diff --git a/app/index.rb b/app/index.rb
index e2387619..ee174099 100644
--- a/app/index.rb
+++ b/app/index.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ get '/?' do
       not_found if event.nil?
       events_dataset = Event.where(id: params[:event_id]).paginate(1, 1)
     elsif params[:activity] == 'global'
-      events_dataset = Event.select_all(:events).order(:created_at.desc).paginate(@current_page, 100).join_table(:inner, :sites, id: :site_id).where{views > 1500}.or(site_change_id: nil)
+      events_dataset = Event.global_dataset @current_page
     else
       events_dataset = current_site.news_feed(@current_page, 10)
     end
diff --git a/environment.rb b/environment.rb
index 0501bd07..78f70caf 100644
--- a/environment.rb
+++ b/environment.rb
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ if ENV['RACK_ENV'] != 'development'
   Sass::Plugin.options[:style] = :compressed
   # Sass::Plugin.options[:never_update] = true
   Sass::Plugin.options[:full_exception] = false
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/models/event.rb b/models/event.rb
index 57a967a5..21350da6 100644
--- a/models/event.rb
+++ b/models/event.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,24 @@ class Event < Sequel::Model
   many_to_one :site
   many_to_one :actioning_site, key: :actioning_site_id, class: :Site
 
+  DEFAULT_GLOBAL_LIMIT = 100
+  GLOBAL_VIEWS_MINIMUM = 500
+
+  def self.global_dataset(current_page, limit=DEFAULT_GLOBAL_LIMIT)
+    select_all(:events).
+      order(:created_at.desc).
+      paginate(current_page, 100).
+      join_table(:inner, :sites, id: :site_id).
+      exclude(
+        Sequel.qualify(:sites, :is_deleted) => false,
+        :is_nsfw => false,
+        :is_banned => false,
+        :is_crashing => false
+      ).
+      where{views > GLOBAL_VIEWS_MINIMUM}.
+      or(site_change_id: nil)
+  end
+
   def created_by?(site)
     return true if actioning_site_id == site.id
     false