diff --git a/lib/aspect_stream.rb b/lib/aspect_stream.rb
index c1b538877d7e9b7e933d7b27e378d91fe9454969..4d5ea5be5a0a5677aec4a138d4c7c1b3c8fb4f74 100644
--- a/lib/aspect_stream.rb
+++ b/lib/aspect_stream.rb
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ class AspectStream
   # @return [ActiveRecord::Association<Post>] AR association of posts
   def posts
     # NOTE(this should be something like Post.all_for_stream(@user, aspect_ids, {}) that calls visible_posts
-    opts = {:type => ['StatusMessage', 'Reshare', 'ActivityStreams::Photo'],
-            :order => "#{@order} DESC",
-            :max_time => @max_time}
-    opts[:by_members_of] = aspect_ids unless (@inputted_aspect_ids == [])
-    @posts ||= @user.visible_posts(opts
+    @posts ||= @user.visible_posts(:by_members_of => aspect_ids,
+                                   :type => ['StatusMessage', 'Reshare', 'ActivityStreams::Photo'],
+                                   :order => "#{@order} DESC",
+                                   :max_time => @max_time
                    ).includes(:mentions => {:person => :profile}, :author => :profile)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/aspect_stream_spec.rb b/spec/lib/aspect_stream_spec.rb
index 6a3b8ba5347d4cd514defd65f5b382679c24d3d6..8fd0a860d7e201f10fe1d8f69da155ff2144ec57 100644
--- a/spec/lib/aspect_stream_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/aspect_stream_spec.rb
@@ -5,67 +5,50 @@
 require 'aspect_stream'
 
 describe AspectStream do
- #describe '#aspects' do
- #  it 'queries the user given initialized aspect ids' do
- #    alice = stub.as_null_object
- #    stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2,3])
+  describe '#aspects' do
+    it 'queries the user given initialized aspect ids' do
+      alice = stub.as_null_object
+      stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2,3])
 
- #    alice.aspects.should_receive(:where)
- #    stream.aspects
- #  end
+      alice.aspects.should_receive(:where)
+      stream.aspects
+    end
 
- #  it "returns all the user's aspects if no aspect ids are specified" do
- #    alice = stub.as_null_object
- #    stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [])
+    it "returns all the user's aspects if no aspect ids are specified" do
+      alice = stub.as_null_object
+      stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [])
 
- #    alice.aspects.should_not_receive(:where)
- #    stream.aspects
- #  end
+      alice.aspects.should_not_receive(:where)
+      stream.aspects
+    end
 
- #  it 'filters aspects given a user' do
- #    alice = stub(:aspects => [stub(:id => 1)])
- #    alice.aspects.stub(:where).and_return(alice.aspects)
- #    stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2,3])
+    it 'filters aspects given a user' do
+      alice = stub(:aspects => [stub(:id => 1)])
+      alice.aspects.stub(:where).and_return(alice.aspects)
+      stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2,3])
 
- #    stream.aspects.should == alice.aspects
- #  end
- #end
+      stream.aspects.should == alice.aspects
+    end
+  end
 
- #describe '#aspect_ids' do
- #  it 'maps ids from aspects' do
- #    alice = stub.as_null_object
- #    aspects = stub.as_null_object
+  describe '#aspect_ids' do
+    it 'maps ids from aspects' do
+      alice = stub.as_null_object
+      aspects = stub.as_null_object
 
- #    stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2])
+      stream = AspectStream.new(alice, [1,2])
 
- #    stream.should_receive(:aspects).and_return(aspects)
- #    aspects.should_receive(:map)
- #    stream.aspect_ids
- #  end
- #end
+      stream.should_receive(:aspects).and_return(aspects)
+      aspects.should_receive(:map)
+      stream.aspect_ids
+    end
+  end
 
   describe '#posts' do
     before do
       @alice = stub.as_null_object
     end
 
-    it 'calls visible posts with blank by_members_of if called with all aspects' do
-      stream = AspectStream.new(@alice, [])
-      stream.stub(:aspect_ids).and_return([1,2])
-
-      @alice.stub(:visible_posts).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
-      @alice.should_not_receive(:visible_posts).with(hash_including(:by_members_of => anything)).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
-      stream.posts
-    end
-    
-    it 'calls visible posts with by_members_of if with aspects are filtered' do
-      stream = AspectStream.new(@alice, [1,2])
-      stream.stub(:aspect_ids).and_return([1])
-
-      @alice.should_receive(:visible_posts).with(hash_including(:by_members_of => [1])).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
-      stream.posts
-    end
-
     it 'calls visible posts for the given user' do
       stream = AspectStream.new(@alice, [1,2])