diff --git a/boards/templates/boards/thread_tree.html b/boards/templates/boards/thread_tree.html
--- a/boards/templates/boards/thread_tree.html
+++ b/boards/templates/boards/thread_tree.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <div class="thread">
         {% for post in thread.get_top_level_replies %}
-            {% post_view post moderator=moderator reply_link=True mode_tree=True %}
+            {% post_view post moderator=moderator mode_tree=True %}
         {% endfor %}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/boards/tests/test_api.py b/boards/tests/test_api.py
--- a/boards/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/boards/tests/test_api.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ApiTest(TestCase):
                                                 tags=[tag])
 
         req = MockRequest()
-        req.GET['thread'] = opening_post.id
+        req.POST['thread'] = opening_post.id
         req.POST['uids'] = opening_post.uid
         # Check the exact timestamp post was added
         empty_response = api.api_get_threaddiff(req)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ApiTest(TestCase):
                                          text='[post]%d[/post]\ntext' % opening_post.id,
                                          thread=opening_post.get_thread())
         req = MockRequest()
-        req.GET['thread'] = opening_post.id
+        req.POST['thread'] = opening_post.id
         req.POST['uids'] = ' '.join(uids)
         # Check the timestamp before post was added
         response = api.api_get_threaddiff(req)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ApiTest(TestCase):
         # Reload post to get the new UID
         opening_post = Post.objects.get(id=opening_post.id)
         req = MockRequest()
-        req.GET['thread'] = opening_post.id
+        req.POST['thread'] = opening_post.id
         req.POST['uids'] = ' '.join([opening_post.uid, reply.uid])
         empty_response = api.api_get_threaddiff(req)
         diff = simplejson.loads(empty_response.content)