diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index 87168ace4a..fb6a621273 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -841,10 +841,8 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
 
         $notices = new Notice();
         $notices->profile_id = $this->getID();
-        $notices->whereAddIn('verb',
-                                [ActivityUtils::resolveUri(ActivityVerb::POST, true), ActivityVerb::POST],
-                                $notices->columnType('verb'));
-        $cnt = (int) $notices->count(); // we don't have to provide anything as Notice is key'd
+        $notices->verb = ActivityVerb::POST;
+        $cnt = (int) $notices->count('id'); // Not sure if I imagine this, but 'id' was faster than the defaulting 'uri'?
 
         if (!empty($c)) {
             $c->set(Cache::key('profile:notice_count:'.$this->getID()), $cnt);
diff --git a/lib/noticestream.php b/lib/noticestream.php
index 2b04a89ca4..72325a0fe4 100644
--- a/lib/noticestream.php
+++ b/lib/noticestream.php
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ abstract class NoticeStream
     public function __construct()
     {
         foreach ($this->selectVerbs as $key=>$val) {
-            // to avoid database inconsistency issues we select both relative and absolute verbs
             $this->selectVerbs[ActivityUtils::resolveUri($key)] = $val;
-            $this->selectVerbs[ActivityUtils::resolveUri($key, true)] = $val;
+            // to avoid database inconsistency issues we can select both relative and absolute verbs
+            //$this->selectVerbs[ActivityUtils::resolveUri($key, true)] = $val;
         }
     }