diff --git a/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.js b/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d601d0ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import unionBy from 'lodash/unionBy'
+
+export default function UpdateQuery(component, { $state, pageKey }) {
+  if (!pageKey) throw new Error('No key given for the graphql query { data } object')
+  return (previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }) => {
+    const oldData = (previousResult && previousResult[pageKey]) || []
+    const newData = (fetchMoreResult && fetchMoreResult[pageKey]) || []
+    if (newData.length < component.pageSize) {
+      component.hasMore = false
+      $state.complete()
+    }
+    const result = {}
+    result[pageKey] = unionBy(oldData, newData, item => item.id)
+    $state.loaded()
+    return result
+  }
+}
diff --git a/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.spec.js b/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..295b256a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/components/utils/UpdateQuery.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import UpdateQuery from './UpdateQuery'
+
+let $state
+let component
+let pageKey
+let updateQuery
+let previousResult
+let fetchMoreResult
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  component = {
+    hasMore: true,
+    pageSize: 1,
+  }
+
+  $state = {
+    complete: jest.fn(),
+    loaded: jest.fn(),
+  }
+  previousResult = { Post: [{ id: 1, foo: 'bar' }] }
+  fetchMoreResult = { Post: [{ id: 2, foo: 'baz' }] }
+  updateQuery = () => UpdateQuery(component, { $state, pageKey })
+})
+
+describe('UpdateQuery', () => {
+  it('throws error because no key is given', () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      updateQuery()({ Post: [] }, { fetchMoreResult: { Post: [] } })
+    }).toThrow(/No key given/)
+  })
+
+  describe('with a page key', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => (pageKey = 'Post'))
+
+    describe('given two arrays of things', () => {
+      it('merges the arrays', () => {
+        expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, { fetchMoreResult })).toEqual({
+          Post: [
+            { id: 1, foo: 'bar' },
+            { id: 2, foo: 'baz' },
+          ],
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('does not create duplicates', () => {
+        fetchMoreResult = { Post: [{ id: 1, foo: 'baz' }] }
+        expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, { fetchMoreResult })).toEqual({
+          Post: [{ id: 1, foo: 'bar' }],
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('does not call $state.complete()', () => {
+        expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }))
+        expect($state.complete).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+
+      describe('in case of fewer records than pageSize', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => (component.pageSize = 10))
+        it('calls $state.complete()', () => {
+          expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }))
+          expect($state.complete).toHaveBeenCalled()
+        })
+
+        it('changes component.hasMore to `false`', () => {
+          expect(component.hasMore).toBe(true)
+          expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }))
+          expect(component.hasMore).toBe(false)
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('given one array is undefined', () => {
+      describe('does not crash', () => {
+        it('neither if the previous data was undefined', () => {
+          expect(updateQuery()(undefined, { fetchMoreResult })).toEqual({
+            Post: [{ id: 2, foo: 'baz' }],
+          })
+        })
+
+        it('not if the new data is undefined', () => {
+          expect(updateQuery()(previousResult, {})).toEqual({ Post: [{ id: 1, foo: 'bar' }] })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/webapp/pages/index.vue b/webapp/pages/index.vue
index 2283a3453..c3f01d548 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/index.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/index.vue
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import MasonryGridItem from '~/components/MasonryGrid/MasonryGridItem.vue'
 import { mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex'
 import { filterPosts } from '~/graphql/PostQuery.js'
 import PostMutations from '~/graphql/PostMutations'
+import UpdateQuery from '~/components/utils/UpdateQuery'
 
 export default {
   components: {
@@ -151,27 +152,7 @@ export default {
           first: this.pageSize,
           orderBy: ['pinned_asc', this.orderBy],
         },
-        updateQuery: (previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }) => {
-          if (!fetchMoreResult || fetchMoreResult.Post.length < this.pageSize) {
-            this.hasMore = false
-            $state.complete()
-          }
-
-          const { Post = [] } = previousResult
-          const result = {
-            ...previousResult,
-            Post: [
-              ...Post.filter(prevPost => {
-                return (
-                  fetchMoreResult.Post.filter(newPost => newPost.id === prevPost.id).length === 0
-                )
-              }),
-              ...fetchMoreResult.Post,
-            ],
-          }
-          $state.loaded()
-          return result
-        },
+        updateQuery: UpdateQuery(this, { $state, pageKey: 'Post' }),
       })
     },
     deletePost(deletedPost) {
diff --git a/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.vue b/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.vue
index 44ac7f47d..3f7ff068a 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/profile/_id/_slug.vue
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ import { profilePagePosts } from '~/graphql/PostQuery'
 import UserQuery from '~/graphql/User'
 import { Block, Unblock } from '~/graphql/settings/BlockedUsers'
 import PostMutations from '~/graphql/PostMutations'
+import UpdateQuery from '~/components/utils/UpdateQuery'
 
 const tabToFilterMapping = ({ tab, id }) => {
   return {
@@ -385,27 +386,7 @@ export default {
           first: this.pageSize,
           orderBy: 'createdAt_desc',
         },
-        updateQuery: (previousResult, { fetchMoreResult }) => {
-          if (!fetchMoreResult || fetchMoreResult.profilePagePosts.length < this.pageSize) {
-            this.hasMore = false
-            $state.complete()
-          }
-          const { profilePagePosts = [] } = previousResult
-          const result = {
-            ...previousResult,
-            profilePagePosts: [
-              ...profilePagePosts.filter(prevPost => {
-                return (
-                  fetchMoreResult.profilePagePosts.filter(newPost => newPost.id === prevPost.id)
-                    .length === 0
-                )
-              }),
-              ...fetchMoreResult.profilePagePosts,
-            ],
-          }
-          $state.loaded()
-          return result
-        },
+        updateQuery: UpdateQuery(this, { $state, pageKey: 'profilePagePosts' }),
       })
     },
     resetPostList() {