using pageDown Markdown library, fixing autolinking.  created app.helpers.textFormatter, which takes care of text formatting; functions can be called individually throughout the app

This reverts commit 641cedf3.

Revert "Merge pull request #2663 from torrancew/with_unicorn"

This reverts commit 2a2efd09, reversing
changes made to 78978f05.

Needz moar unicorns please [ci skip]

set faradays timeout to 25 seconds [ci skip]

remove cache counter for photos, as it was causing too many edge-case errors & added complexity across models

rescue SocketError on UpdateServiceUser job when dev box is in single process mode and not connected to the internet

Left-align comment text on mobile devices [ci skip]

fix #2627 (webfinger produces 500 error, and refactor a little to encapsulate into Webfinger object a bit more

removing photos_count method from StatusMessage in hopes of fixing the counter (still a bit confused, though...)

Addresses deficiencies with Firefox 3.x (and hopefully some other older browsers). Should fix #2606 [ci skip]