diff --git a/src/models/post.js b/src/models/post.js
index f53652d..1b09c8b 100644
--- a/src/models/post.js
+++ b/src/models/post.js
@@ -76,27 +76,6 @@ const PostSchema = new Schema({
     removed_reason: String
 });
 
-
-PostSchema.methods.upEmpathy = async function() {
-    const empathy = this.get('empathy_count');
-    if(empathy + 1 < 0)
-        this.set('empathy_count', 0);
-    else
-        this.set('empathy_count', empathy + 1);
-
-    await this.save();
-};
-
-PostSchema.methods.downEmpathy = async function() {
-    const empathy = this.get('empathy_count');
-    if(empathy - 1 < 0)
-        this.set('empathy_count', 0);
-    else
-        this.set('empathy_count', empathy - 1);
-
-    await this.save();
-};
-
 PostSchema.methods.upReply = async function() {
     const replyCount = this.get('reply_count');
     if(replyCount + 1 < 0)
diff --git a/src/services/miiverse-api/routes/post.js b/src/services/miiverse-api/routes/post.js
index 3b45757..21047a4 100644
--- a/src/services/miiverse-api/routes/post.js
+++ b/src/services/miiverse-api/routes/post.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const communityPostGen = require('../../../util/xmlResponseGenerator');
 const {COMMUNITY} = require("../../../models/communities");
 const processHeaders = require("../../../util/util");
 const comPostGen = require("../../../util/xmlResponseGenerator");
+const crypto = require("crypto");
 const upload = multer();
 
 /* GET post titles. */
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ router.get('', async function (req, res) {
 module.exports = router;
 
 async function newPost(req, res) {
-    let PNID = await database.getPNID(req.pid), userSettings = await database.getUserSettings(req.pid), postID = snowflake.nextId(), parentPost = null;
+    let PNID = await database.getPNID(req.pid), userSettings = await database.getUserSettings(req.pid), postID = await generatePostUID(22), parentPost = null;
     let paramPackData = util.decodeParamPack(req.headers["x-nintendo-parampack"]);
     let community_id = req.body.community_id;
 
@@ -214,4 +215,11 @@ async function newPost(req, res) {
     const newPost = new POST(document);
     newPost.save();
     res.send(await communityPostGen.SinglePostResponse(newPost));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+async function generatePostUID(length) {
+    let id = Buffer.from(String.fromCharCode(...crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(length * 2))), 'binary').toString('base64').replace(/[+/]/g, "").substring(0, length);
+    const inuse = await POST.findOne({ id });
+    id = (inuse ? await generatePostUID() : id);
+    return id;
+}