diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/users.js b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
index 17944b8370..283302b48e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ usersController.banned = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 function getUsers(set, req, res, next) {
-	user.getUsersFromSet(set, 0, 49, function(err, users) {
+	var uid = req.user ? parseInt(req.user.uid, 10) : 0;
+	user.getUsersFromSet(set, uid, 0, 49, function(err, users) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/controllers/groups.js b/src/controllers/groups.js
index c20993a7df..18ea0cbf2d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/groups.js
+++ b/src/controllers/groups.js
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ groupsController.details = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 groupsController.members = function(req, res, next) {
+	var uid = req.user ? parseInt(req.user.uid, 10) : 0;
 	async.waterfall([
 		function(next) {
 			groups.getGroupNameByGroupSlug(req.params.slug, next);
 		},
 		function(groupName, next) {
-			user.getUsersFromSet('group:' + groupName + ':members', 0, 49, next);
+			user.getUsersFromSet('group:' + groupName + ':members', uid, 0, 49, next);
 		},
 	], function(err, users) {
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/users.js b/src/controllers/users.js
index 0a2d4d0d67..81001d0f3a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/users.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ usersController.getOnlineUsers = function(req, res, next) {
 
 	async.parallel({
 		users: function(next) {
-			user.getUsersFromSet('users:online', 0, 49, next);
+			user.getUsersFromSet('users:online', uid, 0, 49, next);
 		},
 		count: function(next) {
 			var now = Date.now();
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ usersController.getUsersSortedByJoinDate = function(req, res, next) {
 usersController.getUsers = function(set, count, req, res, next) {
 	var uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
 
-	getUsersAndCount(set, count, function(err, data) {
+	getUsersAndCount(set, uid, count, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ usersController.getUsers = function(set, count, req, res, next) {
 	});
 };
 
-function getUsersAndCount(set, count, callback) {
+function getUsersAndCount(set, uid, count, callback) {
 	async.parallel({
 		users: function(next) {
-			user.getUsersFromSet(set, 0, count - 1, next);
+			user.getUsersFromSet(set, uid, 0, count - 1, next);
 		},
 		count: function(next) {
 			db.getObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ usersController.getUsersForSearch = function(req, res, next) {
 	var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20,
 		uid = req.user ? req.user.uid : 0;
 
-	getUsersAndCount('users:joindate', resultsPerPage, function(err, data) {
+	getUsersAndCount('users:joindate', uid, resultsPerPage, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index c4a830f41a..e0be3ecafd 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ search.search = function(data, callback) {
 	if (searchIn === 'posts') {
 		searchInPosts(query, data.postedBy, uid, done);
 	} else if (searchIn === 'users') {
-		searchInUsers(query, done);
+		searchInUsers(query, uid, done);
 	} else if (searchIn === 'tags') {
 		searchInTags(query, done);
 	} else {
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ function searchInPosts(query, postedBy, uid, callback) {
 	});
 }
 
-function searchInUsers(query, callback) {
-	user.search({query: query}, function(err, results) {
+function searchInUsers(query, uid, callback) {
+	user.search({query: query, uid: uid}, function(err, results) {
 		callback(err, results ? results.users : null);
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js b/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
index 2ba036d7e0..9a9ef0ea7e 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/categories.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Categories.search = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	var	username = data.username,
 		cid = data.cid;
 
-	user.search({query: username}, function(err, data) {
+	user.search({query: username, uid: socket.uid}, function(err, data) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
index 9189727fbb..5f7199bf29 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ User.deleteUsers = function(socket, uids, callback) {
 };
 
 User.search = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	user.search({query: data.query, searchBy: data.searchBy, startsWith: false}, function(err, searchData) {
+	user.search({query: data.query, searchBy: data.searchBy, startsWith: false, uid: socket.uid}, function(err, searchData) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index d28421c383..6004bdd469 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ SocketUser.search = function(socket, data, callback) {
 		page: data.page,
 		searchBy: data.searchBy,
 		sortBy: data.sortBy,
-		filterBy: data.filterBy
+		filterBy: data.filterBy,
+		uid: socket.uid
 	}, callback);
 };
 
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ SocketUser.loadMore = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	var start = parseInt(data.after, 10),
 		end = start + 19;
 
-	user.getUsersFromSet(data.set, start, end, function(err, userData) {
+	user.getUsersFromSet(data.set, socket.uid, start, end, function(err, userData) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 80f7a951db..c7d8649d22 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -219,18 +219,18 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 		}
 	};
 
-	User.getUsersFromSet = function(set, start, stop, callback) {
+	User.getUsersFromSet = function(set, uid, start, stop, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
 				User.getUidsFromSet(set, start, stop, next);
 			},
 			function(uids, next) {
-				User.getUsers(uids, next);
+				User.getUsers(uids, uid, next);
 			}
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	User.getUsers = function(uids, callback) {
+	User.getUsers = function(uids, uid, callback) {
 		var fields = ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'banned', 'postcount', 'reputation', 'email:confirmed'];
 		plugins.fireHook('filter:users.addFields', {fields: fields}, function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 					user['email:confirmed'] = parseInt(user['email:confirmed'], 10) === 1;
 				});
 
-				plugins.fireHook('filter:userlist.get', {users: results.userData}, function(err, data) {
+				plugins.fireHook('filter:userlist.get', {users: results.userData, uid: uid}, function(err, data) {
 					if (err) {
 						return callback(err);
 					}
diff --git a/src/user/follow.js b/src/user/follow.js
index c3e2cb340c..6b0c0a3973 100644
--- a/src/user/follow.js
+++ b/src/user/follow.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			User.getUsers(uids, callback);
+			User.getUsers(uids, uid, callback);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/user/search.js b/src/user/search.js
index 95130bf68f..9df346f6ec 100644
--- a/src/user/search.js
+++ b/src/user/search.js
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		var searchBy = data.searchBy || ['username'];
 		var startsWith = data.hasOwnProperty('startsWith') ? data.startsWith : true;
 		var page = data.page || 1;
+		var uid = data.uid || 0;
 
 		if (!query) {
 			return callback(null, {timing: 0, users: [], matchCount: 0, pages: []});
 		}
 
 		if (searchBy.indexOf('ip') !== -1) {
-			return searchByIP(query, callback);
+			return searchByIP(query, uid, callback);
 		}
 
 		var startTime = process.hrtime();
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				matchCount = uids.length;
 				uids = uids.slice(start, end);
 
-				User.getUsers(uids, next);
+				User.getUsers(uids, uid, next);
 			},
 			function(userData, next) {
 
@@ -194,14 +195,14 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	function searchByIP(ip, callback) {
+	function searchByIP(ip, uid, callback) {
 		var start = process.hrtime();
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
 				db.getSortedSetRevRange('ip:' + ip + ':uid', 0, -1, next);
 			},
 			function(uids, next) {
-				User.getUsers(uids, next);
+				User.getUsers(uids, uid, next);
 			},
 			function(users, next) {
 				var diff = process.hrtime(start);