diff --git a/lib/threadednoticelist.php b/lib/threadednoticelist.php
index a3e5f62a59..1298f179f9 100644
--- a/lib/threadednoticelist.php
+++ b/lib/threadednoticelist.php
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ class ThreadedNoticeListItem extends NoticeListItem
 {
     const INITIAL_ITEMS = 3;
 
+    function showContext()
+    {
+        // Silence!
+    }
+
     /**
      * finish the notice
      *
@@ -211,6 +216,11 @@ class ThreadedNoticeListSubItem extends NoticeListItem
     {
         //
     }
+
+    function showContext()
+    {
+        //
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/theme/base/css/display.css b/theme/base/css/display.css
index 98345a0726..456d7be4b0 100644
--- a/theme/base/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/base/css/display.css
@@ -1136,6 +1136,11 @@ border-top-style:solid;
 .threaded-notices .notice-reply-comments {
     margin: 8px;
 }
+.threaded-notices .response,
+.threaded-notices .source {
+    /* Hide these for ajax/realtime sourced notices */
+    display: none;
+}
 /* NOTICES */
 #notices_primary {
 float:left;