       activity.snapshot = activity.snapshot?.replace /&quot;/g, '"'
       activity
 
+  isExempt = (callback)->
+
+    appManager.fetchStorage 'Activity', '1.0', (err, storage) =>
+      if err
+        log 'error fetching app storage', err
+        callback no
+      else
+        flags = KD.whoami().globalFlags
+        exempt = flags?.indexOf 'exempt'
+        exempt = (exempt? and ~exempt) or storage.getAt 'bucket.showLowQualityContent'
+        callback exempt
+
   sanitizeCache:(cache, callback)->
 
     activities = clearQuotes cache.activities


      callback null, cache




  fetchCachedActivity:(options = {}, callback)->

        @listController.hideLazyLoader()
        if cache?.length is 0
          @listController.noActivityItem.show()
          isLoading = no
          return

        cache.overview.reverse()
