diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 7b7f632747..94db871a31 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -375,12 +375,6 @@ var socket,
 		});
 	};
 
-	function updateOnlineStatus(uid) {
-		socket.emit('user.isOnline', uid, function(err, data) {
-			$('#logged-in-menu #user_label #user-profile-link>i').attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + data.status);
-		});
-	}
-
 	function exposeConfigToTemplates() {
 		$(document).ready(function() {
 			templates.setGlobal('relative_path', RELATIVE_PATH);
@@ -492,11 +486,12 @@ var socket,
 
 	function handleStatusChange() {
 		$('#user-control-list .user-status').off('click').on('click', function(e) {
-			socket.emit('user.setStatus', $(this).attr('data-status'), function(err, data) {
+			var status = $(this).attr('data-status');
+			socket.emit('user.setStatus', status, function(err, data) {
 				if(err) {
 					return app.alertError(err.message);
 				}
-				updateOnlineStatus(data.uid);
+				$('#logged-in-menu #user_label #user-profile-link>i').attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + status);
 			});
 			e.preventDefault();
 		});
diff --git a/public/src/forum/account/profile.js b/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
index 343be867c2..a9633b6aba 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ define('forum/account/profile', ['forum/account/header'], function(header) {
 
 		socket.on('user.isOnline', handleUserOnline);
 
-		socket.emit('user.isOnline', theirid, handleUserOnline);
-
 		if (yourid !== theirid) {
 			socket.emit('user.increaseViewCount', theirid);
 		}
diff --git a/public/src/forum/topic.js b/public/src/forum/topic.js
index 61ad6f4837..5098d66d5d 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/topic.js
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ define('forum/topic', dependencies, function(pagination, infinitescroll, threadT
 	}
 
 	function processPage(element) {
-		browsing.populateOnlineUsers();
 		app.createUserTooltips();
 		app.replaceSelfLinks(element.find('a'));
 		utils.addCommasToNumbers(element.find('.formatted-number'));
diff --git a/public/src/forum/topic/browsing.js b/public/src/forum/topic/browsing.js
index 0b577b13d9..5d1833bdd0 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/topic/browsing.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/topic/browsing.js
@@ -80,34 +80,11 @@ define('forum/topic/browsing', function() {
 	};
 
 	Browsing.onUserOnline = function(err, data) {
-		updateOnlineIcon($('.username-field[data-username="' + data.username + '"'), data);
+		updateOnlineIcon($('.username-field[data-username="' + data.username + '"]'), data);
 
 		updateBrowsingUsers(data);
 	};
 
-	Browsing.populateOnlineUsers = function () {
-		var uids = [];
-
-		$('.post-row').each(function () {
-			var uid = $(this).attr('data-uid');
-			if(uids.indexOf(uid) === -1) {
-				uids.push(uid);
-			}
-		});
-
-		socket.emit('user.getOnlineUsers', uids, function (err, users) {
-
-			$('.username-field').each(function () {
-				var el = $(this),
-					uid = el.parents('li').attr('data-uid');
-
-				if (uid && users[uid]) {
-					updateOnlineIcon(el, users[uid]);
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	};
-
 	function updateOnlineIcon(el, userData) {
 		translator.translate('[[global:' + userData.status + ']]', function(translated) {
 			el.siblings('i')
diff --git a/public/src/modules/chat.js b/public/src/modules/chat.js
index 73b94a0442..6484c458f9 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/chat.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/chat.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 	var newMessage = false;
 
 	module.prepareDOM = function() {
-		// Chats Dropdown
 		var	chatsToggleEl = $('#chat_dropdown'),
 			chatsListEl = $('#chat-list');
 
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 
 				if (modal.is(":visible")) {
 					module.bringModalToTop(modal);
-					checkOnlineStatus(modal);
 					taskbar.updateActive(modal.attr('UUID'));
 					Chats.scrollToBottom(modal.find('#chat-content'));
 				} else {
@@ -114,6 +112,10 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 			var modal = module.getModal(withUid);
 			modal.find('.user-typing').addClass('hide');
 		});
+
+		socket.on('user.isOnline', function(err, data) {
+			updateStatus(data.status);
+		});
 	};
 
 	module.bringModalToTop = function(chatModal) {
@@ -138,20 +140,16 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 
 	function checkStatus(chatModal) {
 		socket.emit('user.isOnline', chatModal.attr('touid'), function(err, data) {
-			translator.translate('[[global:' + data.status + ']]', function(translated) {
-				$('#chat-user-status').attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + data.status)
-					.attr('title', translated)
-					.attr('data-original-title', translated);
-			});
+			updateStatus(data.status);
 		});
 	}
 
-	function checkOnlineStatus(chatModal) {
-		if(parseInt(chatModal.attr('intervalId'), 10) === 0) {
-			chatModal.attr('intervalId', setInterval(function() {
-				checkStatus(chatModal);
-			}, 1000));
-		}
+	function updateStatus(status) {
+		translator.translate('[[global:' + status + ']]', function(translated) {
+			$('#chat-user-status').attr('class', 'fa fa-circle status ' + status)
+				.attr('title', translated)
+				.attr('data-original-title', translated);
+		});
 	}
 
 	module.createModal = function(username, touid, callback) {
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 				addSendHandler(chatModal);
 
 				getChatMessages(chatModal, function() {
-					checkOnlineStatus(chatModal);
+					checkStatus(chatModal);
 				});
 
 				chatModal.find('.user-typing .text').translateText('[[modules:chat.user_typing, ' + username + ']]');
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 	module.load = function(uuid) {
 		var chatModal = $('div[UUID="'+uuid+'"]');
 		chatModal.removeClass('hide');
-		checkOnlineStatus(chatModal);
+		checkStatus(chatModal);
 		taskbar.updateActive(uuid);
 		Chats.scrollToBottom(chatModal.find('#chat-content'));
 		module.center(chatModal);
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts.js b/src/controllers/accounts.js
index fac96c99a5..a9466e4569 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	languages = require('../languages'),
 	image = require('../image'),
-	file = require('../file');
+	file = require('../file'),
+	websockets = require('../socket.io');
 
 function userNotFound(res) {
 	if (res.locals.isAPI) {
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ function getUserDataByUserSlug(userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 			userData.disableSignatures = meta.config.disableSignatures !== undefined && parseInt(meta.config.disableSignatures, 10) === 1;
 			userData['email:confirmed'] = !!parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10);
 			userData.profile_links = results.profile_links;
+			userData.status = !websockets.isUserOnline(userData.uid) ? 'offline' : userData.status;
 
 			userData.followingCount = results.followStats.followingCount;
 			userData.followerCount = results.followStats.followerCount;
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 7d75869a45..10d299b4b3 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	categories = require('./categories'),
 	plugins = require('./plugins'),
 	meta = require('./meta'),
-	emitter = require('./emitter');
+	emitter = require('./emitter'),
+	websockets = require('./socket.io');
 
 (function(Posts) {
 	require('./posts/delete')(Posts);
@@ -227,7 +228,10 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				groups.getUserGroups(uids, next);
 			},
 			userData: function(next) {
-				user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature', 'banned'], next);
+				user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature', 'banned', 'status'], next);
+			},
+			online: function(next) {
+				websockets.isUsersOnline(uids, next);
 			}
 		}, function(err, results) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			var userData = results.userData;
 			for(var i=0; i<userData.length; ++i) {
 				userData[i].groups = results.groups[i];
+				userData[i].status = !results.online[i] ? 'offline' : userData[i].status;
 			}
 
 			async.map(userData, function(userData, next) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index 149f372286..c2aa360e01 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -282,6 +282,22 @@ function isUserOnline(uid) {
 	return Sockets.getUserSockets(uid).length > 0;
 }
 
+Sockets.isUsersOnline = function(uids, callback) {
+	var sockets = io.sockets.clients();
+
+	if(!Array.isArray(sockets) || !sockets.length) {
+		return callback(null, []);
+	}
+
+  	sockets = sockets.map(function(s) {
+  		return s.uid;
+  	});
+
+	callback(null, uids.map(function(uid) {
+		return sockets.indexOf(parseInt(uid, 10)) !== -1;
+	}));
+};
+
 Sockets.updateRoomBrowsingText = updateRoomBrowsingText;
 function updateRoomBrowsingText(roomName) {
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index 7a825dccd0..94f2c1f338 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ SocketPosts.reply = function(socket, data, callback) {
 			websockets.server.sockets.emit('event:new_post', {
 				posts: [postData],
 				privileges: privileges,
-				'reputation:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1
+				'reputation:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1,
+				'downvote:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1,
 			});
 
 			module.parent.exports.emitTopicPostStats();
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index d1e743d901..fa1a063fc7 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -264,26 +264,6 @@ SocketUser.setTopicSort = function(socket, sort, callback) {
 	}
 };
 
-SocketUser.getOnlineUsers = function(socket, uids, callback) {
-	var returnData = {};
-	if (!uids) {
-		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
-	}
-
-	user.isOnline(uids, function(err, userData) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-
-		userData.forEach(function(user) {
-			if (user) {
-				returnData[user.uid] = user;
-			}
-		});
-		callback(null, returnData);
-	});
-};
-
 SocketUser.getOnlineAnonCount = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	callback(null, module.parent.exports.getOnlineAnonCount());
 };