diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 1cb8f4ab..0995eaa6 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { HashtagComponent } from './components/stream/hashtag/hashtag.component'
 import { StreamOverlayComponent } from './components/stream/stream-overlay/stream-overlay.component';
 import { DatabindedTextComponent } from './components/stream/status/databinded-text/databinded-text.component';
 import { MastodonTimePipe } from './pipes/mastodon-time.pipe';
+import { TimeAgoPipe } from './pipes/time-ago.pipe';
 
 const routes: Routes = [
   { path: "", redirectTo: "home", pathMatch: "full" },
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ const routes: Routes = [
     HashtagComponent,
     StreamOverlayComponent,
     DatabindedTextComponent,
-    MastodonTimePipe
+    MastodonTimePipe,
+    TimeAgoPipe
   ],
   imports: [
     BrowserModule,
diff --git a/src/app/components/stream/status/status.component.html b/src/app/components/stream/status/status.component.html
index c3a9e341..9161e98c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/stream/status/status.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/stream/status/status.component.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         </span>
     </a>
     <div class="status__created-at" title="{{ displayedStatus.created_at | date: 'full' }}">{{
-        status.created_at | mastodontime }}</div>
+        status.created_at | timeAgo | async }}</div>
     <!-- <div #content class="status__content" innerHTML="{{displayedStatus.content}}"></div> -->
 
     <app-databinded-text class="status__content" [text]="displayedStatus.content" (accountSelected)="accountSelected($event)" (hashtagSelected)="hashtagSelected($event)" (textSelected)="textSelected()"></app-databinded-text>
diff --git a/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.spec.ts b/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3d7df28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { TimeAgoPipe } from './time-ago.pipe';
+
+describe('TimeAgoPipe', () => {
+  it('create an instance', () => {
+    const pipe = new TimeAgoPipe();
+    expect(pipe).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.ts b/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb7f0a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/pipes/time-ago.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+//https://github.com/AndrewPoyntz/time-ago-pipe/issues/6#issuecomment-313726956
+
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform, NgZone } from "@angular/core";
+import { Observable, Observer } from 'rxjs';
+
+interface processOutput {
+    text: string; // Convert timestamp to string
+    timeToUpdate: number; // Time until update in milliseconds
+}
+
+@Pipe({
+    name: 'timeAgo',
+    pure: true
+})
+export class TimeAgoPipe implements PipeTransform {
+
+    constructor(private ngZone: NgZone) { }
+
+    private process = (timestamp: number): processOutput => {
+        let text: string;
+        let timeToUpdate: number;
+
+        const now = new Date();
+
+        // Time ago in milliseconds
+        const timeAgo: number = now.getTime() - timestamp;
+
+        const seconds = timeAgo / 1000;
+        const minutes = seconds / 60;
+        const hours = minutes / 60;
+        const days = hours / 24;
+        // const months = days / 30.416;
+        // const years = days / 365;
+
+        if (seconds <= 60) {
+            text = Math.round(seconds) + 's';
+        } else if (minutes <= 90) {
+            text = Math.round(minutes) + 'm';
+        } else if (hours <= 24) {
+            text = Math.round(hours) + 'h';
+        } else {
+            text = Math.round(days) + 'd';
+        }
+
+        if (minutes < 1) {
+            // update every 2 secs
+            timeToUpdate = 2 * 1000;
+        } else if (hours < 1) {
+            // update every 30 secs
+            timeToUpdate = 30 * 1000;
+        } else if (days < 1) {
+            // update every 5 mins
+            timeToUpdate = 300 * 1000;
+        } else {
+            // update every hour
+            timeToUpdate = 3600 * 1000;
+        }
+
+        return {
+            text,
+            timeToUpdate
+        };
+    }
+
+    public transform = (value: string | Date): Observable<string> => {
+        let d: Date;
+        if (value instanceof Date) {
+            d = value;
+        }
+        else {
+            d = new Date(value);
+        }
+        // time value in milliseconds
+        const timestamp = d.getTime();
+
+        let timeoutID: any;
+
+        return Observable.create((observer: Observer<string>) => {
+            let latestText = '';
+
+            // Repeatedly set new timeouts for new update checks.
+            const registerUpdate = () => {
+                const processOutput = this.process(timestamp);
+                if (processOutput.text !== latestText) {
+                    latestText = processOutput.text;
+                    this.ngZone.run(() => {
+                        observer.next(latestText);
+                    });
+                }
+                timeoutID = setTimeout(registerUpdate, processOutput.timeToUpdate);
+            };
+
+            this.ngZone.runOutsideAngular(registerUpdate);
+
+            // Return teardown function
+            const teardownFunction = () => {
+                if (timeoutID) {
+                    clearTimeout(timeoutID);
+                }
+            };
+            return teardownFunction;
+        });
+    }
+}
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