diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 70a27acf76c94ed679f9656832368bf486c70703..6d2c1c7d81949a12d06fa44ea640f1baf4305138 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def hashes_for_people people, aspects
-    ids = people.map{|p| p.id}
-    requests = {}
-    Request.where(:sender_id => ids, :recipient_id => current_user.person.id).each do |r|
-      requests[r.id] = r
-    end
-    contacts = {}
-    Contact.where(:user_id => current_user.id, :person_id => ids).each do |contact|
-      contacts[contact.person_id] = contact
-    end
-    people.map{|p|
-      {:person => p,
-        :contact => contacts[p.id],
-        :request => requests[p.id],
-        :aspects => aspects}
-    }
-  end
-
   def show
     @person = Person.where(:id => params[:id]).first
     @post_type = :all
@@ -130,25 +112,6 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   private
-  def hashes_for_posts posts
-    post_ids = posts.map{|p| p.id}
-    comment_hash = Comment.hash_from_post_ids post_ids
-    person_hash = Person.from_post_comment_hash comment_hash
-    photo_hash = Photo.hash_from_post_ids post_ids
-
-    posts.map do |post|
-      {:post => post,
-        :person => @person,
-        :photos => photo_hash[post.id],
-        :comments => comment_hash[post.id].map do |comment|
-          {:comment => comment,
-            :person => person_hash[comment.person_id],
-          }
-        end,
-      }
-    end
-  end
-
   def webfinger(account, opts = {})
     Resque.enqueue(Jobs::SocketWebfinger, current_user.id, account, opts)
   end
diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index 73e9aabfd7d193ea7afe3ca099ae61c483aceb24..8b5816abf9bcaee3267764061dacb6f92c80f0b9 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -109,16 +109,4 @@ class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
     verify_signature(creator_signature, person)
   end
 
-  def self.hash_from_post_ids post_ids
-    hash = {}
-    comments = where(:post_id => post_ids)
-    post_ids.each do |id|
-      hash[id] = []
-    end
-    comments.each do |comment|
-      hash[comment.post_id] << comment
-    end
-    hash.each_value {|comments| comments.sort!{|c1, c2| c1.created_at <=> c2.created_at }}
-    hash
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index 706570903eb68e0b6b0d7880302b1a83f9c08665..11afaae6c45663b9e4cdd40da475a3ac8b12167f 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -94,22 +94,7 @@ class Photo < Post
     }
   end
 
-  def self.hash_from_post_ids post_ids
-    hash = {}
-    photos = self.on_statuses(post_ids)
-    post_ids.each do |id|
-      hash[id] = []
-    end
-    photos.each do |photo|
-      hash[photo.status_message_id] << photo
-    end
-    hash.each_value {|photos| photos.sort!{|p1, p2| p1.created_at <=> p2.created_at }}
-    hash
-  end
   scope :on_statuses, lambda { |post_ids|
     where(:status_message_id => post_ids)
   }
-
 end
-
-
diff --git a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
index 7d913f28c6c15253408471df8a455dc0df307d02..03c6d0139ad5bdd565090b0562414ed394d13138 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
@@ -76,47 +76,6 @@ describe PeopleController do
       response.should be_success
     end
   end
-  describe '#hashes_from_people' do
-    before do
-      @everyone = []
-      10.times do
-        @everyone << Factory.create(:person)
-      end
-
-      user.send_contact_request_to(@everyone[3], aspect)
-      user.send_contact_request_to(@everyone[2], aspect)
-      user.activate_contact(@everyone[4], aspect)
-      user.activate_contact(@everyone[5], aspect)
-
-      user.reload
-      user.aspects.reload
-      @people = @everyone
-      @people.length.should == 10
-      @hashes = @controller.hashes_for_people(@people, user.aspects)
-    end
-    it 'has the correct result for no relationship' do
-      hash = @hashes.first
-
-      hash[:person].should == @people.first
-      hash[:contact].should be_false
-      hash[:request].should be_false
-      hash[:aspects].should == user.aspects
-    end
-    it 'has the correct result for a connected person' do
-      hash = @hashes[4]
-      hash[:person].should == @people[4]
-      hash[:contact].should be_true
-      hash[:contact].should_not be_pending
-      hash[:aspects].should == user.aspects
-    end
-    it 'has the correct result for a requested person' do
-      hash = @hashes[2]
-      hash[:person].should == @people[2]
-      hash[:contact].should be_true
-      hash[:contact].should be_pending
-      hash[:aspects].should == user.aspects
-    end
-  end
   describe '#index' do
     before do
       @eugene = Factory.create(:person,
@@ -127,15 +86,6 @@ describe PeopleController do
                      :last_name => "Korth"))
     end
 
-    it "assigns hashes" do
-      eugene2 = Factory.create(:person,
-        :profile => Factory(:profile, :first_name => "Eugene",
-                     :last_name => "w"))
-      get :index, :q => "Eu"
-      people = assigns[:hashes].map{|h| h[:person]}
-      people.should include @eugene
-      people.should include eugene2
-    end
     it "assigns people" do
       eugene2 = Factory.create(:person,
         :profile => Factory(:profile, :first_name => "Eugene",
diff --git a/spec/models/comment_spec.rb b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
index 7d7e480f4905c152eb8231b84ef10d12c6de718f..a8405a1f1a8c8747dc7e8b09f4ccae8c0156da1d 100644
--- a/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
@@ -13,41 +13,6 @@ describe Comment do
 
   let!(:connecting) { connect_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2) }
 
- describe '.hash_from_post_ids' do
-   before do
-      user.reload
-      @hello = user.post(:status_message, :message => "Hello.", :to => aspect.id)
-      @hi = user.post(:status_message, :message => "hi", :to => aspect.id)
-      @lonely = user.post(:status_message, :message => "Hello?", :to => aspect.id)
-
-      @c11 = user2.comment "why so formal?", :on => @hello
-      @c21 = user2.comment "lol hihihi", :on => @hi
-      @c12 = user.comment "I simply felt like issuing a greeting.  Do step off.", :on => @hello
-      @c22 = user.comment "stfu noob", :on => @hi
-
-      @c12.created_at = Time.now+10
-      @c12.save!
-      @c22.created_at = Time.now+10
-      @c22.save!
-    end
-    it 'returns an empty array for posts with no comments' do
-      Comment.hash_from_post_ids([@lonely.id]).should ==
-        {@lonely.id => []}
-    end
-    it 'returns a hash from posts to comments' do
-      Comment.hash_from_post_ids([@hello.id, @hi.id]).should ==
-        {@hello.id => [@c11, @c12],
-         @hi.id => [@c21, @c22]
-        }
-    end
-    it 'gets the people from the db' do
-      hash = Comment.hash_from_post_ids([@hello.id, @hi.id])
-      Person.from_post_comment_hash(hash).should == {
-        user.person.id => user.person,
-        user2.person.id => user2.person,
-      }
-    end
- end
 
  describe 'comment#notification_type' do
    let(:user3)   {Factory(:user)}