diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 612c67d95f87..fdb9998248a8 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -197,9 +197,13 @@ async function pushToUids(uids, notification) {
 		await db.sortedSetsRemoveRangeByScore(unreadKeys.concat(readKeys), '-inf', cutoff);
 		const websockets = require('./socket.io');
 		if (websockets.server) {
-			uids.forEach((uid) => {
+			await Promise.all(uids.map(async (uid) => {
+				await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:sockets.sendNewNoticationToUid', {
+					uid,
+					notification,
+				});
 				websockets.in(`uid_${uid}`).emit('event:new_notification', notification);
-			});
+			}));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -223,7 +227,10 @@ async function pushToUids(uids, notification) {
 
 	// Remove uid from recipients list if they have blocked the user triggering the notification
 	uids = await User.blocks.filterUids(notification.from, uids);
-	const data = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:notification.push', { notification: notification, uids: uids });
+	const data = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:notification.push', {
+		notification,
+		uids,
+	});
 	if (!data || !data.notification || !data.uids || !data.uids.length) {
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/helpers.js b/src/socket.io/helpers.js
index 36b3384d2451..7286b79e8e75 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/helpers.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/helpers.js
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ SocketHelpers.notifyNew = async function (uid, type, result) {
 
 async function notifyUids(uid, uids, type, result) {
 	const post = result.posts[0];
-	const { tid } = post.topic;
-	const { cid } = post.topic;
+	const { tid, cid } = post.topic;
 	uids = await privileges.topics.filterUids('topics:read', tid, uids);
 	const watchStateUids = uids;
 
@@ -49,14 +48,28 @@ async function notifyUids(uid, uids, type, result) {
 
 	post.ip = undefined;
 
-	data.uidsTo.forEach((toUid) => {
-		post.categoryWatchState = categoryWatchStates[toUid];
-		post.topic.isFollowing = topicFollowState[toUid];
-		websockets.in(`uid_${toUid}`).emit('event:new_post', result);
-		if (result.topic && type === 'newTopic') {
-			websockets.in(`uid_${toUid}`).emit('event:new_topic', result.topic);
+	await Promise.all(data.uidsTo.map(async (toUid) => {
+		const copyResult = _.cloneDeep(result);
+		const postToUid = copyResult.posts[0];
+		postToUid.categoryWatchState = categoryWatchStates[toUid];
+		postToUid.topic.isFollowing = topicFollowState[toUid];
+
+		await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:sockets.sendNewPostToUid', {
+			uid: toUid,
+			uidFrom: uid,
+			post: postToUid,
+		});
+
+		websockets.in(`uid_${toUid}`).emit('event:new_post', copyResult);
+		if (copyResult.topic && type === 'newTopic') {
+			await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:sockets.sendNewTopicToUid', {
+				uid: toUid,
+				uidFrom: uid,
+				topic: copyResult.topic,
+			});
+			websockets.in(`uid_${toUid}`).emit('event:new_topic', copyResult.topic);
 		}
-	});
+	}));
 }
 
 async function getWatchStates(uids, tid, cid) {
diff --git a/src/user/follow.js b/src/user/follow.js
index f3b031a582db..2fc74f14245b 100644
--- a/src/user/follow.js
+++ b/src/user/follow.js
@@ -21,31 +21,37 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		if (parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(theiruid, 10)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:you-cant-follow-yourself]]');
 		}
-		const exists = await User.exists(theiruid);
+		const [exists, isFollowing] = await Promise.all([
+			User.exists(theiruid),
+			User.isFollowing(uid, theiruid),
+		]);
 		if (!exists) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
 		}
-		const isFollowing = await User.isFollowing(uid, theiruid);
+
+		await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:user.toggleFollow', {
+			type,
+			uid,
+			theiruid,
+			isFollowing,
+		});
+
 		if (type === 'follow') {
 			if (isFollowing) {
 				throw new Error('[[error:already-following]]');
 			}
 			const now = Date.now();
-			await Promise.all([
-				db.sortedSetAddBulk([
-					[`following:${uid}`, now, theiruid],
-					[`followers:${theiruid}`, now, uid],
-				]),
+			await db.sortedSetAddBulk([
+				[`following:${uid}`, now, theiruid],
+				[`followers:${theiruid}`, now, uid],
 			]);
 		} else {
 			if (!isFollowing) {
 				throw new Error('[[error:not-following]]');
 			}
-			await Promise.all([
-				db.sortedSetRemoveBulk([
-					[`following:${uid}`, theiruid],
-					[`followers:${theiruid}`, uid],
-				]),
+			await db.sortedSetRemoveBulk([
+				[`following:${uid}`, theiruid],
+				[`followers:${theiruid}`, uid],
 			]);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index d35ba3ed269d..1da0bd63cb77 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ UserNotifications.sendTopicNotificationToFollowers = async function (uid, topicD
 
 		const notifObj = await notifications.create({
 			type: 'new-topic',
-			bodyShort: `[[notifications:user-posted-topic, ${postData.user.displayname}, ${title}]]`,
+			bodyShort: translator.compile('notifications:user-posted-topic', postData.user.displayname, title),
 			bodyLong: postData.content,
 			pid: postData.pid,
 			path: `/post/${postData.pid}`,