diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index 8dbdcbd973..239c368ca1 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -380,54 +380,32 @@ class Profile extends Memcached_DataObject
 
     function getSubscriptions($offset=0, $limit=null)
     {
-        $qry =
-          'SELECT profile.* ' .
-          'FROM profile JOIN subscription ' .
-          'ON profile.id = subscription.subscribed ' .
-          'WHERE subscription.subscriber = %d ' .
-          'AND subscription.subscribed != subscription.subscriber ' .
-          'ORDER BY subscription.created DESC ';
+        $subs = Subscription::bySubscriber($this->id,
+                                           $offset,
+                                           $limit);
 
-        if ($offset>0 && !is_null($limit)){
-            if (common_config('db','type') == 'pgsql') {
-                $qry .= ' LIMIT ' . $limit . ' OFFSET ' . $offset;
-            } else {
-                $qry .= ' LIMIT ' . $offset . ', ' . $limit;
-            }
+        $profiles = array();
+
+        while ($subs->fetch()) {
+            $profiles[] = Profile::staticGet($subs->subscribed);
         }
 
-        $profile = new Profile();
-
-        $profile->query(sprintf($qry, $this->id));
-
-        return $profile;
+        return new ArrayWrapper($profiles);
     }
 
     function getSubscribers($offset=0, $limit=null)
     {
-        $qry =
-          'SELECT profile.* ' .
-          'FROM profile JOIN subscription ' .
-          'ON profile.id = subscription.subscriber ' .
-          'WHERE subscription.subscribed = %d ' .
-          'AND subscription.subscribed != subscription.subscriber ' .
-          'ORDER BY subscription.created DESC ';
+        $subs = Subscription::bySubscribed($this->id,
+                                           $offset,
+                                           $limit);
 
-        if ($offset>0 && !is_null($limit)){
-            if ($offset) {
-                if (common_config('db','type') == 'pgsql') {
-                    $qry .= ' LIMIT ' . $limit . ' OFFSET ' . $offset;
-                } else {
-                    $qry .= ' LIMIT ' . $offset . ', ' . $limit;
-                }
-            }
+        $profiles = array();
+
+        while ($subs->fetch()) {
+            $profiles[] = Profile::staticGet($subs->subscriber);
         }
 
-        $profile = new Profile();
-
-        $cnt = $profile->query(sprintf($qry, $this->id));
-
-        return $profile;
+        return new ArrayWrapper($profiles);
     }
 
     function getConnectedApps($offset = 0, $limit = null)
diff --git a/classes/Subscription.php b/classes/Subscription.php
index e9ad2a5a20..a4764e9f15 100644
--- a/classes/Subscription.php
+++ b/classes/Subscription.php
@@ -264,4 +264,68 @@ class Subscription extends Memcached_DataObject
 
         return $act;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Stream of subscriptions with the same subscriber
+     *
+     * Useful for showing pages that list subscriptions in reverse
+     * chronological order. Has offset & limit to make paging
+     * easy.
+     *
+     * @param integer $subscriberId Profile ID of the subscriber
+     * @param integer $offset       Offset from latest
+     * @param integer $limit        Maximum number to fetch
+     *
+     * @return Subscription stream of subscriptions; use fetch() to iterate
+     */
+
+    static function bySubscriber($subscriberId,
+                                 $offset = 0,
+                                 $limit = PROFILES_PER_PAGE)
+    {
+        $sub = new Subscription();
+
+        $sub->subscriber = $subscriberId;
+
+        $sub->whereAdd('subscribed != ' . $subscriberId);
+
+        $sub->orderBy('created DESC');
+        $sub->limit($offset, $limit);
+
+        $sub->find();
+
+        return $sub;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stream of subscriptions with the same subscribed profile
+     *
+     * Useful for showing pages that list subscribers in reverse
+     * chronological order. Has offset & limit to make paging
+     * easy.
+     *
+     * @param integer $subscribedId Profile ID of the subscribed
+     * @param integer $offset       Offset from latest
+     * @param integer $limit        Maximum number to fetch
+     *
+     * @return Subscription stream of subscriptions; use fetch() to iterate
+     */
+
+    static function bySubscribed($subscribedId,
+                                 $offset = 0,
+                                 $limit = PROFILES_PER_PAGE)
+    {
+        $sub = new Subscription();
+
+        $sub->subscribed = $subscribedId;
+
+        $sub->whereAdd('subscriber != ' . $subscribedId);
+
+        $sub->orderBy('created DESC');
+        $sub->limit($offset, $limit);
+
+        $sub->find();
+
+        return $sub;
+    }
 }