diff --git a/public/src/forum/users.js b/public/src/forum/users.js
index f10c739918..003b795492 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/users.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/users.js
@@ -63,19 +63,20 @@ define(function() {
 							templates['users'].parse({users:[]});
 							var html = templates.prepare(templates['users'].blocks['users']).parse({
 								users: data.users
-							}),
-								userListEl = $('#users-container');
+							});
 
-							userListEl.html(html);
+							translator.translate(html, function(translated) {
+								$('#users-container').html(translated);
 
 
-							if (data && data.users.length === 0) {
-								$('#user-notfound-notify').html('User not found!');
-								$('#user-notfound-notify').parent().addClass('btn-warning label-warning');
-							} else {
-								$('#user-notfound-notify').html(data.users.length + ' user' + (data.users.length > 1 ? 's' : '') + ' found! Search took ' + data.timing + ' ms.');
-								$('#user-notfound-notify').parent().addClass('btn-success label-success');
-							}
+								if (data && data.users.length === 0) {
+									$('#user-notfound-notify').html('User not found!');
+									$('#user-notfound-notify').parent().addClass('btn-warning label-warning');
+								} else {
+									$('#user-notfound-notify').html(data.users.length + ' user' + (data.users.length > 1 ? 's' : '') + ' found! Search took ' + data.timing + ' ms.');
+									$('#user-notfound-notify').parent().addClass('btn-success label-success');
+								}
+							});
 						});
 					});
 				}, 500); //replace this with global throttling function/constant
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/users.js b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
index 4cf53b79bd..c2bb41fb80 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ usersController.sortByJoinDate = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 function getUsers(set, req, res, next) {
-	user.getUsers(set, 0, 49, function(err, users) {
+	user.getUsersFromSet(set, 0, 49, function(err, users) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/controllers/users.js b/src/controllers/users.js
index ed6e10dbb5..4d97298c40 100644
--- a/src/controllers/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/users.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 usersController.getOnlineUsers = function(req, res, next) {
 	var	websockets = require('../socket.io');
 
-	user.getUsers('users:online', 0, 49, function (err, data) {
+	user.getUsersFromSet('users:online', 0, 49, function (err, data) {
 		if(err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ usersController.getUsersSortedByJoinDate = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 function getUsers(set, res, next) {
-	user.getUsers(set, 0, 49, function (err, data) {
+	user.getUsersFromSet(set, 0, 49, function (err, data) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index 6ee6657463..e100226cb4 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	topics = require('../topics'),
 	utils = require('./../../public/src/utils'),
+	meta = require('../meta'),
 	SocketUser = {};
 
 SocketUser.exists = function(socket, data, callback) {
@@ -204,6 +205,10 @@ SocketUser.loadMore = function(socket, data, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('invalid-data'));
 	}
 
+	if (!socket.uid && !!parseInt(meta.config.privateUserInfo, 10)) {
+		return callback(new Error('not-allowed'));
+	}
+
 	var start = data.after,
 		end = start + 19;
 
@@ -231,7 +236,6 @@ SocketUser.loadMore = function(socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 
-
 SocketUser.setStatus = function(socket, status, callback) {
 	var server = require('./index');
 	user.setUserField(socket.uid, 'status', status, function(err) {
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 936fe8b111..ed84ce8ad3 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -142,7 +142,18 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 		db.incrObjectFieldBy('user:' + uid, field, -value, callback);
 	};
 
-	User.getUsers = function(set, start, stop, callback) {
+	User.getUsersFromSet = function(set, start, stop, callback) {
+		async.waterfall([
+			function(next) {
+				db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop, next);
+			},
+			function(uids, next) {
+				User.getUsers(uids, next);
+			}
+		], callback);
+	};
+
+	User.getUsers = function(uids, callback) {
 		function loadUserInfo(user, callback) {
 			if (!user) {
 				return callback(null, user);
@@ -155,13 +166,10 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 				function(isAdmin, next) {
 					user.status = !user.status ? 'online' : user.status;
 					user.administrator = isAdmin ? '1':'0';
-					if (set === 'users:online') {
-						return callback(null, user);
-					}
-					db.sortedSetScore('users:online', user.uid, next);
+					db.isSortedSetMember('users:online', user.uid, next);
 				},
-				function(score, next) {
-					if (!score) {
+				function(isMember, next) {
+					if (!isMember) {
 						user.status = 'offline';
 					}
 					next(null, user);
@@ -169,17 +177,13 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 			], callback);
 		}
 
-		async.waterfall([
-			function(next) {
-				db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop, next);
-			},
-			function(uids, next) {
-				User.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'banned', 'postcount', 'reputation'], next);
-			},
-			function(users, next) {
-				async.map(users, loadUserInfo, next);
+		User.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'banned', 'postcount', 'reputation'], function(err, usersData) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
 			}
-		], callback);
+
+			async.map(usersData, loadUserInfo, callback);
+		});
 	};
 
 	User.createGravatarURLFromEmail = function(email) {
diff --git a/src/user/search.js b/src/user/search.js
index 587f175352..a87d75be35 100644
--- a/src/user/search.js
+++ b/src/user/search.js
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				return usernamesHash[username];
 			});
 
-			User.getUsersData(uids, function(err, userdata) {
+			User.getUsers(uids, function(err, userdata) {
 				if (err) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
+
 				var diff = process.hrtime(start);
 				var timing = (diff[0] * 1e3 + diff[1] / 1e6).toFixed(1);
 				callback(null, {timing: timing, users: userdata});