diff --git a/actions/public.php b/actions/public.php
index 1b6c14b2e6..b029407250 100644
--- a/actions/public.php
+++ b/actions/public.php
@@ -85,11 +85,8 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
 
         common_set_returnto($this->selfUrl());
 
-        $stream = new PublicNoticeStream(PublicNoticeStream::THREADED);
-        $this->notice = $stream->getNotices(($this->page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
-                                            NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1,
-                                            0,
-                                            0);
+        $this->notice = Notice::publicStream(($this->page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
+                                       NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
 
         if (!$this->notice) {
             // TRANS: Server error displayed when a public timeline cannot be retrieved.
diff --git a/lib/filenoticestream.php b/lib/filenoticestream.php
index 8c01893634..2b5e53eaf7 100644
--- a/lib/filenoticestream.php
+++ b/lib/filenoticestream.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class RawFileNoticeStream extends NoticeStream
 
     function __construct($file)
     {
-        parent::__construct();
         $this->file = $file;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/publicnoticestream.php b/lib/publicnoticestream.php
index 08ac790fab..5c8d313d46 100644
--- a/lib/publicnoticestream.php
+++ b/lib/publicnoticestream.php
@@ -47,16 +47,10 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
 
 class PublicNoticeStream extends ScopingNoticeStream
 {
-    const THREADED=true;
-
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param boolean $threaded set to true to exclude replies, for later fetching
-     */
-    function __construct($threaded=false)
+    function __construct()
     {
-        parent::__construct(new CachingNoticeStream(new RawPublicNoticeStream($threaded),
-                                                    $threaded ? 'public:threaded' : 'public'));
+        parent::__construct(new CachingNoticeStream(new RawPublicNoticeStream(),
+                                                    'public'));
     }
 }
 
@@ -73,13 +67,6 @@ class PublicNoticeStream extends ScopingNoticeStream
 
 class RawPublicNoticeStream extends NoticeStream
 {
-    var $threaded;
-
-    function __construct($threaded=false)
-    {
-        $this->threaded = $threaded;
-    }
-
     function getNoticeIds($offset, $limit, $since_id, $max_id)
     {
         $notice = new Notice();
@@ -100,9 +87,6 @@ class RawPublicNoticeStream extends NoticeStream
             $notice->whereAdd('is_local !='. Notice::LOCAL_NONPUBLIC);
             $notice->whereAdd('is_local !='. Notice::GATEWAY);
         }
-        if ($this->threaded) {
-            $notice->whereAdd('reply_to IS NULL');
-        }
 
         Notice::addWhereSinceId($notice, $since_id);
         Notice::addWhereMaxId($notice, $max_id);
diff --git a/theme/neo/css/display.css b/theme/neo/css/display.css
index 61258bfab6..555b280825 100644
--- a/theme/neo/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/neo/css/display.css
@@ -1408,4 +1408,9 @@ table.profile_list tr.alt {
     margin-top: 0px;
 }
 
+.question p.best {
+    background: url(../images/rosette.png) no-repeat top left;
+    padding-left: 20px;
+}
+
 }/*end of @media screen, projection, tv*/
diff --git a/theme/neo/images/rosette.png b/theme/neo/images/rosette.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f233bc7705
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