diff --git a/app/views/news_updates/_listing.html.erb b/app/views/news_updates/_listing.html.erb
index 71c58e6fa..0bb139b8e 100644
--- a/app/views/news_updates/_listing.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/news_updates/_listing.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% cache("news-updates", :expires_in => 1.hour) do %>
-  <div id="news-updates" data-id="<%= NewsUpdate.recent.first.try(:id) %>">
+  <div id="news-updates" data-id="<%= NewsUpdate.recent.first.try(:id) %>" style="display:none">
     <ul>
       <% NewsUpdate.recent.each do |news_update| %>
         <li><%= news_update.created_at.strftime("%b %d") %>: <%= news_update.message.html_safe %></li>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
index fe6649ae5..dab1f74f1 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_blacklist.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<section id="blacklist-box">
+<section id="blacklist-box" style="display:none">
   <h1>Blacklisted</h1>
   <ul id="blacklist-list">
   </ul>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_mode_menu.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_mode_menu.html.erb
index 0c9da9cc9..52709b176 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/index/_mode_menu.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/index/_mode_menu.html.erb
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
       </select>
     </form>
   </section>
-  <input id="tag-script-field" placeholder="Enter tag script"></input>
+  <input id="tag-script-field" placeholder="Enter tag script" style="display:none"></input>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_information.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_information.html.erb
index 7f58ebb8f..908d3a6b2 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_information.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_information.html.erb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
   <li>Favorites: <span id="favcount-for-post-<%= post.id %>"><%= post.fav_count %></span>
   <% if CurrentUser.is_gold? %>
     <%= link_to "&raquo;".html_safe, "#", :id => "show-favlist-link" %>
-    <%= link_to "&laquo;".html_safe, "#", :id => "hide-favlist-link" %>
-    <div id="favlist"><%= post_favlist(post) %></div>
+    <%= link_to "&laquo;".html_safe, "#", :id => "hide-favlist-link", :style => "display: none" %>
+    <div id="favlist" style="display:none"><%= post_favlist(post) %></div>
   <% end %></li>
   <li>
     Status: