diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 81536d372..acf6979d8 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -99,10 +99,19 @@ function bb_attachment($Text, $simplehtml = false, $tryoembed = true) {
 				$image = "";
 			}
 
-			if ($simplehtml == 7)
-				$text = sprintf('<a href="%s" title="%s" class="attachment thumbnail" rel="nofollow external">%s</a>',
-						$url, $title, $title);
-			elseif (($simplehtml != 4) AND ($simplehtml != 0))
+			if ($simplehtml == 7) {
+				$title2 = $title;
+
+				$test1 = trim(html_entity_decode($match[1],ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8'));
+				$test2 = trim(html_entity_decode($title,ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8'));
+
+				// If the link description is similar to the text above then don't add the link description
+				if (($title != "") AND ((strpos($test1,$test2) !== false) OR
+					(similar_text($test1,$test2) / strlen($title)) > 0.9))
+					$title2 = $url;
+				$text = sprintf('<a href="%s" title="%s" class="attachment thumbnail" rel="nofollow external">%s</a><br />',
+						$url, $title, $title2);
+			} elseif (($simplehtml != 4) AND ($simplehtml != 0))
 				$text = sprintf('<a href="%s" target="_blank">%s</a><br>', $url, $title);
 			else {
 				$text = sprintf('<span class="type-%s">', $type);
@@ -950,11 +959,13 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false, $tryoembed = true, $simplehtml = fal
 	$Text = preg_replace_callback("&\[url=/posts/([^\[\]]*)\](.*)\[\/url\]&Usi", 'bb_DiasporaLinks', $Text);
 
 	// if the HTML is used to generate plain text, then don't do this search, but replace all URL of that kind to text
-	if (!$forplaintext)
-		$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\='".'"'."]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/ism", '$1<a href="$2" target="_blank">$2</a>', $Text);
-	else {
-		$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\])ism"," $1 ",$Text);
-		$Text = preg_replace_callback("&\[url=([^\[\]]*)\]\[img\](.*)\[\/img\]\[\/url\]&Usi", 'bb_RemovePictureLinks', $Text);
+	if ($simplehtml != 7) {
+		if (!$forplaintext)
+			$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\='".'"'."]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/ism", '$1<a href="$2" target="_blank">$2</a>', $Text);
+		else {
+			$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\])ism"," $1 ",$Text);
+			$Text = preg_replace_callback("&\[url=([^\[\]]*)\]\[img\](.*)\[\/img\]\[\/url\]&Usi", 'bb_RemovePictureLinks', $Text);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ($tryoembed)
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 53f4784c2..65d66b77a 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -4171,14 +4171,13 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item,$sharing = false) {
 			);
 		}
 		// send email notification to owner?
-	}
-	else {
+	} else {
 
 		// create contact record
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`,
-			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `writable` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 0, 1, 1 ) ",
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` (`uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`,
+			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `writable`)
+			VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 0, 1, 1)",
 			intval($importer['uid']),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($url),
@@ -4193,27 +4192,38 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item,$sharing = false) {
 				intval($importer['uid']),
 				dbesc($url)
 		);
-		if(count($r))
+		if(count($r)) {
 				$contact_record = $r[0];
 
-		// create notification
-		$hash = random_string();
+				$photos = import_profile_photo($photo,$importer["uid"],$contact_record["id"]);
 
-		if(is_array($contact_record)) {
-			$ret = q("INSERT INTO `intro` ( `uid`, `contact-id`, `blocked`, `knowyou`, `hash`, `datetime`)
-				VALUES ( %d, %d, 0, 0, '%s', '%s' )",
-				intval($importer['uid']),
-				intval($contact_record['id']),
-				dbesc($hash),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert())
-			);
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($photos[0]),
+					dbesc($photos[1]),
+					dbesc($photos[2]),
+					intval($contact_record["id"])
+				);
 		}
 
+
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($importer['uid'])
 		);
 		$a = get_app();
-		if(count($r)) {
+		if(count($r) AND !in_array($r[0]['page-flags'], array(PAGE_SOAPBOX, PAGE_FREELOVE))) {
+
+			// create notification
+			$hash = random_string();
+
+			if(is_array($contact_record)) {
+				$ret = q("INSERT INTO `intro` ( `uid`, `contact-id`, `blocked`, `knowyou`, `hash`, `datetime`)
+					VALUES ( %d, %d, 0, 0, '%s', '%s' )",
+					intval($importer['uid']),
+					intval($contact_record['id']),
+					dbesc($hash),
+					dbesc(datetime_convert())
+				);
+			}
 
 			if(intval($r[0]['def_gid'])) {
 				require_once('include/group.php');
@@ -4221,7 +4231,7 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item,$sharing = false) {
 			}
 
 			if(($r[0]['notify-flags'] & NOTIFY_INTRO) &&
-				in_array($r[0]['page-flags'], array(PAGE_NORMAL, PAGE_SOAPBOX, PAGE_FREELOVE))) {
+				in_array($r[0]['page-flags'], array(PAGE_NORMAL))) {
 
 				notification(array(
 					'type'         => NOTIFY_INTRO,
@@ -4239,7 +4249,13 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item,$sharing = false) {
 				));
 
 			}
+		} elseif (count($r) AND in_array($r[0]['page-flags'], array(PAGE_SOAPBOX, PAGE_FREELOVE))) {
+			$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `pending` = 0 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `pending` LIMIT 1",
+					intval($importer['uid']),
+					dbesc($url)
+			);
 		}
+
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4645,7 +4661,7 @@ function item_getfeedtags($item) {
 	if($cnt) {
 		for($x = 0; $x < $cnt; $x ++) {
 			if($matches[1][$x])
-				$ret[] = array('#',$matches[1][$x], $matches[2][$x]);
+				$ret[$matches[2][$x]] = array('#',$matches[1][$x], $matches[2][$x]);
 		}
 	}
 	$matches = false;
diff --git a/include/ostatus.php b/include/ostatus.php
index ce254ed61..ebd5741e5 100644
--- a/include/ostatus.php
+++ b/include/ostatus.php
@@ -1201,6 +1201,14 @@ function ostatus_get_attachment($doc, $root, $item) {
 			break;
 	}
 
+	if (($siteinfo["type"] != "photo") AND isset($siteinfo["image"])) {
+		$photodata = get_photo_info($siteinfo["image"]);
+
+		$attributes = array("rel" => "preview", "href" => $siteinfo["image"], "media:width" => $photodata[0], "media:height" => $photodata[1]);
+		xml_add_element($doc, $root, "link", "", $attributes);
+	}
+
+
 	$arr = explode('[/attach],',$item['attach']);
 	if(count($arr)) {
 		foreach($arr as $r) {
@@ -1229,7 +1237,7 @@ function ostatus_add_author($doc, $owner, $profile) {
 	$author = $doc->createElement("author");
 	xml_add_element($doc, $author, "activity:object-type", ACTIVITY_OBJ_PERSON);
 	xml_add_element($doc, $author, "uri", $owner["url"]);
-	xml_add_element($doc, $author, "name", $owner["nick"]);
+	xml_add_element($doc, $author, "name", $profile["name"]);
 
 	$attributes = array("rel" => "alternate", "type" => "text/html", "href" => $owner["url"]);
 	xml_add_element($doc, $author, "link", "", $attributes);
@@ -1327,6 +1335,7 @@ function ostatus_entry($doc, $item, $owner, $toplevel = false) {
 	if ($item['title'] != "")
 		$body = "[b]".$item['title']."[/b]\n\n".$body;
 
+	//$body = bb_remove_share_information($body);
 	$body = bbcode($body, false, false, 7);
 
 	xml_add_element($doc, $entry, "content", $body, array("type" => "html"));
@@ -1440,7 +1449,7 @@ function ostatus_feed(&$a, $owner_nick, $last_update) {
 		$root->appendChild($entry);
 	}
 
-	return($doc->saveXML());
+	return(trim($doc->saveXML()));
 }
 
 function ostatus_salmon($item,$owner) {
@@ -1452,6 +1461,6 @@ function ostatus_salmon($item,$owner) {
 
 	$doc->appendChild($entry);
 
-	return($doc->saveXML());
+	return(trim($doc->saveXML()));
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index d9a17dcad..8d2a7688f 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ function admin_page_site_post(&$a){
 	$poll_interval		=	((x($_POST,'poll_interval'))		? intval(trim($_POST['poll_interval']))		: 0);
 	$maxloadavg		=	((x($_POST,'maxloadavg'))		? intval(trim($_POST['maxloadavg']))		: 50);
 	$maxloadavg_frontend	=	((x($_POST,'maxloadavg_frontend'))	? intval(trim($_POST['maxloadavg_frontend']))	: 50);
+	$optimize_max_tablesize	=	((x($_POST,'optimize_max_tablesize'))	? intval(trim($_POST['optimize_max_tablesize'])): 100);
 	$poco_completion	=	((x($_POST,'poco_completion'))		? intval(trim($_POST['poco_completion']))	: false);
 	$poco_requery_days	=	((x($_POST,'poco_requery_days'))	? intval(trim($_POST['poco_requery_days']))	: 7);
 	$poco_discovery		=	((x($_POST,'poco_discovery'))		? intval(trim($_POST['poco_discovery']))	: 0);
@@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ function admin_page_site_post(&$a){
 	set_config('system','poll_interval',$poll_interval);
 	set_config('system','maxloadavg',$maxloadavg);
 	set_config('system','maxloadavg_frontend',$maxloadavg_frontend);
+	set_config('system','optimize_max_tablesize',$optimize_max_tablesize);
 	set_config('system','poco_completion',$poco_completion);
 	set_config('system','poco_requery_days',$poco_requery_days);
 	set_config('system','poco_discovery',$poco_discovery);
@@ -772,6 +774,7 @@ function admin_page_site(&$a) {
 		'$poll_interval'	=> array('poll_interval', t("Poll interval"), (x(get_config('system','poll_interval'))?get_config('system','poll_interval'):2), t("Delay background polling processes by this many seconds to reduce system load. If 0, use delivery interval.")),
 		'$maxloadavg'		=> array('maxloadavg', t("Maximum Load Average"), ((intval(get_config('system','maxloadavg')) > 0)?get_config('system','maxloadavg'):50), t("Maximum system load before delivery and poll processes are deferred - default 50.")),
 		'$maxloadavg_frontend'	=> array('maxloadavg_frontend', t("Maximum Load Average (Frontend)"), ((intval(get_config('system','maxloadavg_frontend')) > 0)?get_config('system','maxloadavg_frontend'):50), t("Maximum system load before the frontend quits service - default 50.")),
+		'$optimize_max_tablesize'=> array('optimize_max_tablesize', t("Maximum table size for optimization"), ((intval(get_config('system','optimize_max_tablesize')) > 0)?get_config('system','optimize_max_tablesize'):100), t("Maximum table size (in MB) for the automatic optimization - default 100 MB. Enter -1 to disable it.")),
 
 		'$poco_completion'	=> array('poco_completion', t("Periodical check of global contacts"), get_config('system','poco_completion'), t("If enabled, the global contacts are checked periodically for missing or outdated data and the vitality of the contacts and servers.")),
 		'$poco_requery_days'	=> array('poco_requery_days', t("Days between requery"), get_config('system','poco_requery_days'), t("Number of days after which a server is requeried for his contacts.")),
diff --git a/view/templates/admin_site.tpl b/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
index 13270e2eb..c1e70614c 100644
--- a/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$poll_interval}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$maxloadavg}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$maxloadavg_frontend}}
+	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$optimize_max_tablesize}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$abandon_days}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$lockpath}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$temppath}}