diff --git a/actions/facebooksettings.php b/actions/facebooksettings.php
index 84bdde9101..b2b1d68071 100644
--- a/actions/facebooksettings.php
+++ b/actions/facebooksettings.php
@@ -58,8 +58,15 @@ class FacebooksettingsAction extends FacebookAction
         $this->flink->set_flags($noticesync, $replysync, false, false);
         $result = $this->flink->update($original);
 
+        if ($prefix == '' || $prefix == '0') {
+        	// Facebook bug: saving empty strings to prefs now fails
+        	// http://bugs.developers.facebook.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7110
+        	$trimmed = $prefix . ' ';
+        } else {
+	        $trimmed = substr($prefix, 0, 128);
+	    }
         $this->facebook->api_client->data_setUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX,
-            substr($prefix, 0, 128));
+            $trimmed);
 
         if ($result === false) {
             $this->showForm(_('There was a problem saving your sync preferences!'));
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ class FacebooksettingsAction extends FacebookAction
 
             $this->elementStart('li');
 
-            $prefix = $this->facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX);
+            $prefix = trim($this->facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX));
 
             $this->input('prefix', _('Prefix'),
                          ($prefix) ? $prefix : null,
diff --git a/lib/facebookutil.php b/lib/facebookutil.php
index f5121609d6..c991c5439c 100644
--- a/lib/facebookutil.php
+++ b/lib/facebookutil.php
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ function facebookBroadcastNotice($notice)
             // XXX: Does this call count against our per user FB request limit?
             // If so we should consider storing verb elsewhere or not storing
 
-            $prefix = $facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX,
-                                                                    $fbuid);
+            $prefix = trim($facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX,
+                                                                         $fbuid));
 
             $status = "$prefix $notice->content";
 
diff --git a/plugins/Realtime/realtimeupdate.js b/plugins/Realtime/realtimeupdate.js
index a75f17d8c5..9371326fe6 100644
--- a/plugins/Realtime/realtimeupdate.js
+++ b/plugins/Realtime/realtimeupdate.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RealtimeUpdate = {
      _replyurl: '',
      _favorurl: '',
      _deleteurl: '',
+     _updatecounter: 0,
 
      init: function(userid, replyurl, favorurl, deleteurl)
      {
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ RealtimeUpdate = {
         RealtimeUpdate._favorurl = favorurl;
         RealtimeUpdate._deleteurl = deleteurl;
 
+        DT = document.title;
+
         $(window).blur(function() {
           $('#notices_primary .notice').css({
             'border-top-color':$('#notices_primary .notice:last').css('border-top-color'),
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@ RealtimeUpdate = {
             'border-top-color':'#AAAAAA',
             'border-top-style':'solid'
           });
-          
+
+          RealtimeUpdate._updatecounter = 0;
+          document.title = DT;
+
           return false;
         });
      },
@@ -39,12 +45,15 @@ RealtimeUpdate = {
               if ($("#notice-"+id).length > 0) {
                    return;
               }
-    
+
               var noticeItem = RealtimeUpdate.makeNoticeItem(data);
               $("#notices_primary .notices").prepend(noticeItem);
               $("#notices_primary .notice:first").css({display:"none"});
               $("#notices_primary .notice:first").fadeIn(1000);
               NoticeReply();
+
+              RealtimeUpdate._updatecounter += 1;
+              document.title = '('+RealtimeUpdate._updatecounter+') ' + DT;
           }, 500);
      },