diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index aa46be739a..3a5afe053d 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 
 					updateNotifCount(data.unread.length);
 
-					socket.emit('modules.notifications.mark_all_read', null, function(err) {
+					socket.emit('modules.notifications.markAllRead', null, function(err) {
 						if (!err) {
 							updateNotifCount(0);
 						}
diff --git a/src/database/redis/hash.js b/src/database/redis/hash.js
index b0204b9932..86ed0027d9 100644
--- a/src/database/redis/hash.js
+++ b/src/database/redis/hash.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ module.exports = function(redisClient, module) {
 	};
 
 	module.getObjectsFields = function(keys, fields, callback) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(fields) || !fields.length) {
+			return callback(null, keys.map(function() { return {}; }));
+		}
 		var	multi = redisClient.multi();
 
 		for(var x=0; x<keys.length; ++x) {
diff --git a/src/messaging.js b/src/messaging.js
index 599f6df308..37d727d5fa 100644
--- a/src/messaging.js
+++ b/src/messaging.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 		});
 
 		// Mark any chat notifications pertaining to this chat as read
-		notifications.mark_read_by_uniqueid(fromuid, 'chat_' + touid + '_' + fromuid, function(err) {
+		notifications.markReadByUniqueId(fromuid, 'chat_' + touid + '_' + fromuid, function(err) {
 			if (err) {
 				winston.error('[messaging] Could not mark notifications related to this chat as read: ' + err.message);
 			}
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 33ff57171a..95376de345 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -23,75 +23,58 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		new cron('0 0 * * *', Notifications.prune, null, true);
 	};
 
-	Notifications.get = function(nid, uid, callback) {
+	Notifications.get = function(nid, callback) {
 		db.exists('notifications:' + nid, function(err, exists) {
 			if (err) {
 				winston.error('[notifications.get] Could not retrieve nid ' + nid + ': ' + err.message);
-				return callback(null);
+				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			if (exists) {
-				db.sortedSetRank('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid, function(err, rank) {
-					db.getObject('notifications:' + nid, function(err, notification) {
-						notification.read = rank !== null ? true:false;
+			if (!exists) {
+				return callback(null, null);
+			}
 
-						// Backwards compatibility for old notification schema
-						// Remove this block when NodeBB v0.6.0 is released.
-						if (notification.hasOwnProperty('text')) {
-							notification.bodyShort = notification.text;
-							notification.bodyLong = '';
-							notification.text = S(notification.text).escapeHTML().s;
-						}
-
-						notification.bodyShort = S(notification.bodyShort).escapeHTML().s;
-						notification.bodyLong = S(notification.bodyLong).escapeHTML().s;
-
-						if (notification.from && !notification.image) {
-							User.getUserField(notification.from, 'picture', function(err, picture) {
-								notification.image = picture;
-								callback(notification);
-							});
-						} else if (notification.image) {
-							switch(notification.image) {
-								case 'brand:logo':
-									notification.image = meta.config['brand:logo'] || nconf.get('relative_path') + '/logo.png';
-								break;
-							}
-
-							callback(notification);
-						} else {
-							callback(notification);
-						}
-					});
-				});
-			} else {
-				// Remove from the user's boxes
-				if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-					winston.info('[notifications.get] nid ' + nid + ' not found. Removing.');
+			db.getObject('notifications:' + nid, function(err, notification) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				async.parallel([
-					function(next) {
-						db.sortedSetRemove('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', nid, next);
-					},
-					function(next) {
-						db.sortedSetRemove('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid, next);
+				// Backwards compatibility for old notification schema
+				// Remove this block when NodeBB v0.6.0 is released.
+				if (notification.hasOwnProperty('text')) {
+					notification.bodyShort = notification.text;
+					notification.bodyLong = '';
+					notification.text = S(notification.text).escapeHTML().s;
+				}
+
+				notification.bodyShort = S(notification.bodyShort).escapeHTML().s;
+				notification.bodyLong = S(notification.bodyLong).escapeHTML().s;
+
+				if (notification.from && !notification.image) {
+					User.getUserField(notification.from, 'picture', function(err, picture) {
+						if (err) {
+							return callback(err);
+						}
+						notification.image = picture;
+						callback(null, notification);
+					});
+					return;
+				} else if (notification.image) {
+					switch(notification.image) {
+						case 'brand:logo':
+							notification.image = meta.config['brand:logo'] || nconf.get('relative_path') + '/logo.png';
+						break;
 					}
-				], function(err) {
-					callback(null);
-				});
-			}
+
+					return callback(null, notification);
+				}
+
+				callback(null, notification);
+			});
 		});
 	};
 
 	Notifications.create = function(data, callback) {
-		/**
-		*data.uniqueId is used solely to override stale nids.
-		*		If a new nid is pushed to a user and an existing nid in the user's
-		*		(un)read list contains the same uniqueId, it will be removed, and
-		*		the new one put in its place.
-		*/
-
 		// Add default values to data Object if not already set
 		var	defaults = {
 				bodyShort: '',
@@ -117,36 +100,47 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		}
 
 		db.incrObjectField('global', 'nextNid', function(err, nid) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
 			data.nid = nid;
 			db.setAdd('notifications', nid);
-			db.setObject('notifications:' + nid, data, function(err, status) {
-				if (!err) {
-					callback(nid);
-				} else {
-					winston.error('[notifications.create] ' + err.message);
-				}
+			db.setObject('notifications:' + nid, data, function(err) {
+				callback(err, nid);
 			});
 		});
 	};
 
 	Notifications.push = function(nid, uids, callback) {
+		callback = callback || function() {};
 		var websockets = require('./socket.io');
 		if (!Array.isArray(uids)) {
 			uids = [uids];
 		}
 
-		var numUids = uids.length,
-			x;
+		Notifications.get(nid, function(err, notif_data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
-		Notifications.get(nid, null, function(notif_data) {
 			async.each(uids, function(uid, next) {
 				if (!parseInt(uid, 10)) {
 					return next();
 				}
 
-				checkReplace(notif_data.uniqueId, uid, notif_data, function(err, replace) {
-					if (replace) {
-						db.sortedSetAdd('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', notif_data.datetime, nid);
+				shouldPush(uid, notif_data, function(err, shouldPush) {
+					if (err || !shouldPush) {
+						return callback(err);
+					}
+
+					async.parallel([
+						async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', notif_data.datetime, notif_data.uniqueId),
+						async.apply(db.sortedSetRemove, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', notif_data.uniqueId)
+					], function(err) {
+						if (err) {
+							return next(err);
+						}
 
 						// Client-side
 						websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:new_notification', notif_data);
@@ -154,18 +148,57 @@ var async = require('async'),
 						// Plugins
 						notif_data.uid = uid;
 						plugins.fireHook('action:notification.pushed', notif_data);
-					}
-					next();
-				});
 
-			}, function(err) {
-				if (callback) {
-					callback(null, true);
-				}
-			});
+						db.setObjectField('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', notif_data.uniqueId, nid, next);
+					});
+				});
+			}, callback);
 		});
 	};
 
+	function shouldPush(uid, newNotifObj, callback) {
+		hasNotification(newNotifObj.uniqueId, uid, function(err, hasNotification) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			if (!hasNotification) {
+				return callback(null, true);
+			}
+
+			db.getObjectField('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', newNotifObj.uniqueId, function(err, nid) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				db.getObjectFields('notifications:' + nid, ['nid', 'uniqueId', 'importance'], function(err, oldNotifObj) {
+					if (err) {
+						return callback(err);
+					}
+
+					if (!oldNotifObj || newNotifObj.uniqueId !== oldNotifObj.uniqueId) {
+						return callback(null, true);
+					}
+
+					callback(null, parseInt(newNotifObj.importance, 10) >= parseInt(oldNotifObj.importance, 10));
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	function hasNotification(uniqueId, uid, callback) {
+		async.parallel([
+			async.apply(db.isSortedSetMember, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', uniqueId),
+			async.apply(db.isSortedSetMember, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', uniqueId)
+		], function(err, results) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			callback(null, results[0] || results[1]);
+		});
+	}
+
 	Notifications.pushGroup = function(nid, groupName, callback) {
 		if (!callback) {
 			callback = function() {};
@@ -182,129 +215,55 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 	};
 
-	function checkReplace(uniqueId, uid, newNotifObj, callback) {
-		var	replace = false, matched = false;
 
-		function checkAndRemove(set, next) {
-			db.getSortedSetRange(set, 0, -1, function(err, nids) {
-				if (err || !nids || !nids.length) {
-					return next(err);
-				}
-
-				var keys = nids.map(function(nid) {
-					return 'notifications:' + nid;
-				});
-
-				db.getObjectsFields(keys, ['nid', 'uniqueId', 'importance'], function(err, nid_infos) {
-					if (err) {
-						return next(err);
-					}
-
-					nid_infos.forEach(function(nid_info) {
-						if (nid_info && nid_info.uniqueId === uniqueId) {
-							matched = true;
-							if ((nid_info.importance || 5) >= newNotifObj.importance) {
-								replace = true;
-								db.sortedSetRemove(set, nid_info.nid);
-							}
-						}
-
-					});
-
-					next();
-				});
-			});
-		}
-
-		async.parallel([
-			function(next) {
-				checkAndRemove('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				checkAndRemove('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', next);
-			}
-		], function(err) {
-			if (!err) {
-				if (replace === false && matched === false) {
-					replace = true;
-				}
-
-				callback(null, replace);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
-	Notifications.mark_read = function(nid, uid, callback) {
+	Notifications.markRead = function(nid, uid, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function() {};
 		if (!parseInt(uid, 10)) {
 			return callback();
 		}
 
-		Notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
+		Notifications.get(nid, function(err, notificationData) {
+			if (err || !notificationData)  {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
 			async.parallel([
-				function(next) {
-					db.sortedSetRemove('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', nid, next);
-				},
-				function(next) {
-					if (!notif_data) {
-						return next();
-					}
-					db.sortedSetAdd('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', notif_data.datetime, nid, next);
-				}
+				async.apply(db.sortedSetRemove, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', notificationData.uniqueId),
+				async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', notificationData.datetime, notificationData.uniqueId)
 			], callback);
 		});
 	};
 
-	Notifications.mark_read_multiple = function(nids, uid, callback) {
+	Notifications.markReadMultiple = function(nids, uid, callback) {
+		callback = callback || function() {};
 		if (!Array.isArray(nids) && parseInt(nids, 10) > 0) {
 			nids = [nids];
 		}
 
 		async.each(nids, function(nid, next) {
-			Notifications.mark_read(nid, uid, function(err) {
-				if (!err) {
-					next(null);
-				}
-			});
-		}, function(err) {
-			if (callback) {
-				callback(err);
-			}
-		});
+			Notifications.markRead(nid, uid, next);
+		}, callback);
 	};
 
-	Notifications.mark_all_read = function(uid, callback) {
-		db.getSortedSetRange('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 10, function(err, nids) {
+	Notifications.markAllRead = function(uid, callback) {
+		db.getObjectValues('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', function(err, nids) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			if (nids.length > 0) {
-				Notifications.mark_read_multiple(nids, uid, function(err) {
-					callback(err);
-				});
-			} else {
-				callback();
+			if (!Array.isArray(nids) || !nids.length) {
+				return callback(err);
 			}
+
+			Notifications.markReadMultiple(nids, uid, callback);
 		});
 	};
 
-	// why_are_we_using_underscores_here_?
-	// maybe_camel_case_ALL_THE_THINGS
-	Notifications.mark_read_by_uniqueid = function(uid, uniqueId, callback) {
+	Notifications.markReadByUniqueId = function(uid, uniqueId, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
-			async.apply(db.getSortedSetRange, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 10),
-			function(nids, next) {
-				async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
-					db.getObjectField('notifications:' + nid, 'uniqueId', function(err, value) {
-						next(uniqueId === value);
-					});
-				}, function(nids) {
-					next(null, nids);
-				});
-			},
-			function(nids, next) {
-				Notifications.mark_read_multiple(nids, uid, next);
+			async.apply(db.getObjectField, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', uniqueId),
+			function(nid, next) {
+				Notifications.markRead(nid, uid, next);
 			}
 		], callback);
 	};
@@ -326,13 +285,13 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		var	cutoffTime = cutoff.getTime();
 
 		db.getSetMembers('notifications', function(err, nids) {
+			if (err) {
+				return winston.error(err.message);
+			}
+
 			async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
 				db.getObjectField('notifications:' + nid, 'datetime', function(err, datetime) {
-					if (parseInt(datetime, 10) < cutoffTime) {
-						next(true);
-					} else {
-						next(false);
-					}
+					next(!err && parseInt(datetime, 10) < cutoffTime);
 				});
 			}, function(expiredNids) {
 				async.each(expiredNids, function(nid, next) {
diff --git a/src/routes/debug.js b/src/routes/debug.js
index a03c5b2649..d41bfac333 100644
--- a/src/routes/debug.js
+++ b/src/routes/debug.js
@@ -56,6 +56,38 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	});
 
 	router.get('/test', function(req, res) {
-		res.redirect('404');
+		//res.redirect('404');
+		var notifications = require('../notifications');
+		var nconf = require('nconf');
+
+		var username = 'julian';
+		var topicTitle = 'testing tags';
+		var topicSlug = '1748/testing-tags';
+		var postIndex = 1;
+		var tid = 1748;
+		var fromUid = 2;
+
+		notifications.create({
+			bodyShort: '[[notifications:user_posted_to, ' + username + ', ' + topicTitle + ']]',
+			bodyLong: 'asdasd khajsdhakhdakj hdkash dakhdakjdhakjs',
+			path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + topicSlug + '/' + postIndex,
+			uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
+			from: fromUid
+		}, function(err, nid) {
+			notifications.push(nid, [1]);
+			res.json('done');
+		});
 	});
+
+	router.get('/dailyunread', function(req, res) {
+		//var userNotifs = require('./user');
+		user.notifications.getDailyUnread(1, function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				res.json(500, err.message);
+			}
+
+			res.json(data);
+
+		});
+	})
 };
diff --git a/src/socket.io/modules.js b/src/socket.io/modules.js
index b396299fa9..45fde242dd 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/modules.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/modules.js
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ function sendChatNotification(fromuid, touid, messageObj) {
 			path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/chats/' + utils.slugify(messageObj.fromUser.username),
 			uniqueId: 'chat_' + fromuid + '_' + touid,
 			from: fromuid
-		}, function(nid) {
-			notifications.push(nid, [touid]);
+		}, function(err, nid) {
+			if (!err) {
+				notifications.push(nid, [touid]);
+			}
 		});
 	}
 }
@@ -278,12 +280,12 @@ SocketModules.chats.list = function(socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 /* Notifications */
-SocketModules.notifications.mark_read = function(socket, nid) {
-	notifications.mark_read(nid, socket.uid);
+SocketModules.notifications.markRead = function(socket, nid) {
+	notifications.markRead(nid, socket.uid);
 };
 
-SocketModules.notifications.mark_all_read = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	notifications.mark_all_read(socket.uid, callback);
+SocketModules.notifications.markAllRead = function(socket, data, callback) {
+	notifications.markAllRead(socket.uid, callback);
 };
 
 /* Sounds */
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index 3636a1f0a2..7756f2e28e 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ function sendNotificationToPostOwner(data, uid, notification) {
 					path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.slug + '/' + results.index,
 					uniqueId: 'post:' + data.pid,
 					from: uid
-				}, function(nid) {
-					notifications.push(nid, [postData.uid]);
+				}, function(err, nid) {
+					if (!err) {
+						notifications.push(nid, [postData.uid]);
+					}
 				});
 			});
 		});
@@ -327,10 +329,11 @@ SocketPosts.flag = function(socket, pid, callback) {
 				path: path,
 				uniqueId: 'post_flag:' + pid,
 				from: socket.uid
-			}, function(nid) {
-				notifications.push(nid, adminGroup.members, function() {
-					next();
-				});
+			}, function(err, nid) {
+				if (err) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+				notifications.push(nid, adminGroup.members, next);
 			});
 		},
 		function(next) {
diff --git a/src/topics/follow.js b/src/topics/follow.js
index 644dde717c..ae20fc70bc 100644
--- a/src/topics/follow.js
+++ b/src/topics/follow.js
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 						path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.topicData.slug + '/' + results.postIndex,
 						uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
 						from: exceptUid
-					}, function(nid) {
-						next(null, nid);
-					});
+					}, next);
 				});
 			},
 			followers: function(next) {
diff --git a/src/topics/unread.js b/src/topics/unread.js
index f7a3f8a700..7316bf7759 100644
--- a/src/topics/unread.js
+++ b/src/topics/unread.js
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.markTopicNotificationsRead = function(tid, uid) {
-		user.notifications.getUnreadByUniqueId(uid, 'topic:' + tid, function(err, nids) {
-			notifications.mark_read_multiple(nids, uid, function() {
+		user.notifications.getUnreadByField(uid, 'tid', tid, function(err, nids) {
+			notifications.markReadMultiple(nids, uid, function() {
 				user.notifications.pushCount(uid);
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/src/user/create.js b/src/user/create.js
index b0d6850ea5..b3b556edb7 100644
--- a/src/user/create.js
+++ b/src/user/create.js
@@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 							bodyLong: '',
 							image: 'brand:logo',
 							datetime: Date.now()
-						}, function(nid) {
-							notifications.push(nid, uid);
+						}, function(err, nid) {
+							if (!err) {
+								notifications.push(nid, uid);
+							}
 						});
 					}
 
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 29af39a6ec..8ab14c4cea 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				function(next) {
 					db.delete('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', next);
 				},
+				function(next) {
+					db.delete('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', next);
+				},
 				function(next) {
 					db.sortedSetRemove('users:joindate', uid, next);
 				},
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index d4f1b79708..e2c782a55f 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -15,30 +15,57 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	privileges = require('../privileges');
 
 (function(UserNotifications) {
+
 	UserNotifications.get = function(uid, callback) {
+
+
 		function getNotifications(set, start, stop, iterator, done) {
-			db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop, function(err, nids) {
+			db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, stop, function(err, uniqueIds) {
 				if(err) {
 					return done(err);
 				}
 
-				if(!nids || nids.length === 0) {
+				if(!Array.isArray(uniqueIds) || !uniqueIds.length) {
 					return done(null, []);
 				}
 
-				if (nids.length > maxNotifs) {
-					nids.length = maxNotifs;
+				if (uniqueIds.length > maxNotifs) {
+					uniqueIds.length = maxNotifs;
 				}
 
-				async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
-					notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
-						if(typeof iterator === 'function') {
-							iterator(notif_data);
-						}
+				db.getObjectFields('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', uniqueIds, function(err, uniqueIdToNids) {
+					if (err) {
+						return done(err);
+					}
 
-						next(null, notif_data);
+					var nidsToUniqueIds = {};
+					Object.keys(uniqueIdToNids).forEach(function(uniqueId) {
+						nidsToUniqueIds[uniqueIdToNids[uniqueId]] = uniqueId;
 					});
-				}, done);
+
+					async.map(Object.keys(nidsToUniqueIds), function(nid, next) {
+						notifications.get(nid, function(err, notif_data) {
+							if (err) {
+								return next(err);
+							}
+
+							if (!notif_data) {
+								if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+									winston.info('[notifications.get] nid ' + nid + ' not found. Removing.');
+								}
+
+								db.sortedSetRemove(set, nidsToUniqueIds[nid]);
+								return next();
+							}
+
+							if (typeof iterator === 'function') {
+								iterator(notif_data, next);
+							} else {
+								next(null, notif_data);
+							}
+						});
+					}, done);
+				});
 			});
 		}
 
@@ -47,13 +74,16 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		async.parallel({
 			unread: function(next) {
 				getNotifications('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 9, function(notif_data) {
-					if (notif_data) {
-						notif_data.readClass = !notif_data.read ? 'label-warning' : '';
-					}
+					notif_data.read = false;
+					notif_data.readClass = !notif_data.read ? 'label-warning' : '';
+					next(null, notif_data);
 				}, next);
 			},
 			read: function(next) {
-				getNotifications('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', 0, 9, null, next);
+				getNotifications('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', 0, 9, function(notif_data, next) {
+					notif_data.read = true;
+					next(null, notif_data);
+				}, next);
 			}
 		}, function(err, notifications) {
 			function filterDeleted(notifObj) {
@@ -85,41 +115,75 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			before = new Date(parseInt(before, 10));
 		}
 
-		db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', 0, limit, before ? before.getTime(): now.getTime(), -Infinity, function(err, results1) {
-			db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, limit, before ? before.getTime(): now.getTime(), -Infinity, function(err, results2) {
+		db.getObjectValues('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', function(err, nids) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
-				var nids = results1.concat(results2);
-				async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
-					notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
+			async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
+				notifications.get(nid, function(err, notif_data) {
+					if (err || !notif_data) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+					UserNotifications.isNotificationRead(notif_data.nid, uid, function(err, isRead) {
+						if (err) {
+							return next(err);
+						}
+
+						notif_data.read = isRead;
 						next(null, notif_data);
 					});
-				}, function(err, notifs) {
-					notifs = notifs.filter(function(notif) {
-						return notif !== null;
-					}).sort(function(a, b) {
-						return parseInt(b.datetime, 10) - parseInt(a.datetime, 10);
-					}).map(function(notif) {
-						notif.datetimeISO = utils.toISOString(notif.datetime);
-						notif.readClass = !notif.read ? 'label-warning' : '';
-
-						return notif;
-					});
-
-					callback(err, notifs);
 				});
+			}, function(err, notifs) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				notifs = notifs.filter(function(notif) {
+					return notif !== null;
+				}).sort(function(a, b) {
+					return parseInt(b.datetime, 10) - parseInt(a.datetime, 10);
+				}).map(function(notif) {
+					notif.datetimeISO = utils.toISOString(notif.datetime);
+					notif.readClass = !notif.read ? 'label-warning' : '';
+					return notif;
+				});
+
+				callback(null, notifs);
 			});
 		});
 	};
 
+	UserNotifications.isNotificationRead = function(nid, uid, callback) {
+		db.isSortedSetMember('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid, callback);
+	};
+
 	UserNotifications.getDailyUnread = function(uid, callback) {
 		var	now = Date.now(),
 			yesterday = now - (1000*60*60*24);	// Approximate, can be more or less depending on time changes, makes no difference really.
-		db.getSortedSetRangeByScore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 20, yesterday, now, function(err, nids) {
-			async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
-				notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
-					next(null, notif_data);
+
+		db.getSortedSetRangeByScore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 20, yesterday, now, function(err, uniqueIds) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			if (!Array.isArray(uniqueIds) || !uniqueIds.length) {
+				return callback(null, []);
+			}
+
+			db.getObjectFields('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', uniqueIds, function(err, uniqueIdToNids) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				var nids = Object.keys(uniqueIdToNids).map(function(uniqueId) {
+					return uniqueIdToNids[uniqueId];
 				});
-			}, callback);
+
+				async.map(nids, function(nid, next) {
+					notifications.get(nid, next);
+				}, callback);
+			});
 		});
 	};
 
@@ -127,27 +191,41 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		db.sortedSetCount('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', -Infinity, Infinity, callback);
 	};
 
-	UserNotifications.getUnreadByUniqueId = function(uid, uniqueId, callback) {
-		db.getSortedSetRange('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, -1, function(err, nids) {
+	UserNotifications.getUnreadByField = function(uid, field, value, callback) {
+		db.getSortedSetRange('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, -1, function(err, uniqueIds) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
-			async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
-				notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notifObj) {
-					if(!notifObj) {
-						return next(false);
-					}
+			if (!Array.isArray(uniqueIds) || !uniqueIds.length) {
+				return callback(null, []);
+			}
 
-					if (notifObj.uniqueId === uniqueId) {
-						next(true);
-					} else {
-						next(false);
-					}
+			db.getObjectFields('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:uniqueId:nid', uniqueIds, function(err, uniqueIdsToNids) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				var nids = Object.keys(uniqueIdsToNids).map(function(uniqueId) {
+					return uniqueIdsToNids[uniqueId];
+				});
+
+				async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
+					notifications.get(nid, uid, function(err, notifObj) {
+						if (err || !notifObj) {
+							return next(false);
+						}
+
+						next(notifObj[field] === value.toString());
+					});
+				}, function(nids) {
+					callback(null, nids);
 				});
-			}, function(nids) {
-				callback(null, nids);
 			});
 		});
 	};
 
+
 	UserNotifications.sendPostNotificationToFollowers = function(uid, tid, pid) {
 		db.getSetMembers('followers:' + uid, function(err, followers) {
 			if (err || !followers || !followers.length) {
@@ -184,7 +262,10 @@ var async = require('async'),
 					path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.topic.slug + '/' + results.postIndex,
 					uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
 					from: uid
-				}, function(nid) {
+				}, function(err, nid) {
+					if (err) {
+						return;
+					}
 					async.filter(followers, function(uid, next) {
 						privileges.categories.can('read', results.topic.cid, uid, function(err, canRead) {
 							next(!err && canRead);