diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4d41f1dcded8e8713361ba93d2e6bea93b3c96af..c61a5d91e9d17c34591d68234551175c1dacc7b9 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ diaspora* no longer adds a `div.container` to wrap custom splash pages. This add
 * Fix displaying reshares in the stream on mobile [#5790](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5790)
 * Remove bottom margin from lists that are the last element of a post. [#5721](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5721)
 * Fix pagination design on conversations page [#5791](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5791)
+* Prevent inserting posts into the wrong stream [#5838](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5838)
 
 ## Features
 * Don't pull jQuery from a CDN by default [#5105](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5105)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post/interactions.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post/interactions.js
index f7457a5211bdf0b379347749815aa2136a85115d..d992440f74706dde724fee665b2ae4af038591a8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post/interactions.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post/interactions.js
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ app.models.Post.Interactions = Backbone.Model.extend({
           notice: Diaspora.I18n.t("reshares.successful")
         });
         interactions.reshares.add(reshare);
-        if (app.stream) {app.stream.addNow(reshare)}
+        if (app.stream && /^\/(?:stream|activity|aspects)/.test(app.stream.basePath())) {
+          app.stream.addNow(reshare);
+        }
         interactions.trigger("change");
       })
       .fail(function(){
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
index 6c6e8637258a28e533c2dfc811c0d09122a2edea..5a928f102b4424c95f3546e00406829448bc5b42 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
           self.view_poll_creator.trigger('publisher:sync');
         }
 
-        if(app.stream) app.stream.addNow(statusMessage.toJSON());
+        if(app.stream && !self.standalone){
+          app.stream.addNow(statusMessage.toJSON());
+        }
 
         // clear state
         self.clear();
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/models/post/interacations_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/models/post/interacations_spec.js
index c5c4ff83edb61ae6d1b31b1b2d8cf035ede3aee7..0536b3f1d85016e08a381b63461cec535a406f58 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/models/post/interacations_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/models/post/interacations_spec.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("app.models.Post.Interactions", function(){
   });
 
   describe("reshare", function() {
-    var ajax_success = { status: 200, responseText: '{"id": 1}' };
+    var ajaxSuccess = { status: 200, responseText: "{\"id\": 1}" };
 
     beforeEach(function(){
       this.reshare = this.interactions.post.reshare();
@@ -52,18 +52,34 @@ describe("app.models.Post.Interactions", function(){
       spyOn(this.interactions, "trigger");
 
       this.interactions.reshare();
-      jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith(ajax_success);
+      jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith(ajaxSuccess);
 
       expect(this.interactions.trigger).toHaveBeenCalledWith("change");
     });
 
-    it("adds the reshare to the stream", function() {
+    it("adds the reshare to the default, activity and aspects stream", function() {
       app.stream = { addNow: $.noop };
       spyOn(app.stream, "addNow");
-      this.interactions.reshare();
-      jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith(ajax_success);
+      var self = this;
+      ["/stream", "/activity", "/aspects"].forEach(function(path) {
+        app.stream.basePath = function() { return path; };
+        self.interactions.reshare();
+        jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith(ajaxSuccess);
+
+        expect(app.stream.addNow).toHaveBeenCalledWith({id: 1});
+      });
+    });
 
-      expect(app.stream.addNow).toHaveBeenCalledWith({id: 1});
+    it("doesn't add the reshare to any other stream", function() {
+      app.stream = { addNow: $.noop };
+      spyOn(app.stream, "addNow");
+      var self = this;
+      ["/followed_tags", "/mentions/", "/tag/diaspora", "/people/guid/stream"].forEach(function(path) {
+        app.stream.basePath = function() { return path; };
+        self.interactions.reshare();
+        jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith(ajaxSuccess);
+        expect(app.stream.addNow).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
index bcb73ee13bee5d505323dfb32aabc234938afddd..8390f6b83b0e89e6523a8b4051ad578388068d59 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
-  describe("standalone", function() {
+  context("standalone", function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
       // TODO should be jasmine helper
       loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
     it("hides the post preview button in standalone mode", function() {
       expect(this.view.$('.post_preview_button').is(':visible')).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    describe("createStatusMessage", function(){
+      it("doesn't add the status message to the stream", function() {
+        app.stream = { addNow: $.noop };
+        spyOn(app.stream, "addNow");
+        this.view.createStatusMessage($.Event());
+        jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith({ status: 200, responseText: "{\"id\": 1}" });
+        expect(app.stream.addNow).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   context("plain publisher", function() {
@@ -128,6 +138,14 @@ describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
         this.view.createStatusMessage($.Event());
         expect(this.view.handleTextchange).toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
+
+      it("adds the status message to the stream", function() {
+        app.stream = { addNow: $.noop };
+        spyOn(app.stream, "addNow");
+        this.view.createStatusMessage($.Event());
+        jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent().respondWith({ status: 200, responseText: "{\"id\": 1}" });
+        expect(app.stream.addNow).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
     });
 
     describe('#setText', function() {