diff --git a/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.expander.js b/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.expander.js
index 13a8a2cb46e0c47df28304ddf64a706bd12f350e..d1d2ed66b10fe00a0abb3dee14be902229afba94 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.expander.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.expander.js
@@ -1,48 +1,64 @@
-/*
- * jQuery Expander plugin
- * Version 0.4  (12/09/2008)
- * @requires jQuery v1.1.1+
+/*!
+ * jQuery Expander Plugin v0.7
  *
- * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
+ * Date: Wed Aug 31 20:53:59 2011 EDT
+ * Requires: jQuery v1.3+
+ *
+ * Copyright 2011, Karl Swedberg
+ * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses (just like jQuery):
  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- *
- */
-
+ * source: https://github.com/kswedberg/jquery-expander/
+*/
 
 (function($) {
 
   $.fn.expander = function(options) {
 
-    var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.expander.defaults, options);
-    var delayedCollapse;
-    return this.each(function() {
-      var $this = $(this);
-      var o = $.meta ? $.extend({}, opts, $this.data()) : opts;
-     	var cleanedTag, startTags, endTags;
-     	var allText = $this.html();
-     	var startText = allText.slice(0, o.slicePoint).replace(/\w+$/,'');
-     	startTags = startText.match(/<\w[^>]*>/g);
-   	  if (startTags) {startText = allText.slice(0,o.slicePoint + startTags.join('').length).replace(/\w+$/,'');}
-
-     	if (startText.lastIndexOf('<') > startText.lastIndexOf('>') ) {
-     	  startText = startText.slice(0,startText.lastIndexOf('<'));
-     	}
-     	var endText = allText.slice(startText.length);
-     	// create necessary expand/collapse elements if they don't already exist
-   	  if (!$('span.details', this).length) {
+    var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.expander.defaults, options),
+        rSlash = /\//,
+        delayedCollapse;
+
+    this.each(function() {
+      var cleanedTag, startTags, endTags,
+          thisEl = this,
+          $this = $(this),
+          o = $.meta ? $.extend({}, opts, $this.data()) : opts,
+          expandSpeed = o.expandSpeed || 0,
+          allText = $this.html(),
+          startText = allText.slice(0, o.slicePoint).replace(/(&([^;]+;)?|\w+)$/,'');
+
+      startTags = startText.match(/<\w[^>]*>/g);
+
+      if (startTags) {
+        startText = allText.slice(0,o.slicePoint + startTags.join('').length).replace(/(&([^;]+;)?|\w+)$/,'');
+      }
+
+      if (startText.lastIndexOf('<') > startText.lastIndexOf('>') ) {
+        startText = startText.slice(0,startText.lastIndexOf('<'));
+      }
+
+      var defined = {};
+      $.each(['onSlice','beforeExpand', 'afterExpand', 'onCollapse'], function(index, val) {
+        defined[val] = $.isFunction(o[val]);
+      });
+
+      var endText = allText.slice(startText.length);
+      // create necessary expand/collapse elements if they don't already exist
+      if (!$(this).find('span.details').length) {
         // end script if text length isn't long enough.
-       	if ( endText.replace(/\s+$/,'').split(' ').length < o.widow ) { return; }
-       	// otherwise, continue...
-       	if (endText.indexOf('</') > -1) {
-         	endTags = endText.match(/<(\/)?[^>]*>/g);
+        if ( endText.replace(/\s+$/,'').split(' ').length < o.widow || allText.length < o.slicePoint ) { return; }
+        // otherwise, continue...
+        if (defined.onSlice) { o.onSlice.call(thisEl); }
+        if (endText.indexOf('</') > -1) {
+          endTags = endText.match(/<(\/)?[^>]*>/g);
           for (var i=0; i < endTags.length; i++) {
 
             if (endTags[i].indexOf('</') > -1) {
               var startTag, startTagExists = false;
               for (var j=0; j < i; j++) {
-                startTag = endTags[j].slice(0, endTags[j].indexOf(' ')).replace(/(\w)$/,'$1>');
-                if (startTag == rSlash(endTags[i])) {
+                startTag = endTags[j].slice(0, endTags[j].indexOf(' ')).replace(/\w$/,'$1>');
+                if (startTag == endTags[i].replace(rSlash,'')) {
                   startTagExists = true;
                 }
               }
@@ -50,103 +66,120 @@
                 startText = startText + endTags[i];
                 var matched = false;
                 for (var s=startTags.length - 1; s >= 0; s--) {
-                  if (startTags[s].slice(0, startTags[s].indexOf(' ')).replace(/(\w)$/,'$1>') == rSlash(endTags[i])
-                  && matched == false) {
+                  if (startTags[s].slice(0, startTags[s].indexOf(' ')).replace(/(\w)$/,'$1>') == endTags[i].replace(rSlash,'') &&
+                  !matched ) {
                     cleanedTag = cleanedTag ? startTags[s] + cleanedTag : startTags[s];
                     matched = true;
                   }
-                };
+                }
               }
             }
           }
 
           endText = cleanedTag && cleanedTag + endText || endText;
         }
-     	  $this.html([
-     		startText,
-     		'<span class="read-more">',
-     		o.expandPrefix,
-       		'<a href="#">',
-       		  o.expandText,
-       		'</a>',
-        '</span>',
-     		'<span class="details">',
-     		  endText,
-     		'</span>'
-     		].join('')
-     	  );
+        $this.html([
+          startText,
+          '<span class="read-more">',
+            o.expandPrefix,
+            '<a href="#">',
+              o.expandText,
+            '</a>',
+          '</span>',
+          '<span class="details">',
+            endText,
+          '</span>'
+          ].join('')
+        );
       }
-      var $thisDetails = $('span.details', this),
-        $readMore = $('span.read-more', this);
-   	  $thisDetails.hide();
- 	    $readMore.find('a').click(function() {
- 	      $readMore.hide();
-
- 	      if (o.expandEffect === 'show' && !o.expandSpeed) {
-          o.beforeExpand($this);
- 	        $thisDetails.show();
-          o.afterExpand($this);
-          delayCollapse(o, $thisDetails);
- 	      } else {
-          o.beforeExpand($this);
- 	        $thisDetails[o.expandEffect](o.expandSpeed, function() {
-            $thisDetails.css({zoom: ''});
-            o.afterExpand($this);
-            delayCollapse(o, $thisDetails);
- 	        });
- 	      }
-        return false;
- 	    });
-      if (o.userCollapse) {
-        $this
-        .find('span.details').append('<span class="re-collapse">' + o.userCollapsePrefix + '<a href="#">' + o.userCollapseText + '</a></span>');
-        $this.find('span.re-collapse a').click(function() {
 
+      var $thisDetails = $(this).find('span.details'),
+          $readMore = $(this).find('span.read-more');
+
+      $thisDetails.hide();
+      $readMore.find('a').bind('click.expander', function(event) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        $readMore.hide();
+        if (defined.beforeExpand) {
+          o.beforeExpand.call(thisEl);
+        }
+
+        $thisDetails[o.expandEffect](expandSpeed, function() {
+          $thisDetails.css({zoom: ''});
+          if (defined.afterExpand) {o.afterExpand.call(thisEl);}
+          delayCollapse(o, $thisDetails, thisEl);
+        });
+      });
+
+      if ( o.userCollapse && !$this.find('span.re-collapse').length ) {
+        $this
+        .find('span.details')
+        .append('<span class="re-collapse">' + o.userCollapsePrefix + '<a href="#">' + o.userCollapseText + '</a></span>');
+        $this.find('span.re-collapse a').bind('click.expander', function(event) {
+          event.preventDefault();
           clearTimeout(delayedCollapse);
           var $detailsCollapsed = $(this).parents('span.details');
           reCollapse($detailsCollapsed);
-          o.onCollapse($this, true);
-          return false;
+          if (defined.onCollapse) {
+            o.onCollapse.call(thisEl, true);
+          }
         });
       }
     });
+
     function reCollapse(el) {
        el.hide()
         .prev('span.read-more').show();
     }
-    function delayCollapse(option, $collapseEl) {
+    function delayCollapse(option, $collapseEl, thisEl) {
       if (option.collapseTimer) {
         delayedCollapse = setTimeout(function() {
           reCollapse($collapseEl);
-          option.onCollapse($collapseEl.parent(), false);
-          },
-          option.collapseTimer
-        );
+          if ( $.isFunction(option.onCollapse) ) {
+            option.onCollapse.call(thisEl, false);
+          }
+        }, option.collapseTimer);
       }
     }
-    function rSlash(rString) {
-      return rString.replace(/\//,'');
-    }
+
+    return this;
   };
-    // plugin defaults
+
+  // plugin defaults
   $.fn.expander.defaults = {
-    slicePoint:       100,  // the number of characters at which the contents will be sliced into two parts.
-                            // Note: any tag names in the HTML that appear inside the sliced element before
-                            // the slicePoint will be counted along with the text characters.
-    widow:            4,  // a threshold of sorts for whether to initially hide/collapse part of the element's contents.
-                          // If after slicing the contents in two there are fewer words in the second part than
-                          // the value set by widow, we won't bother hiding/collapsing anything.
-    expandText:       'read more', // text displayed in a link instead of the hidden part of the element.
-                                      // clicking this will expand/show the hidden/collapsed text
-    expandPrefix:     '&hellip; ',
-    collapseTimer:    0, // number of milliseconds after text has been expanded at which to collapse the text again
-    expandEffect:     'fadeIn',
-    expandSpeed:      '',   // speed in milliseconds of the animation effect for expanding the text
-    userCollapse:     true, // allow the user to re-collapse the expanded text.
-    userCollapseText: '[collapse expanded text]',  // text to use for the link to re-collapse the text
+    // slicePoint: the number of characters at which the contents will be sliced into two parts.
+    // Note: any tag names in the HTML that appear inside the sliced element before
+    // the slicePoint will be counted along with the text characters.
+    slicePoint: 100,
+
+    // widow: a threshold of sorts for whether to initially hide/collapse part of the element's contents.
+    // If after slicing the contents in two there are fewer words in the second part than
+    // the value set by widow, we won't bother hiding/collapsing anything.
+    widow: 4,
+
+    // text displayed in a link instead of the hidden part of the element.
+    // clicking this will expand/show the hidden/collapsed text
+    expandText: 'read more',
+    expandPrefix: '&hellip; ',
+
+    // number of milliseconds after text has been expanded at which to collapse the text again
+    collapseTimer: 0,
+    expandEffect: 'fadeIn',
+    expandSpeed: 250,
+
+    // allow the user to re-collapse the expanded text.
+    userCollapse: true,
+
+    // text to use for the link to re-collapse the text
+    userCollapseText: '[collapse expanded text]',
     userCollapsePrefix: ' ',
-    beforeExpand: function($thisEl) {},
-    afterExpand: function($thisEl) {},
-    onCollapse: function($thisEl, byUser) {}
+
+
+    // all callback functions have the this keyword mapped to the element in the jQuery set when .expander() is called
+
+    onSlice: null, // function() {}
+    beforeExpand: null, // function() {},
+    afterExpand: null, // function() {},
+    onCollapse: null // function(byUser) {}
   };
 })(jQuery);
diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/comment.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/comment.js
index 2e75eb6496a0299004a724e6f8c023aba91a9a3e..554f46b6867603429571a136c8dd6f550574c0f5 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/comment.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/comment.js
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
       self.deleteCommentLink.click(self.removeComment);
       self.deleteCommentLink.tipsy({ trigger: "hover" });
 
-      self.content.expander({
-        slicePoint: 200,
-        widow: 18,
-        expandText: Diaspora.I18n.t("show_more"),
-        userCollapse: false
-      });
+      // self.content.expander({
+      //   slicePoint: 200,
+      //   widow: 18,
+      //   expandText: Diaspora.I18n.t("show_more"),
+      //   userCollapse: false
+      // });
 
       self.globalSubscribe("likes/" + self.comment.attr('id') + "/updated", function(){
         self.likes = self.instantiate("Likes", self.comment.find(".likes_container"));
diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/stream-element.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/stream-element.js
index 8d26f5ef75bea0b139e58b8172f55bc8bc1480c4..ea81183cca5ee8cf6b79883516e941d866378f2f 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/stream-element.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/stream-element.js
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
       self.postScope.tipsy({ trigger: "hover" });
 
       // collapse long posts
-      self.content.expander({
-        slicePoint: 400,
-        widow: 12,
-        expandText: Diaspora.I18n.t("show_more"),
-        userCollapse: false
-      });
+      // self.content.expander({
+      //   slicePoint: 400,
+      //   widow: 12,
+      //   expandText: Diaspora.I18n.t("show_more"),
+      //   userCollapse: false
+      // });
 
       self.globalSubscribe("likes/" + self.postGuid + "/updated", function() {
         self.likes = self.instantiate("Likes", self.post.find(".likes_container:first"));