diff --git a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
index 17300ae8e..e0725a46d 100644
--- a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
+++ b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 	$reversed = array_reverse($activities->items);
 
 	foreach($reversed as $item) {
+
 		if (strtotime($item->published) <= $initiallastdate)
 			continue;
 
@@ -431,14 +432,11 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 		if ($first_time)
 			continue;
 
-		if ($item->access->description == "Public")
-
-			// Loop prevention - ignore postings from HootSuite
-			if ($item->provider->title == "HootSuite")
-				continue;
+		if ($item->access->description == "Public") {
 
 			// Loop prevention through the special blank from the googleplus connector
-			if (strstr($item->object->content, $blank))
+			//if (strstr($item->object->content, $blank))
+			if (strrpos($item->object->content, $blank) >= strlen($item->object->content) - 5)
 				continue;
 
 			switch($item->object->objectType) {
@@ -454,8 +452,8 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 					else
 						$location = "";
 
-					fromgplus_post($a, $uid, "Google+", $post, $location);
-					//fromgplus_post($a, $uid, $item->provider->title, $post, $location);
+					//fromgplus_post($a, $uid, "Google+", $post, $location);
+					fromgplus_post($a, $uid, $item->provider->title, $post, $location);
 
 					break;
 
@@ -488,10 +486,11 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 					else
 						$location = "";
 
-					fromgplus_post($a, $uid, "Google+", $post, $location);
-					//fromgplus_post($a, $uid, $item->provider->title, $post, $location);
+					//fromgplus_post($a, $uid, "Google+", $post, $location);
+					fromgplus_post($a, $uid, $item->provider->title, $post, $location);
 					break;
 			}
+		}
 	}
 	if ($lastdate != 0)
 		set_pconfig($uid,'fromgplus','lastdate', $lastdate);
diff --git a/gpluspost/gpluspost.php b/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
index 5b2b3bf6e..f9459b5a1 100644
--- a/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
+++ b/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function gpluspost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 		return;
 
 	// if post comes from Google+ don't send it back
-	if (!get_pconfig($b["uid"],'gpluspost','no_loop_prevention') and ($b['app'] == "Google+"))
+	if (!get_pconfig($b["uid"],'gpluspost','no_loop_prevention') and (($b['app'] == "Google+") OR ($b["extid"] == NETWORK_GPLUS)))
 		return;
 
 	if (!gpluspost_nextscripts()) {
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 0e6c9c91c..b413f59e5 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -433,9 +433,6 @@ function pumpio_send(&$a,&$b) {
 
 		$title = trim($b['title']);
 
-		//if ($title != '')
-		//	$title = "<h4>".$title."</h4>";
-
 		$content = bbcode($b['body'], false, false, 4);
 
 		// Enhance the way, videos are displayed
@@ -502,6 +499,10 @@ function pumpio_send(&$a,&$b) {
 		$success = $client->CallAPI($url, 'POST', $params, array('FailOnAccessError'=>true, 'RequestContentType'=>'application/json'), $user);
 
 		if($success) {
+
+			if ($user->generator->displayName)
+				set_pconfig($b["uid"], "pumpio", "application_name", $user->generator->displayName);
+
 			$post_id = $user->object->id;
 			logger('pumpio_send '.$username.': success '.$post_id);
 			if($post_id AND $iscomment) {
@@ -672,8 +673,12 @@ function pumpio_fetchtimeline(&$a, $uid) {
 	$hostname = get_pconfig($uid, 'pumpio','host');
 	$username = get_pconfig($uid, "pumpio", "user");
 
-	$application_name  = get_config('pumpio', 'application_name');
-
+	//  get the application name for the pump.io app
+	//  1st try personal config, then system config and fallback to the
+	//  hostname of the node if neither one is set.
+	$application_name  = get_pconfig( $uid, 'pumpio', 'application_name');
+	if ($application_name == "")
+		$application_name  = get_config('pumpio', 'application_name');
 	if ($application_name == "")
 		$application_name = $a->get_hostname();
 
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 6713842ef..a4b539f4d 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 			//$result = $dent->post('statuses/update', $postdata);
 			logger('statusnet_post send, result: ' . print_r($result, true).
 				"\nmessage: ".$msg, LOGGER_DEBUG."\nOriginal post: ".print_r($b, true)."\nPost Data: ".print_r($postdata, true));
+
+			if ($result->source)
+				set_pconfig($b["uid"], "statusnet", "application_name", strip_tags($result->source));
+
 			if ($result->error) {
 				logger('Send to StatusNet failed: "'.$result->error.'"');
 			} elseif ($iscomment) {
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index f00767036..16b3ea461 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ function twitter_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 			unlink($tempfile);
 
 			logger('twitter_post_with_media send, result: ' . print_r($result, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+			if ($result->source)
+				set_config("twitter", "application_name", strip_tags($result->source));
+
 			if ($result->errors OR $result->error) {
 				logger('Send to Twitter failed: "' . print_r($result->errors, true) . '"');
 
@@ -531,6 +535,10 @@ function twitter_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 
 			$result = $tweet->post($url, $post);
 			logger('twitter_post send, result: ' . print_r($result, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+			if ($result->source)
+				set_config("twitter", "application_name", strip_tags($result->source));
+
 			if ($result->errors) {
 				logger('Send to Twitter failed: "' . print_r($result->errors, true) . '"');