diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
index 8cf2d37f5..db53759df 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
@@ -291,18 +291,14 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper('number', function(property, options) {
     title = I18n.t(options.hash.numberKey, { number: orig });
   }
 
-  // Round off the thousands to one decimal place
-  var n = orig;
-  if (orig > 999 && !options.hash.noTitle) {
-    n = (orig / 1000).toFixed(1) + "K";
-  }
-
   var classNames = 'number';
   if (options.hash['class']) {
     classNames += ' ' + Ember.Handlebars.get(this, options.hash['class'], options);
   }
   var result = "<span class='" + classNames + "'";
 
+  // Round off the thousands to one decimal place
+  var n = Discourse.Formatter.number(orig);
   if (n !== title) {
     result += " title='" + Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(title) + "'";
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/formatter.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/formatter.js
index 95073a7d1..946aebc3d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/formatter.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/formatter.js
@@ -1,300 +1,308 @@
-Discourse.Formatter = (function(){
-
-  var updateRelativeAge, autoUpdatingRelativeAge, relativeAge, relativeAgeTiny,
-      relativeAgeMedium, relativeAgeMediumSpan, longDate, toTitleCase,
-      shortDate, shortDateNoYear, tinyDateYear, breakUp, relativeAgeTinyShowsYear;
-
-    /*
-  * memoize.js
-  * by @philogb and @addyosmani
-  * with further optimizations by @mathias
-  * and @DmitryBaranovsk
-  * perf tests: http://bit.ly/q3zpG3
-  * Released under an MIT license.
-  *
-  * modified with cap by Sam
-  */
-  var cappedMemoize = function ( fn, max ) {
-      fn.maxMemoize = max;
-      fn.memoizeLength = 0;
-
-      return function () {
-          var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),
-              hash = "",
-              i = args.length;
-          var currentArg = null;
-          while (i--) {
-              currentArg = args[i];
-              hash += (currentArg === new Object(currentArg)) ?
-              JSON.stringify(currentArg) : currentArg;
-              if(!fn.memoize) {
-                fn.memoize = {};
-              }
-          }
-          if (hash in fn.memoize) {
-            return fn.memoize[hash];
-          } else {
-            fn.memoizeLength++;
-            if(fn.memoizeLength > max) {
-              fn.memoizeLength = 0;
-              fn.memoize = {};
-            }
-            var result = fn.apply(this, args);
-            fn.memoize[hash] = result;
-            return result;
-          }
-      };
-  };
-
-  breakUp = function(str, hint){
-    var rval = [];
-    var prev = str[0];
-    var cur;
-    var brk = "<wbr>&#8203;";
-
-    var hintPos = [];
-    if(hint) {
-      hint = hint.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).reverse();
-      var current = 0;
-      while(hint.length > 0) {
-        var word = hint.pop();
-        if(word !== str.substr(current, word.length).toLowerCase()) {
-          break;
-        }
-        current += word.length;
-        hintPos.push(current);
-      }
-    }
-
-    rval.push(prev);
-    for (var i=1;i<str.length;i++) {
-      cur = str[i];
-      if(prev.match(/[^0-9]/) && cur.match(/[0-9]/)){
-        rval.push(brk);
-      } else if(i>1 && prev.match(/[A-Z]/) && cur.match(/[a-z]/)){
-        rval.pop();
-        rval.push(brk);
-        rval.push(prev);
-      } else if(prev.match(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/) && cur.match(/[a-zA-Z0-9]/)){
-        rval.push(brk);
-      } else if(hintPos.indexOf(i) > -1) {
-        rval.push(brk);
-      }
-
-      rval.push(cur);
-      prev = cur;
-    }
-
-    return rval.join("");
-
-  };
-
-  breakUp = cappedMemoize(breakUp, 100);
-
-  shortDate = function(date){
-    return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.medium.date_year"));
-  };
-
-  shortDateNoYear = function(date) {
-    return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.tiny.date_month"));
-  };
-
-  tinyDateYear = function(date) {
-    return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.tiny.date_year"));
-  };
-
-  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/196972/convert-string-to-title-case-with-javascript
-  // TODO: locale support ?
-  toTitleCase = function toTitleCase(str) {
-    return str.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){
-      return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
-    });
-  };
-
-  longDate = function(dt) {
-    if (!dt) return;
-    return moment(dt).longDate();
-  };
-
-  updateRelativeAge = function(elems) {
-    // jQuery .each
-    elems.each(function(){
-      var $this = $(this);
-      $this.html(relativeAge(new Date($this.data('time')), {format: $this.data('format'), wrapInSpan: false}));
-    });
-  };
-
-  autoUpdatingRelativeAge = function(date,options) {
-
-    if (!date) return "";
-
-    options = options || {};
-    var format = options.format || "tiny";
-
-    var append = "";
-
-    if(format === 'medium') {
-      append = " date";
-      if(options.leaveAgo) {
-        format = 'medium-with-ago';
-      }
-      options.wrapInSpan = false;
-    }
-
-    var relAge = relativeAge(date, options);
-
-    if (format === 'tiny' && relativeAgeTinyShowsYear(relAge)) {
-      append += " with-year";
-    }
-
-    if (options.title) {
-      append += "' title='" + longDate(date);
-    }
-
-    return "<span class='relative-date" + append + "' data-time='" + date.getTime() + "' data-format='" + format +  "'>" + relAge  + "</span>";
-  };
-
-
-  relativeAgeTiny = function(date){
-    var format = "tiny";
-    var distance = Math.round((new Date() - date) / 1000);
-    var distanceInMinutes = Math.round(distance / 60.0);
-
-    var formatted;
-    var t = function(key,opts){
-      return I18n.t("dates." + format + "." + key, opts);
-    };
-
-    switch(true){
-
-    case(distanceInMinutes < 1):
-      formatted = t("less_than_x_minutes", {count: 1});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 1 && distanceInMinutes <= 44):
-      formatted = t("x_minutes", {count: distanceInMinutes});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 45 && distanceInMinutes <= 89):
-      formatted = t("about_x_hours", {count: 1});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 90 && distanceInMinutes <= 1439):
-      formatted = t("about_x_hours", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 60.0)});
-      break;
-    case(Discourse.SiteSettings.relative_date_duration === 0 && distanceInMinutes <= 525599):
-      formatted = shortDateNoYear(date);
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 1440 && distanceInMinutes <= 2519):
-      formatted = t("x_days", {count: 1});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 2520 && distanceInMinutes <= ((Discourse.SiteSettings.relative_date_duration||14) * 1440)):
-      formatted = t("x_days", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 1440.0)});
-      break;
-    default:
-      if(date.getFullYear() === new Date().getFullYear()) {
-        formatted = shortDateNoYear(date);
-      } else {
-        formatted = tinyDateYear(date);
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-
-    return formatted;
-  };
+var updateRelativeAge, autoUpdatingRelativeAge, relativeAge, relativeAgeTiny,
+    relativeAgeMedium, relativeAgeMediumSpan, longDate, toTitleCase,
+    shortDate, shortDateNoYear, tinyDateYear, breakUp, relativeAgeTinyShowsYear;
 
   /*
-   * Returns true if the given tiny date string includes the year.
-   * Useful for checking if the string isn't so tiny.
-   */
-  relativeAgeTinyShowsYear = function(relativeAgeString) {
-    return relativeAgeString.match(/'[\d]{2}$/);
-  };
+* memoize.js
+* by @philogb and @addyosmani
+* with further optimizations by @mathias
+* and @DmitryBaranovsk
+* perf tests: http://bit.ly/q3zpG3
+* Released under an MIT license.
+*
+* modified with cap by Sam
+*/
+var cappedMemoize = function ( fn, max ) {
+    fn.maxMemoize = max;
+    fn.memoizeLength = 0;
 
-  relativeAgeMediumSpan = function(distance, leaveAgo) {
-    var formatted, distanceInMinutes;
-
-    distanceInMinutes = Math.round(distance / 60.0);
-
-    var t = function(key, opts){
-      return I18n.t("dates.medium" + (leaveAgo?"_with_ago":"") + "." + key, opts);
+    return function () {
+        var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),
+            hash = "",
+            i = args.length;
+        var currentArg = null;
+        while (i--) {
+            currentArg = args[i];
+            hash += (currentArg === new Object(currentArg)) ?
+            JSON.stringify(currentArg) : currentArg;
+            if(!fn.memoize) {
+              fn.memoize = {};
+            }
+        }
+        if (hash in fn.memoize) {
+          return fn.memoize[hash];
+        } else {
+          fn.memoizeLength++;
+          if(fn.memoizeLength > max) {
+            fn.memoizeLength = 0;
+            fn.memoize = {};
+          }
+          var result = fn.apply(this, args);
+          fn.memoize[hash] = result;
+          return result;
+        }
     };
+};
 
-    switch(true){
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 1 && distanceInMinutes <= 56):
-      formatted = t("x_minutes", {count: distanceInMinutes});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 56 && distanceInMinutes <= 89):
-      formatted = t("x_hours", {count: 1});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 90 && distanceInMinutes <= 1379):
-      formatted = t("x_hours", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 60.0)});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 1380 && distanceInMinutes <= 2159):
-      formatted = t("x_days", {count: 1});
-      break;
-    case(distanceInMinutes >= 2160):
-      formatted = t("x_days", {count: Math.round((distanceInMinutes - 720.0) / 1440.0)});
-      break;
-    }
-    return formatted || '&mdash';
-  };
+breakUp = function(str, hint){
+  var rval = [];
+  var prev = str[0];
+  var cur;
+  var brk = "<wbr>&#8203;";
 
-  relativeAgeMedium = function(date, options){
-    var displayDate, fiveDaysAgo, oneMinuteAgo, fullReadable, leaveAgo;
-    var wrapInSpan = options.wrapInSpan === false ? false : true;
-
-    leaveAgo = options.leaveAgo;
-    var distance = Math.round((new Date() - date) / 1000);
-
-    if (!date) {
-      return "&mdash;";
-    }
-
-    fullReadable = longDate(date);
-    displayDate = "";
-    fiveDaysAgo = 432000;
-    oneMinuteAgo = 60;
-
-    if (distance < oneMinuteAgo) {
-      displayDate = I18n.t("now");
-    } else if (distance > fiveDaysAgo) {
-      if ((new Date()).getFullYear() !== date.getFullYear()) {
-        displayDate = shortDate(date);
-      } else {
-        displayDate = shortDateNoYear(date);
+  var hintPos = [];
+  if(hint) {
+    hint = hint.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).reverse();
+    var current = 0;
+    while(hint.length > 0) {
+      var word = hint.pop();
+      if(word !== str.substr(current, word.length).toLowerCase()) {
+        break;
       }
+      current += word.length;
+      hintPos.push(current);
+    }
+  }
+
+  rval.push(prev);
+  for (var i=1;i<str.length;i++) {
+    cur = str[i];
+    if(prev.match(/[^0-9]/) && cur.match(/[0-9]/)){
+      rval.push(brk);
+    } else if(i>1 && prev.match(/[A-Z]/) && cur.match(/[a-z]/)){
+      rval.pop();
+      rval.push(brk);
+      rval.push(prev);
+    } else if(prev.match(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/) && cur.match(/[a-zA-Z0-9]/)){
+      rval.push(brk);
+    } else if(hintPos.indexOf(i) > -1) {
+      rval.push(brk);
+    }
+
+    rval.push(cur);
+    prev = cur;
+  }
+
+  return rval.join("");
+
+};
+
+breakUp = cappedMemoize(breakUp, 100);
+
+shortDate = function(date){
+  return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.medium.date_year"));
+};
+
+shortDateNoYear = function(date) {
+  return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.tiny.date_month"));
+};
+
+tinyDateYear = function(date) {
+  return moment(date).format(I18n.t("dates.tiny.date_year"));
+};
+
+// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/196972/convert-string-to-title-case-with-javascript
+// TODO: locale support ?
+toTitleCase = function toTitleCase(str) {
+  return str.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){
+    return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
+  });
+};
+
+longDate = function(dt) {
+  if (!dt) return;
+  return moment(dt).longDate();
+};
+
+updateRelativeAge = function(elems) {
+  // jQuery .each
+  elems.each(function(){
+    var $this = $(this);
+    $this.html(relativeAge(new Date($this.data('time')), {format: $this.data('format'), wrapInSpan: false}));
+  });
+};
+
+autoUpdatingRelativeAge = function(date,options) {
+
+  if (!date) return "";
+
+  options = options || {};
+  var format = options.format || "tiny";
+
+  var append = "";
+
+  if(format === 'medium') {
+    append = " date";
+    if(options.leaveAgo) {
+      format = 'medium-with-ago';
+    }
+    options.wrapInSpan = false;
+  }
+
+  var relAge = relativeAge(date, options);
+
+  if (format === 'tiny' && relativeAgeTinyShowsYear(relAge)) {
+    append += " with-year";
+  }
+
+  if (options.title) {
+    append += "' title='" + longDate(date);
+  }
+
+  return "<span class='relative-date" + append + "' data-time='" + date.getTime() + "' data-format='" + format +  "'>" + relAge  + "</span>";
+};
+
+
+relativeAgeTiny = function(date){
+  var format = "tiny";
+  var distance = Math.round((new Date() - date) / 1000);
+  var distanceInMinutes = Math.round(distance / 60.0);
+
+  var formatted;
+  var t = function(key,opts){
+    return I18n.t("dates." + format + "." + key, opts);
+  };
+
+  switch(true){
+
+  case(distanceInMinutes < 1):
+    formatted = t("less_than_x_minutes", {count: 1});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 1 && distanceInMinutes <= 44):
+    formatted = t("x_minutes", {count: distanceInMinutes});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 45 && distanceInMinutes <= 89):
+    formatted = t("about_x_hours", {count: 1});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 90 && distanceInMinutes <= 1439):
+    formatted = t("about_x_hours", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 60.0)});
+    break;
+  case(Discourse.SiteSettings.relative_date_duration === 0 && distanceInMinutes <= 525599):
+    formatted = shortDateNoYear(date);
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 1440 && distanceInMinutes <= 2519):
+    formatted = t("x_days", {count: 1});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 2520 && distanceInMinutes <= ((Discourse.SiteSettings.relative_date_duration||14) * 1440)):
+    formatted = t("x_days", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 1440.0)});
+    break;
+  default:
+    if(date.getFullYear() === new Date().getFullYear()) {
+      formatted = shortDateNoYear(date);
     } else {
-      displayDate = relativeAgeMediumSpan(distance, leaveAgo);
+      formatted = tinyDateYear(date);
     }
-    if(wrapInSpan) {
-      return "<span class='date' title='" + fullReadable + "'>" + displayDate + "</span>";
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return formatted;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if the given tiny date string includes the year.
+ * Useful for checking if the string isn't so tiny.
+ */
+relativeAgeTinyShowsYear = function(relativeAgeString) {
+  return relativeAgeString.match(/'[\d]{2}$/);
+};
+
+relativeAgeMediumSpan = function(distance, leaveAgo) {
+  var formatted, distanceInMinutes;
+
+  distanceInMinutes = Math.round(distance / 60.0);
+
+  var t = function(key, opts){
+    return I18n.t("dates.medium" + (leaveAgo?"_with_ago":"") + "." + key, opts);
+  };
+
+  switch(true){
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 1 && distanceInMinutes <= 56):
+    formatted = t("x_minutes", {count: distanceInMinutes});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 56 && distanceInMinutes <= 89):
+    formatted = t("x_hours", {count: 1});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 90 && distanceInMinutes <= 1379):
+    formatted = t("x_hours", {count: Math.round(distanceInMinutes / 60.0)});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 1380 && distanceInMinutes <= 2159):
+    formatted = t("x_days", {count: 1});
+    break;
+  case(distanceInMinutes >= 2160):
+    formatted = t("x_days", {count: Math.round((distanceInMinutes - 720.0) / 1440.0)});
+    break;
+  }
+  return formatted || '&mdash';
+};
+
+relativeAgeMedium = function(date, options){
+  var displayDate, fiveDaysAgo, oneMinuteAgo, fullReadable, leaveAgo;
+  var wrapInSpan = options.wrapInSpan === false ? false : true;
+
+  leaveAgo = options.leaveAgo;
+  var distance = Math.round((new Date() - date) / 1000);
+
+  if (!date) {
+    return "&mdash;";
+  }
+
+  fullReadable = longDate(date);
+  displayDate = "";
+  fiveDaysAgo = 432000;
+  oneMinuteAgo = 60;
+
+  if (distance < oneMinuteAgo) {
+    displayDate = I18n.t("now");
+  } else if (distance > fiveDaysAgo) {
+    if ((new Date()).getFullYear() !== date.getFullYear()) {
+      displayDate = shortDate(date);
     } else {
-      return displayDate;
+      displayDate = shortDateNoYear(date);
     }
-  };
+  } else {
+    displayDate = relativeAgeMediumSpan(distance, leaveAgo);
+  }
+  if(wrapInSpan) {
+    return "<span class='date' title='" + fullReadable + "'>" + displayDate + "</span>";
+  } else {
+    return displayDate;
+  }
+};
 
-  // mostly lifted from rails with a few amendments
-  relativeAge = function(date, options) {
-    options = options || {};
-    var format = options.format || "tiny";
+// mostly lifted from rails with a few amendments
+relativeAge = function(date, options) {
+  options = options || {};
+  var format = options.format || "tiny";
 
-    if(format === "tiny") {
-      return relativeAgeTiny(date, options);
-    } else if (format === "medium") {
-      return relativeAgeMedium(date, options);
-    } else if (format === 'medium-with-ago') {
-      return relativeAgeMedium(date, _.extend(options, {format: 'medium', leaveAgo: true}));
-    }
+  if(format === "tiny") {
+    return relativeAgeTiny(date, options);
+  } else if (format === "medium") {
+    return relativeAgeMedium(date, options);
+  } else if (format === 'medium-with-ago') {
+    return relativeAgeMedium(date, _.extend(options, {format: 'medium', leaveAgo: true}));
+  }
 
-    return "UNKNOWN FORMAT";
-  };
+  return "UNKNOWN FORMAT";
+};
 
-  return {
-    longDate: longDate,
-    relativeAge: relativeAge,
-    autoUpdatingRelativeAge: autoUpdatingRelativeAge,
-    updateRelativeAge: updateRelativeAge,
-    toTitleCase: toTitleCase,
-    shortDate: shortDate,
-    breakUp: breakUp,
-    cappedMemoize: cappedMemoize
-  };
-})();
+var number = function(val) {
+  val = parseInt(val, 10);
+  if (isNaN(val)) val = 0;
+
+  if (val > 999) {
+    return (val / 1000).toFixed(1) + "K";
+  }
+  return val.toString();
+};
+
+Discourse.Formatter = {
+  longDate: longDate,
+  relativeAge: relativeAge,
+  autoUpdatingRelativeAge: autoUpdatingRelativeAge,
+  updateRelativeAge: updateRelativeAge,
+  toTitleCase: toTitleCase,
+  shortDate: shortDate,
+  breakUp: breakUp,
+  cappedMemoize: cappedMemoize,
+  number: number
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
index a280530b4..4db634c57 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
@@ -123,24 +123,23 @@ Discourse.PostView = Discourse.GroupedView.extend(Ember.Evented, {
     var self = this,
         link_counts = this.get('post.link_counts');
 
-    if (link_counts) {
-      _.each(link_counts, function(lc) {
-        if (lc.clicks > 0) {
-          self.$(".cooked a[href]").each(function() {
-            var link = $(this);
-            if (link.attr('href') === lc.url) {
-              // don't display badge counts on category badge
-              if (link.closest('.badge-category').length === 0) {
-                // nor in oneboxes (except when we force it)
-                if (link.closest(".onebox-result").length === 0 || link.hasClass("track-link")) {
-                  link.append("<span class='badge badge-notification clicks' title='" + I18n.t("topic_map.clicks") + "'>" + lc.clicks + "</span>");
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          });
+    if (!link_counts) return;
+
+    link_counts.forEach(function(lc) {
+      if (!lc.clicks || lc.clicks < 1) return;
+
+      self.$(".cooked a[href]").each(function() {
+        var link = $(this);
+        if (link.attr('href') === lc.url) {
+          // don't display badge counts on category badge
+          if (link.closest('.badge-category').length === 0 && (link.closest(".onebox-result").length === 0 || link.hasClass("track-link"))) {
+            link.append("<span class='badge badge-notification clicks' title='" +
+                        I18n.t("topic_map.clicks") +
+                        "'>" + Discourse.Formatter.number(lc.clicks) + "</span>");
+          }
         }
       });
-    }
+    });
   },
 
   actions: {
diff --git a/test/javascripts/lib/formatter_test.js b/test/javascripts/lib/formatter_test.js
index 5c93bc04e..c7e872364 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/lib/formatter_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/lib/formatter_test.js
@@ -199,3 +199,10 @@ test("breakUp", function(){
   equal(b("bobmarleytoo","Bob Marley Too"), "bob<wbr>&#8203;marley<wbr>&#8203;too");
 
 });
+
+test("number", function() {
+  equal(Discourse.Formatter.number(123), "123", "it returns a string version of the number");
+  equal(Discourse.Formatter.number("123"), "123", "it works with a string command");
+  equal(Discourse.Formatter.number(NaN), "0", "it reeturns 0 for NaN");
+  equal(Discourse.Formatter.number(3333), "3.3K", "it abbreviates thousands");
+});