diff --git a/public/css/style.less b/public/css/style.less
index 9868acb94c..13d067a4c8 100644
--- a/public/css/style.less
+++ b/public/css/style.less
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ footer.footer {
   font-weight:bold;
 }
 
+.account-block {
+  div {
+    padding-bottom:10px;
+  }
+}
+
 .account-picture-block{
     display:inline-block;
     vertical-align:top;
@@ -213,7 +219,6 @@ footer.footer {
  
 .user-profile-picture {
    width:128px;
-   margin-bottom:10px;
 }
 
 .user-picture-label {
diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index b90d4c307a..7d69bb4679 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@
 		
 
 	<div class="row-fluid">
-		<div class="span2" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom:20px;">
+		<div class="span2 account-block" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom:20px;">
 			<div class="account-picture-block">
 				<img src="{picture}" class="user-profile-picture img-polaroid"/>
 			</div>
 			<div class="account-online-status">
 				<span><i class="icon-circle-blank"></i> <span>offline</span></span>
 			</div>
+			<div class="{show_banned}">
+				<span class="label label-important">banned</span>
+			</div>
 			<div id="user-actions">
 				<a id="follow-btn" href="#" class="btn hide">Follow</a>
 				<a id="unfollow-btn" href="#" class="btn hide">Unfollow</a>
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index ba447343da..22b584ad13 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 					<i class="icon-star"></i><span class="user_rep_{posts.uid} formatted-number">{posts.user_rep}</span>
 					<div id="ids_{posts.pid}_{posts.uid}" class="chat hidden-phone" title="Chat"><i class="icon-comment"></i></div>
 				</div>
+				<span class="label label-important {posts.show_banned}">banned</span>			
 			</div>
 			<div class="span11 span12-tablet">
 				<div class="post-block">
diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 5e42ac2063..56825f1e57 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				}
 
 				function getActiveUsers(next) {
-					user.getMultipleUserFields(active_users, ['username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'banned'], function(users) {
-						users = user.filterBannedUsers(users);
+					user.getMultipleUserFields(active_users, ['username', 'userslug', 'picture'], function(users) {
 						next(null, users);
 					});
 				}
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			}
 
 			posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, function(postData) {
-				postData = posts.filterBannedPosts(postData);
 				if(postData.length > count) {
 					postData = postData.slice(0, count);
 				}
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 1c13c1e5dc..a164e8d8f5 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -64,19 +64,13 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 
 			user.get_uid_by_userslug(req.params.userslug, function(uid) {
 				if(!uid) {
-					next();
-					return;
+					return next();
 				}
 
-				user.getUserField(uid, 'banned', function(banned) {
-					if(banned && banned === '1') {
-						next();
-					} else {
-						app.build_header({ req: req, res: res }, function(err, header) {
-							res.send(header + app.create_route('users/' + req.params.userslug, 'account')  + templates['footer']);
-						});		
-					}
-				});
+				app.build_header({ req: req, res: res }, function(err, header) {
+					res.send(header + app.create_route('users/' + req.params.userslug, 'account')  + templates['footer']);
+				});		
+
 			});		
 		});
 		
@@ -327,21 +321,18 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 		
 		function getUsersSortedByJoinDate(req, res) {
 			user.getUsers('users:joindate', 0, 49, function(err, data) {
-				data = user.filterBannedUsers(data);
 				res.json({ search_display: 'none', loadmore_display:'block', users:data });
 			});
 		}
 		
 		function getUsersSortedByPosts(req, res) {
 			user.getUsers('users:postcount', 0, 49, function(err, data) {
-				data = user.filterBannedUsers(data);
 				res.json({ search_display: 'none', loadmore_display:'block', users:data });
 			});
 		}
 
 		function getUsersSortedByReputation(req, res) {
 			user.getUsers('users:reputation', 0, 49, function(err, data) {
-				data = user.filterBannedUsers(data);
 				res.json({ search_display: 'none', loadmore_display:'block', users:data });
 			});
 		}
@@ -380,7 +371,8 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 						else 
 							data.emailClass = "hide";
 
-
+						data.show_banned = data.banned === '1'?'':'hide';
+						
 						data.uid = uid;
 						data.yourid = callerUID;
 						data.theirid = uid;
diff --git a/src/threadTools.js b/src/threadTools.js
index a717d6c723..4e9efe9311 100644
--- a/src/threadTools.js
+++ b/src/threadTools.js
@@ -291,32 +291,14 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			if(!numPosts)
 				return callback(new Error('no-undeleted-pids-found'));
 			
-			posts = posts.reverse();
-			lastPostId = 0;
-
-			function isPostVisible(post, next) {
-				if(post.deleted !== '1') {
-					user.getUserField(post.uid, 'banned', function(banned) {
-						if(banned && banned === '1') {
-							next(null);
-						} else {
-							lastPostId = post.pid
-							next(post.pid);
-							return;
-						}
-					});					
-				} else {
-					next(null);
+			while(numPosts--) {
+				if(posts[numPosts].deleted !== '1') {
+					callback(null, posts[numPosts].pid);
+					return;
 				}
 			}
-
-			async.eachSeries(posts, isPostVisible, function(err) {
-				if(err) {
-					callback(null, lastPostId);
-				} else {
-					callback(new Error('no-undeleted-pids-found'));
-				}
-			});
+			
+			callback(new Error('no-undeleted-pids-found'));
 		});
 	}
 }(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 79e0436956..fff4ee3ae4 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ marked.setOptions({
 				var fav_data = results[0],
 					privileges = results[2];
 
-				postData = posts.filterBannedPosts(postData);
-
 				for(var i=0; i<postData.length; ++i) {
 					postData[i].fav_star_class = fav_data[postData[i].pid] ? 'icon-star' : 'icon-star-empty';
 					postData[i]['display_moderator_tools'] = (postData[i].uid == current_user || privileges.editable) ? 'show' : 'none';
+					postData[i].show_banned = postData[i].user_banned === '1'?'show':'hide';
 				}
 				
 				callback(postData);
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 		function getTopicInfo(topicData, callback) {
 
 			function getUserInfo(next) {
-				user.getUserFields(topicData.uid, ['username', 'banned'], function(userData) {
+				user.getUserFields(topicData.uid, ['username'], function(userData) {
 					next(null, userData);
 				});
 			}
@@ -234,10 +233,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 
 		function isTopicVisible(topicData, topicInfo) {
 			var deleted = parseInt(topicData.deleted, 10) !== 0;
-			var banned = false;
-			if(topicData.userbanned)
-				banned = parseInt(topicData.userbanned, 10) !== 0;
-			return !banned && (!deleted || (deleted && topicInfo.privileges.view_deleted) || topicData.uid === current_user);
+			return !deleted || (deleted && topicInfo.privileges.view_deleted) || topicData.uid === current_user;
 		}
 
 		function loadTopic(tid, callback) {
@@ -255,7 +251,6 @@ marked.setOptions({
 					topicData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(topicData.timestamp);
 
 					topicData.username = topicInfo.username;
-					topicData.userbanned = topicInfo.userbanned;
 					topicData.badgeclass = (topicInfo.hasread && current_user != 0) ? '' : 'badge-important';
 					topicData.teaser_text = topicInfo.teaserInfo.text || '',
 					topicData.teaser_username = topicInfo.teaserInfo.username || '';
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index c9b3f73a88..1003e45a06 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, { log:false }),
 				if(err) {
 					winston.err(err);
 				} else {
-					data = user.filterBannedUsers(data);
 					callback({users:data});
 				}
 			});				
@@ -720,12 +719,7 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, { log:false }),
 		socket.on('api:admin.user.search', function(username) {
 			if(uid && uid > 0) {
 				user.search(username, function(data) {
-					user.isAdministrator(uid, function(isAdmin) {
-						if(!isAdmin)
-							data = user.filterBannedUsers(data);
-
-						socket.emit('api:admin.user.search', data);
-					});
+					socket.emit('api:admin.user.search', data);
 				});
 			} else {
 				socket.emit('api:admin.user.search', null);