diff --git a/src/components/avatar_list/avatar_list.vue b/src/components/avatar_list/avatar_list.vue
index e1b6e971..a1ba2042 100644
--- a/src/components/avatar_list/avatar_list.vue
+++ b/src/components/avatar_list/avatar_list.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     >
       <UserAvatar
         :user="user"
+        no-popover="true"
         class="avatar-small"
       />
     </router-link>
diff --git a/src/components/popover/popover.js b/src/components/popover/popover.js
index 29e13575..b73fb095 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/popover.js
+++ b/src/components/popover/popover.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const Popover = {
     // Takes a x/y object and tells how many pixels to offset from
     // anchor point on either axis
     offset: Object,
+    // Takes an element to use for positioning over this.$el
+    offsetElement: null,
     // Additional styles you may want for the popover container
     popoverClass: String,
     // Time in milliseconds until the popup appears, default is 100ms
@@ -47,7 +49,9 @@ const Popover = {
       // Popover will be anchored around this element, trigger ref is the container, so
       // its children are what are inside the slot. Expect only one slot="trigger".
       const anchorEl = (this.$refs.trigger && this.$refs.trigger.children[0]) || this.$el
-      const screenBox = anchorEl.getBoundingClientRect()
+      const positionElement = this.offsetElement ? this.offsetElement : anchorEl
+      const screenBox = positionElement.getBoundingClientRect()
+      console.log(positionElement, screenBox)
       // Screen position of the origin point for popover
       const origin = { x: screenBox.left + screenBox.width * 0.5, y: screenBox.top }
       const content = this.$refs.content
@@ -99,11 +103,11 @@ const Popover = {
 
       const yOffset = (this.offset && this.offset.y) || 0
       const translateY = usingTop
-        ? -anchorEl.offsetHeight - yOffset - content.offsetHeight
+        ? -positionElement.offsetHeight - yOffset - content.offsetHeight
         : yOffset
 
       const xOffset = (this.offset && this.offset.x) || 0
-      const translateX = (anchorEl.offsetWidth * 0.5) - content.offsetWidth * 0.5 + horizOffset + xOffset
+      const translateX = (positionElement.offsetWidth * 0.5) - content.offsetWidth * 0.5 + horizOffset + xOffset
 
       // Note, separate translateX and translateY avoids blurry text on chromium,
       // single translate or translate3d resulted in blurry text.
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 729f9010..5e8b6c8a 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@
           :user="statusoid.user"
         />
         <div class="media-body faint">
-          <span class="user-name">
+          <span
+            class="user-name"
+            :title="retweeter"
+          >
             <UserPopover :user-id="statusoid.user.id">
               <router-link
                 v-if="retweeterHtml"
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@
                 :to="retweeterProfileLink"
               >{{ retweeter }}</router-link>
             </UserPopover>
+
           </span>
           <i
             class="fa icon-retweet retweeted"
@@ -123,11 +127,13 @@
                 <h4
                   v-if="status.user.name_html"
                   class="user-name"
+                  :title="status.user.name"
                   v-html="status.user.name_html"
                 />
                 <h4
                   v-else
                   class="user-name"
+                  :title="status.user.name"
                 >
                   {{ status.user.name }}
                 </h4>
@@ -137,11 +143,17 @@
                 >
                   <router-link
                     class="account-name"
+                    :title="status.user.screen_name"
                     :to="userProfileLink"
                   >
                     {{ status.user.screen_name }}
                   </router-link>
                 </UserPopover>
+                <img
+                  v-if="!!(status.user && status.user.favicon)"
+                  class="status-favicon"
+                  :src="status.user.favicon"
+                >
               </div>
 
               <span class="heading-right">
@@ -225,8 +237,9 @@
                   :user-id="status.in_reply_to_user_id"
                 >
                   <router-link
-                    :to="replyProfileLink"
                     class="reply-to-accountname"
+                    :title="replyToName"
+                    :to="replyProfileLink"
                   >
                     {{ replyToName }}
                   </router-link>
@@ -434,6 +447,12 @@ $status-margin: 0.75em;
     }
   }
 
+  .status-favicon {
+    height: 18px;
+    width: 18px;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+  }
+
   .media-heading {
     padding: 0;
     vertical-align: bottom;
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
index df095de3..2be52a17 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Attachment from '../attachment/attachment.vue'
 import Poll from '../poll/poll.vue'
 import Gallery from '../gallery/gallery.vue'
 import LinkPreview from '../link-preview/link-preview.vue'
+import UserPopover from '../user_popover/user_popover.vue'
 import generateProfileLink from 'src/services/user_profile_link_generator/user_profile_link_generator'
 import fileType from 'src/services/file_type/file_type.service'
 import { processHtml } from 'src/services/tiny_post_html_processor/tiny_post_html_processor.service.js'
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@ import { mapGetters, mapState } from 'vuex'
 
 const StatusContent = {
   name: 'StatusContent',
+  components: {
+    Attachment,
+    Poll,
+    Gallery,
+    LinkPreview,
+    UserPopover
+  },
   props: [
     'status',
     'focused',
@@ -22,7 +30,9 @@ const StatusContent = {
       showingTall: this.fullContent || (this.inConversation && this.focused),
       showingLongSubject: false,
       // not as computed because it sets the initial state which will be changed later
-      expandingSubject: !this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject
+      expandingSubject: !this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.collapseMessageWithSubject,
+      focusedUserId: null,
+      focusedUserElement: null
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -142,12 +152,6 @@ const StatusContent = {
       currentUser: state => state.users.currentUser
     })
   },
-  components: {
-    Attachment,
-    Poll,
-    Gallery,
-    LinkPreview
-  },
   methods: {
     linkClicked (event) {
       const target = event.target.closest('.status-content a')
@@ -175,6 +179,22 @@ const StatusContent = {
         window.open(target.href, '_blank')
       }
     },
+    linkHover (event) {
+      const target = event.target.closest('.status-content a')
+      this.focusedUserId = null
+      if (target) {
+        if (target.className.match(/mention/)) {
+          const href = target.href
+          const attn = this.status.attentions.find(attn => mentionMatchesUrl(attn, href))
+          if (attn) {
+            event.stopPropagation()
+            event.preventDefault()
+            this.focusedUserId = attn.id
+            this.focusedUserElement = target
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     toggleShowMore () {
       if (this.mightHideBecauseTall) {
         this.showingTall = !this.showingTall
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
index bf8d376e..a67b17c5 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
@@ -28,63 +28,68 @@
         {{ $t("status.show_full_subject") }}
       </a>
     </div>
-    <div
-      :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}"
-      class="status-content-wrapper"
+    <UserPopover
+      :user-id="focusedUserId"
     >
-      <a
-        v-if="hideTallStatus"
-        class="tall-status-hider"
-        :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': focused }"
-        href="#"
-        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-      >
-        {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
-      </a>
       <div
-        v-if="!hideSubjectStatus"
-        :class="{ 'single-line': singleLine }"
-        class="status-content media-body"
-        @click.prevent="linkClicked"
-        v-html="postBodyHtml"
-      />
-      <a
-        v-if="hideSubjectStatus"
-        href="#"
-        class="cw-status-hider"
-        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+        :class="{'tall-status': hideTallStatus}"
+        class="status-content-wrapper"
       >
-        {{ $t("status.show_content") }}
-        <span
-          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('image')"
-          class="icon-picture"
+        <a
+          v-if="hideTallStatus"
+          class="tall-status-hider"
+          :class="{ 'tall-status-hider_focused': focused }"
+          href="#"
+          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+        >
+          {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
+        </a>
+        <div
+          v-if="!hideSubjectStatus"
+          :class="{ 'single-line': singleLine }"
+          class="status-content media-body"
+          @click.prevent="linkClicked"
+          @mouseover="linkHover"
+          v-html="postBodyHtml"
         />
-        <span
-          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('video')"
-          class="icon-video"
-        />
-        <span
-          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('audio')"
-          class="icon-music"
-        />
-        <span
-          v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('unknown')"
-          class="icon-doc"
-        />
-        <span
-          v-if="status.card"
-          class="icon-link"
-        />
-      </a>
-      <a
-        v-if="showingMore && !fullContent"
-        href="#"
-        class="status-unhider"
-        @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-      >
-        {{ tallStatus ? $t("general.show_less") : $t("status.hide_content") }}
-      </a>
-    </div>
+        <a
+          v-if="hideSubjectStatus"
+          href="#"
+          class="cw-status-hider"
+          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+        >
+          {{ $t("status.show_content") }}
+          <span
+            v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('image')"
+            class="icon-picture"
+          />
+          <span
+            v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('video')"
+            class="icon-video"
+          />
+          <span
+            v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('audio')"
+            class="icon-music"
+          />
+          <span
+            v-if="attachmentTypes.includes('unknown')"
+            class="icon-doc"
+          />
+          <span
+            v-if="status.card"
+            class="icon-link"
+          />
+        </a>
+        <a
+          v-if="showingMore && !fullContent"
+          href="#"
+          class="status-unhider"
+          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+        >
+          {{ tallStatus ? $t("general.show_less") : $t("status.hide_content") }}
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </UserPopover>
 
     <div v-if="status.poll && status.poll.options">
       <poll :base-poll="status.poll" />
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
index 533d61c2..9a483210 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
             <div class="bottom-line">
               <router-link
                 class="user-screen-name"
+                :title="user.screen_name"
                 :to="userProfileLink(user)"
               >
                 @{{ user.screen_name }}
diff --git a/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.js b/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.js
index b9143b89..2771342a 100644
--- a/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.js
+++ b/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 const UserPopover = {
   name: 'UserPopover',
   props: [
-    'userId'
+    'userId',
+    'focusedElement'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.vue b/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.vue
index 784481e7..80379988 100644
--- a/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_popover/user_popover.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <template>
   <Popover
+    v-if="userId"
     class="user-popover-container"
     trigger="hover"
     popover-class="user-popover"
     :bound-to="{ x: 'container' }"
     :delay="200"
+    :offset-element="focusedElement"
     @show="enter"
   >
     <template slot="trigger">
@@ -34,6 +36,12 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </Popover>
+  <div
+    v-else
+    class="user-popover-container"
+  >
+    <slot />
+  </div>
 </template>
 
 <script src="./user_popover.js" ></script>
diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index 68402602..5e213f0d 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import backendInteractorService from '../services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js'
 import { WSConnectionStatus } from '../services/api/api.service.js'
+import { maybeShowChatNotification } from '../services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js'
 import { Socket } from 'phoenix'
 
 const api = {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ const api = {
                   messages: [message.chatUpdate.lastMessage]
                 })
                 dispatch('updateChat', { chat: message.chatUpdate })
+                maybeShowChatNotification(store, message.chatUpdate)
               }
             }
           )
diff --git a/src/modules/chats.js b/src/modules/chats.js
index 228d6256..c7609018 100644
--- a/src/modules/chats.js
+++ b/src/modules/chats.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Vue from 'vue'
 import { find, omitBy, orderBy, sumBy } from 'lodash'
 import chatService from '../services/chat_service/chat_service.js'
 import { parseChat, parseChatMessage } from '../services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js'
+import { maybeShowChatNotification } from '../services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js'
 
 const emptyChatList = () => ({
   data: [],
@@ -59,8 +60,12 @@ const chats = {
           return chats
         })
     },
-    addNewChats ({ rootState, commit, dispatch, rootGetters }, { chats }) {
-      commit('addNewChats', { dispatch, chats, rootGetters })
+    addNewChats (store, { chats }) {
+      const { commit, dispatch, rootGetters } = store
+      const newChatMessageSideEffects = (chat) => {
+        maybeShowChatNotification(store, chat)
+      }
+      commit('addNewChats', { dispatch, chats, rootGetters, newChatMessageSideEffects })
     },
     updateChat ({ commit }, { chat }) {
       commit('updateChat', { chat })
@@ -130,13 +135,17 @@ const chats = {
     setCurrentChatId (state, { chatId }) {
       state.currentChatId = chatId
     },
-    addNewChats (state, { _dispatch, chats, _rootGetters }) {
+    addNewChats (state, { chats, newChatMessageSideEffects }) {
       chats.forEach((updatedChat) => {
         const chat = getChatById(state, updatedChat.id)
 
         if (chat) {
+          const isNewMessage = (chat.lastMessage && chat.lastMessage.id) !== (updatedChat.lastMessage && updatedChat.lastMessage.id)
           chat.lastMessage = updatedChat.lastMessage
           chat.unread = updatedChat.unread
+          if (isNewMessage && chat.unread) {
+            newChatMessageSideEffects(updatedChat)
+          }
         } else {
           state.chatList.data.push(updatedChat)
           Vue.set(state.chatList.idStore, updatedChat.id, updatedChat)
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 64f5b587..e108b2a7 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import {
   omitBy
 } from 'lodash'
 import { set } from 'vue'
-import { isStatusNotification, prepareNotificationObject } from '../services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js'
+import { isStatusNotification, maybeShowNotification } from '../services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js'
 import apiService from '../services/api/api.service.js'
-import { muteWordHits } from '../services/status_parser/status_parser.js'
 
 const emptyTl = (userId = 0) => ({
   statuses: [],
@@ -77,17 +76,6 @@ export const prepareStatus = (status) => {
   return status
 }
 
-const visibleNotificationTypes = (rootState) => {
-  return [
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.likes && 'like',
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.mentions && 'mention',
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.repeats && 'repeat',
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.follows && 'follow',
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.moves && 'move',
-    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.emojiReactions && 'pleroma:emoji_reactions'
-  ].filter(_ => _)
-}
-
 const mergeOrAdd = (arr, obj, item) => {
   const oldItem = obj[item.id]
 
@@ -325,7 +313,7 @@ const addNewStatuses = (state, { statuses, showImmediately = false, timeline, us
   }
 }
 
-const addNewNotifications = (state, { dispatch, notifications, older, visibleNotificationTypes, rootGetters }) => {
+const addNewNotifications = (state, { dispatch, notifications, older, visibleNotificationTypes, rootGetters, newNotificationSideEffects }) => {
   each(notifications, (notification) => {
     if (isStatusNotification(notification.type)) {
       notification.action = addStatusToGlobalStorage(state, notification.action).item
@@ -348,27 +336,7 @@ const addNewNotifications = (state, { dispatch, notifications, older, visibleNot
       state.notifications.data.push(notification)
       state.notifications.idStore[notification.id] = notification
 
-      if ('Notification' in window && window.Notification.permission === 'granted') {
-        const notifObj = prepareNotificationObject(notification, rootGetters.i18n)
-
-        const reasonsToMuteNotif = (
-          notification.seen ||
-            state.notifications.desktopNotificationSilence ||
-            !visibleNotificationTypes.includes(notification.type) ||
-            (
-              notification.type === 'mention' && status && (
-                status.muted ||
-                  muteWordHits(status, rootGetters.mergedConfig.muteWords).length === 0
-              )
-            )
-        )
-        if (!reasonsToMuteNotif) {
-          let desktopNotification = new window.Notification(notifObj.title, notifObj)
-          // Chrome is known for not closing notifications automatically
-          // according to MDN, anyway.
-          setTimeout(desktopNotification.close.bind(desktopNotification), 5000)
-        }
-      }
+      newNotificationSideEffects(notification)
     } else if (notification.seen) {
       state.notifications.idStore[notification.id].seen = true
     }
@@ -609,8 +577,13 @@ const statuses = {
     addNewStatuses ({ rootState, commit }, { statuses, showImmediately = false, timeline = false, noIdUpdate = false, userId, pagination }) {
       commit('addNewStatuses', { statuses, showImmediately, timeline, noIdUpdate, user: rootState.users.currentUser, userId, pagination })
     },
-    addNewNotifications ({ rootState, commit, dispatch, rootGetters }, { notifications, older }) {
-      commit('addNewNotifications', { visibleNotificationTypes: visibleNotificationTypes(rootState), dispatch, notifications, older, rootGetters })
+    addNewNotifications (store, { notifications, older }) {
+      const { commit, dispatch, rootGetters } = store
+
+      const newNotificationSideEffects = (notification) => {
+        maybeShowNotification(store, notification)
+      }
+      commit('addNewNotifications', { dispatch, notifications, older, rootGetters, newNotificationSideEffects })
     },
     setError ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setError', { value })
diff --git a/src/services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js b/src/services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab898ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { showDesktopNotification } from '../desktop_notification_utils/desktop_notification_utils.js'
+
+export const maybeShowChatNotification = (store, chat) => {
+  if (!chat.lastMessage) return
+  if (store.rootState.chats.currentChatId === chat.id && !document.hidden) return
+
+  const opts = {
+    tag: chat.lastMessage.id,
+    title: chat.account.name,
+    icon: chat.account.profile_image_url,
+    body: chat.lastMessage.content
+  }
+
+  if (chat.lastMessage.attachment && chat.lastMessage.attachment.type === 'image') {
+    opts.image = chat.lastMessage.attachment.preview_url
+  }
+
+  showDesktopNotification(store.rootState, opts)
+}
diff --git a/src/services/desktop_notification_utils/desktop_notification_utils.js b/src/services/desktop_notification_utils/desktop_notification_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b84a1f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/desktop_notification_utils/desktop_notification_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const showDesktopNotification = (rootState, desktopNotificationOpts) => {
+  if (!('Notification' in window && window.Notification.permission === 'granted')) return
+  if (rootState.statuses.notifications.desktopNotificationSilence) { return }
+
+  const desktopNotification = new window.Notification(desktopNotificationOpts.title, desktopNotificationOpts)
+  // Chrome is known for not closing notifications automatically
+  // according to MDN, anyway.
+  setTimeout(desktopNotification.close.bind(desktopNotification), 5000)
+}
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index 7ea8a16c..c1bf8535 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
       const relationship = data.pleroma.relationship
 
       output.background_image = data.pleroma.background_image
+      output.favicon = data.pleroma.favicon
       output.token = data.pleroma.chat_token
 
       if (relationship) {
diff --git a/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js b/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
index 5cc19215..d912d19f 100644
--- a/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
+++ b/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 import { filter, sortBy, includes } from 'lodash'
+import { muteWordHits } from '../status_parser/status_parser.js'
+import { showDesktopNotification } from '../desktop_notification_utils/desktop_notification_utils.js'
 
 export const notificationsFromStore = store => store.state.statuses.notifications.data
 
-export const visibleTypes = store => ([
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.likes && 'like',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.mentions && 'mention',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.repeats && 'repeat',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.follows && 'follow',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.followRequest && 'follow_request',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.moves && 'move',
-  store.state.config.notificationVisibility.emojiReactions && 'pleroma:emoji_reaction'
-].filter(_ => _))
+export const visibleTypes = store => {
+  const rootState = store.rootState || store.state
+
+  return ([
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.likes && 'like',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.mentions && 'mention',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.repeats && 'repeat',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.follows && 'follow',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.followRequest && 'follow_request',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.moves && 'move',
+    rootState.config.notificationVisibility.emojiReactions && 'pleroma:emoji_reaction'
+  ].filter(_ => _))
+}
 
 const statusNotifications = ['like', 'mention', 'repeat', 'pleroma:emoji_reaction']
 
@@ -32,6 +38,22 @@ const sortById = (a, b) => {
   }
 }
 
+const isMutedNotification = (store, notification) => {
+  if (!notification.status) return
+  return notification.status.muted || muteWordHits(notification.status, store.rootGetters.mergedConfig.muteWords).length > 0
+}
+
+export const maybeShowNotification = (store, notification) => {
+  const rootState = store.rootState || store.state
+
+  if (notification.seen) return
+  if (!visibleTypes(store).includes(notification.type)) return
+  if (notification.type === 'mention' && isMutedNotification(store, notification)) return
+
+  const notificationObject = prepareNotificationObject(notification, store.rootGetters.i18n)
+  showDesktopNotification(rootState, notificationObject)
+}
+
 export const filteredNotificationsFromStore = (store, types) => {
   // map is just to clone the array since sort mutates it and it causes some issues
   let sortedNotifications = notificationsFromStore(store).map(_ => _).sort(sortById)
diff --git a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
index d282074a..80be02ca 100644
--- a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials, older = false }) => {
     const notifications = timelineData.data
     const readNotifsIds = notifications.filter(n => n.seen).map(n => n.id)
     const numUnseenNotifs = notifications.length - readNotifsIds.length
-    if (numUnseenNotifs > 0) {
+    if (numUnseenNotifs > 0 && readNotifsIds.length > 0) {
       args['since'] = Math.max(...readNotifsIds)
       fetchNotifications({ store, args, older })
     }
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index 214294eb..d0cddf84 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({
   args['userId'] = userId
   args['tag'] = tag
   args['withMuted'] = !hideMutedPosts
-  if (loggedIn) args['replyVisibility'] = replyVisibility
+  if (loggedIn && ['friends', 'public', 'publicAndExternal'].includes(timeline)) {
+    args['replyVisibility'] = replyVisibility
+  }
 
   const numStatusesBeforeFetch = timelineData.statuses.length