				topicData.thread_tools = results.threadTools;
 				topicData.pageCount = results.pageCount;
@@ -302,7 +315,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			if (!parseInt(mainPid, 10)) {
 				return callback(null, []);
 			}
-			posts.getPostsByPids([mainPid], function(err, postData) {
+			posts.getPostsByPids([mainPid], tid, function(err, postData) {
 				if (err) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 82201af070..c0e96960c6 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -416,26 +416,33 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 		}
 	};
 
-	User.isOnline = function(uid, callback) {
-		User.getUserFields(uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'reputation', 'postcount'] , function(err, data) {
-			if(err) {
+	User.isOnline = function(uids, callback) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(uids)) {
+			uids = [uids];
+		}
+
+		User.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'reputation', 'postcount'] , function(err, userData) {
+			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
+
 			var websockets = require('./socket.io');
-			var online = websockets.isUserOnline(uid);
 
-			data.status = online ? (data.status || 'online') : 'offline';
+			userData = userData.map(function(user) {
+				var online = websockets.isUserOnline(user.uid);
+				user.status = online ? (user.status || 'online') : 'offline';
 
-			if(data.status === 'offline') {
-				online = false;
-			}
+				if (user.status === 'offline') {
+					online = false;
+				}
 
-			data.online = online;
-			data.uid = uid;
-			data.timestamp = Date.now();
-			data.rooms = websockets.getUserRooms(uid);
+				user.online = online;
+				user.timestamp = Date.now();
+				user.rooms = websockets.getUserRooms(user.uid);
+				return user;
+			});
 
-			callback(null, data);
+			callback(null, userData);
 		});
 	};