diff --git a/appnet/appnet.php b/appnet/appnet.php
index 7e80c6abd..c327bd7d5 100644
--- a/appnet/appnet.php
+++ b/appnet/appnet.php
@@ -1082,6 +1082,30 @@ function appnet_expand_annotations($a, $annotations) {
 }
 
 function appnet_fetchcontact($a, $uid, $contact, $me, $create_user) {
+
+	$r = q("SELECT id FROM unique_contacts WHERE url='%s' LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["canonical_url"])));
+
+	if (count($r) == 0)
+		q("INSERT INTO unique_contacts (url, name, nick, avatar) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')",
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["canonical_url"])),
+			dbesc($contact["name"]),
+			dbesc($contact["username"]),
+			dbesc($contact["avatar_image"]["url"]));
+	else
+		q("UPDATE unique_contacts SET name = '%s', nick = '%s', avatar = '%s' WHERE url = '%s'",
+			dbesc($contact["name"]),
+			dbesc($contact["username"]),
+			dbesc($contact["avatar_image"]["url"]),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["canonical_url"])));
+
+	if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+		q("UPDATE `unique_contacts` SET `location` = '%s', `about` = '%s' WHERE url = '%s'",
+			dbesc(""),
+			dbesc($contact["description"]["text"]),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["canonical_url"])));
+
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `alias` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid), dbesc("adn::".$contact["id"]));
 
@@ -1165,6 +1189,14 @@ function appnet_fetchcontact($a, $uid, $contact, $me, $create_user) {
 			intval($contact_id)
 		);
 
+		if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+						`about` = '%s'
+					WHERE `id` = %d",
+				dbesc(""),
+				dbesc($contact["description"]["text"]),
+				intval($contact_id)
+			);
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
 
@@ -1206,6 +1238,14 @@ function appnet_fetchcontact($a, $uid, $contact, $me, $create_user) {
 				dbesc($contact["username"]),
 				intval($r[0]['id'])
 			);
+			if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+							`about` = '%s'
+						WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc(""),
+					dbesc($contact["description"]["text"]),
+					intval($r[0]['id'])
+				);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1265,9 +1305,23 @@ function appnet_cron($a,$b) {
 	}
 	logger('appnet_cron: cron_start');
 
+	$abandon_days = intval(get_config('system','account_abandon_days'));
+	if ($abandon_days < 1)
+		$abandon_days = 0;
+
+	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'appnet' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
+				$user = q("SELECT `login_date` FROM `user` WHERE uid=%d AND `login_date` >= '%s'", $rr['uid'], $abandon_limit);
+				if (!count($user)) {
+					logger('abandoned account: timeline from user '.$rr['uid'].' will not be imported');
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			logger('appnet_cron: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
 			appnet_fetchstream($a, $rr["uid"]);
 		}
diff --git a/diaspora/diasphp.php b/diaspora/diasphp.php
index 589a58101..6ed0c8ce5 100644
--- a/diaspora/diasphp.php
+++ b/diaspora/diasphp.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  */
 
 class Diasphp {
+	private $cookiejar;
+
 	function __construct($pod) {
 		$this->token_regex = '/content="(.*?)" name="csrf-token/';
 
@@ -12,6 +14,11 @@ class Diasphp {
 		$this->cookiejar = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'cookies');
 	}
 
+	function __destruct() {
+		if (file_exists($this->cookiejar))
+			unlink($this->cookiejar);
+	}
+
 	function _fetch_token() {
 		$ch = curl_init();
 
diff --git a/fbsync/fbsync.php b/fbsync/fbsync.php
index 39931d5b4..20762e9bf 100644
--- a/fbsync/fbsync.php
+++ b/fbsync/fbsync.php
@@ -172,9 +172,24 @@ function fbsync_cron($a,$b) {
 	}
 	logger('fbsync_cron: cron_start');
 
+	$abandon_days = intval(get_config('system','account_abandon_days'));
+	if ($abandon_days < 1)
+		$abandon_days = 0;
+
+	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'fbsync' AND `k` = 'sync' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+
+			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
+				$user = q("SELECT `login_date` FROM `user` WHERE uid=%d AND `login_date` >= '%s'", $rr['uid'], $abandon_limit);
+				if (!count($user)) {
+					logger('abandoned account: timeline from user '.$rr['uid'].' will not be imported');
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			fbsync_get_self($rr['uid']);
 
 			logger('fbsync_cron: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 48dbab743..cb2ee0004 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -624,9 +624,23 @@ function pumpio_cron(&$a,$b) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$abandon_days = intval(get_config('system','account_abandon_days'));
+	if ($abandon_days < 1)
+		$abandon_days = 0;
+
+	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'pumpio' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND() ");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
+				$user = q("SELECT `login_date` FROM `user` WHERE uid=%d AND `login_date` >= '%s'", $rr['uid'], $abandon_limit);
+				if (!count($user)) {
+					logger('abandoned account: timeline from user '.$rr['uid'].' will not be imported');
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			logger('pumpio: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
 			pumpio_fetchinbox($a, $rr['uid']);
 
@@ -919,6 +933,12 @@ function pumpio_get_contact($uid, $contact) {
 			dbesc($contact->image->url),
 			dbesc(normalise_link($contact->url)));
 
+	if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+		q("UPDATE `unique_contacts` SET `location` = '%s', `about` = '%s' WHERE url = '%s'",
+			dbesc($contact->location->displayName),
+			dbesc($contact->summary),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact->url)));
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid), dbesc($contact->url));
 
@@ -984,10 +1004,19 @@ function pumpio_get_contact($uid, $contact) {
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		intval($contact_id)
 		);
+
+                if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+						`about` = '%s'
+					WHERE `id` = %d",
+				dbesc($contact->location->displayName),
+				dbesc($contact->summary),
+				intval($contact_id)
+			);
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
-
-		$update_photo = (($r[0]['avatar-date'] < datetime_convert('','','now -14 days')) ? true : false);
+		//$update_photo = (($r[0]['avatar-date'] < datetime_convert('','','now -14 days')) ? true : false);
+                $update_photo = ($r[0]['avatar-date'] < datetime_convert('','','now -12 hours'));
 
 		// check that we have all the photos, this has been known to fail on occasion
 
@@ -1016,6 +1045,15 @@ function pumpio_get_contact($uid, $contact) {
 			dbesc($contact->preferredUsername),
 			intval($r[0]['id'])
 			);
+
+			if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+							`about` = '%s'
+						WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($contact->location->displayName),
+					dbesc($contact->summary),
+					intval($r[0]['id'])
+				);
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 7d0f80c3c..f4dc75531 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -758,9 +758,23 @@ function statusnet_cron($a,$b) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$abandon_days = intval(get_config('system','account_abandon_days'));
+	if ($abandon_days < 1)
+		$abandon_days = 0;
+
+	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'statusnet' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
+				$user = q("SELECT `login_date` FROM `user` WHERE uid=%d AND `login_date` >= '%s'", $rr['uid'], $abandon_limit);
+				if (!count($user)) {
+					logger('abandoned account: timeline from user '.$rr['uid'].' will not be imported');
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			logger('statusnet: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
 			statusnet_fetchhometimeline($a, $rr["uid"]);
 		}
@@ -898,6 +912,12 @@ function statusnet_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 			dbesc($contact->profile_image_url),
 			dbesc(normalise_link($contact->statusnet_profile_url)));
 
+	if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+		q("UPDATE `unique_contacts` SET `location` = '%s', `about` = '%s' WHERE url = '%s'",
+			dbesc($contact->location),
+			dbesc($contact->description),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($contact->statusnet_profile_url)));
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `alias` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid), dbesc(normalise_link($contact->statusnet_profile_url)));
 
@@ -967,6 +987,15 @@ function statusnet_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 			intval($contact_id)
 		);
 
+		if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+						`about` = '%s'
+					WHERE `id` = %d",
+				dbesc($contact->location),
+				dbesc($contact->description),
+				intval($contact_id)
+			);
+
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
 
@@ -1008,6 +1037,15 @@ function statusnet_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 				dbesc($contact->screen_name),
 				intval($r[0]['id'])
 			);
+
+			if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+							`about` = '%s'
+						WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($contact->location),
+					dbesc($contact->description),
+					intval($r[0]['id'])
+				);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 380121c2e..2482a30cb 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -603,10 +603,23 @@ function twitter_cron($a,$b) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$abandon_days = intval(get_config('system','account_abandon_days'));
+	if ($abandon_days < 1)
+		$abandon_days = 0;
+
+	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'twitter' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
+				$user = q("SELECT `login_date` FROM `user` WHERE uid=%d AND `login_date` >= '%s'", $rr['uid'], $abandon_limit);
+				if (!count($user)) {
+					logger('abandoned account: timeline from user '.$rr['uid'].' will not be imported');
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
 			logger('twitter: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
 			twitter_fetchhometimeline($a, $rr["uid"]);
 
@@ -924,6 +937,12 @@ function twitter_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 			dbesc($avatar),
 			dbesc(normalise_link("https://twitter.com/".$contact->screen_name)));
 
+	if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+		q("UPDATE `unique_contacts` SET `location` = '%s', `about` = '%s' WHERE url = '%s'",
+			dbesc($contact->location),
+			dbesc($contact->description),
+			dbesc(normalise_link("https://twitter.com/".$contact->screen_name)));
+
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `alias` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid), dbesc("twitter::".$contact->id_str));
 
@@ -940,7 +959,7 @@ function twitter_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 		q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `addr`, `alias`, `notify`, `poll`,
 					`name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`, `priority`,
 					`writable`, `blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
-					VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
+					VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0) ",
 			intval($uid),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc("https://twitter.com/".$contact->screen_name),
@@ -997,6 +1016,15 @@ function twitter_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 			intval($contact_id)
 		);
 
+		if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+						`about` = '%s'
+					WHERE `id` = %d",
+				dbesc($contact->location),
+				dbesc($contact->description),
+				intval($contact_id)
+			);
+
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
 
@@ -1038,6 +1066,15 @@ function twitter_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user) {
 				dbesc($contact->screen_name),
 				intval($r[0]['id'])
 			);
+
+			if (DB_UPDATE_VERSION >= "1177")
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `location` = '%s',
+							`about` = '%s'
+						WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($contact->location),
+					dbesc($contact->description),
+					intval($r[0]['id'])
+				);
 		}
 	}