diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index a4588b3f7..249fd9a89 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ define('FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define('FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'The Tazmans Flax-lily');
 define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2018.08-dev');
 define('DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23');
-define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1274);
+define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1275);
 define('NEW_UPDATE_ROUTINE_VERSION', 1170);
 
 /**
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index b3d8f5dd0..1f6545225 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2018.08-dev (The Tazmans Flax-lily)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1274
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1275
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	`author-link` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Link to the profile page of the author of this item',
 	`author-avatar` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Link to the avatar picture of the author of this item',
 	`icid` int unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content',
+	`iaid` int unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the item-activity table entry that contains the activity data',
 	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'item title',
 	`content-warning` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`body` mediumtext COMMENT 'item body content',
@@ -542,6 +543,19 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	 INDEX `icid` (`icid`)
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Structure for all posts';
 
+--
+-- TABLE item-activity
+--
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item-activity` (
+	`id` int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
+	`uri` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`uri-hash` char(80) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'SHA-1 and RIPEMD-160 hash from uri',
+	`activity` smallint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT '',
+	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
+	 UNIQUE INDEX `uri-hash` (`uri-hash`),
+	 INDEX `uri` (`uri`(191))
+) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Activities for items';
+
 --
 -- TABLE item-content
 --
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index db6997ec6..e615b1bc6 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ class DBStructure
 						"author-link" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "Link to the profile page of the author of this item"],
 						"author-avatar" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "Link to the avatar picture of the author of this item"],
 						"icid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "relation" => ["item-content" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content"],
+						"iaid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "relation" => ["item-activity" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the item-activity table entry that contains the activity data"],
 						"title" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "item title"],
 						"content-warning" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"body" => ["type" => "mediumtext", "comment" => "item body content"],
@@ -1248,6 +1249,20 @@ class DBStructure
 						"icid" => ["icid"],
 						]
 				];
+		$database["item-activity"] = [
+				"comment" => "Activities for items",
+				"fields" => [
+						"id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1", "relation" => ["thread" => "iid"]],
+						"uri" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
+						"uri-hash" => ["type" => "char(80)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "SHA-1 and RIPEMD-160 hash from uri"],
+						"activity" => ["type" => "smallint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => ""],
+						],
+				"indexes" => [
+						"PRIMARY" => ["id"],
+						"uri-hash" => ["UNIQUE", "uri-hash"],
+						"uri" => ["uri(191)"],
+						]
+				];
 		$database["item-content"] = [
 				"comment" => "Content for all posts",
 				"fields" => [
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index ac53bb022..b6af5e7d9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 
 	// All fields in the item table
 	const ITEM_FIELDLIST = ['id', 'uid', 'parent', 'uri', 'parent-uri', 'thr-parent', 'guid',
-			'contact-id', 'type', 'wall', 'gravity', 'extid', 'icid',
+			'contact-id', 'type', 'wall', 'gravity', 'extid', 'icid', 'iaid',
 			'created', 'edited', 'commented', 'received', 'changed', 'verb',
 			'postopts', 'plink', 'resource-id', 'event-id', 'tag', 'attach', 'inform',
 			'file', 'allow_cid', 'allow_gid', 'deny_cid', 'deny_gid',
@@ -78,6 +78,40 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			'author-id', 'author-link', 'author-name', 'author-avatar',
 			'owner-id', 'owner-link', 'owner-name', 'owner-avatar'];
 
+	const ACTIVITIES = [ACTIVITY_LIKE, ACTIVITY_DISLIKE, ACTIVITY_ATTEND, ACTIVITY_ATTENDNO, ACTIVITY_ATTENDMAYBE];
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief returns an activity index from an activity string
+	 *
+	 * @param string $activity activity string
+	 * @return integer Activity index
+	 */
+	public static function activityToIndex($activity)
+	{
+		$index = array_search($activity, self::ACTIVITIES);
+
+		if (is_bool($index)) {
+			$index = -1;
+		}
+
+		return $index;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief returns an activity string from an activity index
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $index activity index
+	 * @return string Activity string
+	 */
+	public static function indexToActivity($index)
+	{
+		if (!isset(self::ACTIVITIES[$index])) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		return self::ACTIVITIES[$index];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Fetch a single item row
 	 *
@@ -88,14 +122,12 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 	{
 		$row = dba::fetch($stmt);
 
-		// Fetch data from the item-content table whenever there is content there
-		foreach (self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST as $field) {
-			if (empty($row[$field]) && !empty($row['item-' . $field])) {
-				$row[$field] = $row['item-' . $field];
-			}
-			unset($row['item-' . $field]);
+		if (is_bool($row)) {
+			return $row;
 		}
 
+		// ---------------------- Transform item structure data ----------------------
+
 		// We prefer the data from the user's contact over the public one
 		if (!empty($row['author-link']) && !empty($row['contact-link']) &&
 			($row['author-link'] == $row['contact-link'])) {
@@ -117,22 +149,64 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Build the tag string out of the term entries
-		if (isset($row['id']) && array_key_exists('tag', $row)) {
-			$row['tag'] = Term::tagTextFromItemId($row['id']);
-		}
-
-		// Build the file string out of the term entries
-		if (isset($row['id']) && array_key_exists('file', $row)) {
-			$row['file'] = Term::fileTextFromItemId($row['id']);
-		}
-
 		// We can always comment on posts from these networks
-		if (isset($row['writable']) && !empty($row['network']) &&
-			in_array($row['network'], [NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS])) {
+		if (array_key_exists('writable', $row) &&
+			in_array($row['internal-network'], [NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS])) {
 			$row['writable'] = true;
 		}
 
+		// ---------------------- Transform item content data ----------------------
+
+		// Fetch data from the item-content table whenever there is content there
+		foreach (self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST as $field) {
+			if (empty($row[$field]) && !empty($row['internal-item-' . $field])) {
+				$row[$field] = $row['internal-item-' . $field];
+			}
+			unset($row['internal-item-' . $field]);
+		}
+
+		if (!empty($row['internal-iaid']) && array_key_exists('verb', $row)) {
+			$row['verb'] = self::indexToActivity($row['internal-activity']);
+			if (array_key_exists('title', $row)) {
+				$row['title'] = '';
+			}
+			if (array_key_exists('body', $row)) {
+				$row['body'] = $row['verb'];
+			}
+			if (array_key_exists('object', $row)) {
+				$row['object'] = '';
+			}
+			if (array_key_exists('object-type', $row)) {
+				$row['object-type'] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE;
+			}
+		} elseif (in_array($row['verb'], ['', ACTIVITY_POST, ACTIVITY_SHARE])) {
+			// Posts don't have an object or target - but having tags or files.
+			// We safe some performance by building tag and file strings only here.
+			// We remove object and target since they aren't used for this type.
+			if (array_key_exists('object', $row)) {
+				$row['object'] = '';
+			}
+			if (array_key_exists('target', $row)) {
+				$row['target'] = '';
+			}
+			// Build the tag string out of the term entries
+			if (array_key_exists('tag', $row)) {
+				$row['tag'] = Term::tagTextFromItemId($row['internal-iid']);
+			}
+
+			// Build the file string out of the term entries
+			if (array_key_exists('file', $row)) {
+				$row['file'] = Term::fileTextFromItemId($row['internal-iid']);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Remove internal fields
+		unset($row['internal-activity']);
+		unset($row['internal-network']);
+		unset($row['internal-iid']);
+		unset($row['internal-iaid']);
+		unset($row['internal-icid']);
+
 		return $row;
 	}
 
@@ -417,7 +491,11 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			'file', 'allow_cid', 'allow_gid', 'deny_cid', 'deny_gid',
 			'private', 'pubmail', 'moderated', 'visible', 'starred', 'bookmark',
 			'unseen', 'deleted', 'origin', 'forum_mode', 'mention', 'global',
-			'id' => 'item_id', 'network', 'icid'];
+			'id' => 'item_id', 'network', 'icid', 'iaid', 'id' => 'internal-iid',
+			'network' => 'internal-network', 'icid' => 'internal-icid',
+			'iaid' => 'internal-iaid'];
+
+		$fields['item-activity'] = ['activity' => 'internal-activity'];
 
 		$fields['item-content'] = array_merge(self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST);
 
@@ -522,6 +600,10 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			$joins .= " LEFT JOIN `sign` ON `sign`.`iid` = `item`.`id`";
 		}
 
+		if (strpos($sql_commands, "`item-activity`.") !== false) {
+			$joins .= " LEFT JOIN `item-activity` ON `item-activity`.`id` = `item`.`iaid`";
+		}
+
 		if (strpos($sql_commands, "`item-content`.") !== false) {
 			$joins .= " LEFT JOIN `item-content` ON `item-content`.`id` = `item`.`icid`";
 		}
@@ -547,14 +629,15 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 	 */
 	private static function constructSelectFields($fields, $selected)
 	{
-		// To be able to fetch the tags we need the item id
-		if (in_array('tag', $selected) && !in_array('id', $selected)) {
-			$selected[] = 'id';
+		if (!empty($selected)) {
+			$selected[] = 'internal-iid';
+			$selected[] = 'internal-iaid';
+			$selected[] = 'internal-icid';
+			$selected[] = 'internal-network';
 		}
 
-		// To be able to fetch the files we need the item id
-		if (in_array('file', $selected) && !in_array('id', $selected)) {
-			$selected[] = 'id';
+		if (in_array('verb', $selected)) {
+			$selected[] = 'internal-activity';
 		}
 
 		$selection = [];
@@ -562,7 +645,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			foreach ($table_fields as $field => $select) {
 				if (empty($selected) || in_array($select, $selected)) {
 					if (in_array($select, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST)) {
-						$selection[] = "`item`.`".$select."` AS `item-" . $select . "`";
+						$selection[] = "`item`.`".$select."` AS `internal-item-" . $select . "`";
 					}
 					if (is_int($field)) {
 						$selection[] = "`" . $table . "`.`" . $select . "`";
@@ -626,7 +709,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		// We cannot simply expand the condition to check for origin entries
 		// The condition needn't to be a simple array but could be a complex condition.
 		// And we have to execute this query before the update to ensure to fetch the same data.
-		$items = dba::select('item', ['id', 'origin', 'uri', 'plink', 'icid'], $condition);
+		$items = dba::select('item', ['id', 'origin', 'uri', 'plink', 'iaid', 'icid'], $condition);
 
 		$content_fields = [];
 		foreach (array_merge(self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST) as $field) {
@@ -667,19 +750,21 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			if (!empty($item['plink'])) {
 				$content_fields['plink'] =  $item['plink'];
 			}
-			self::updateContent($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+			if (!self::updateActivity($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']])) {
+				self::updateContent($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
 
-			if (empty($item['icid'])) {
-				$item_content = dba::selectFirst('item-content', [], ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
-				if (DBM::is_result($item_content)) {
-					$item_fields = ['icid' => $item_content['id']];
-					// Clear all fields in the item table that have a content in the item-content table
-					foreach ($item_content as $field => $content) {
-						if (in_array($field, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST) && !empty($item_content[$field])) {
-							$item_fields[$field] = '';
+				if (empty($item['icid'])) {
+					$item_content = dba::selectFirst('item-content', [], ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+					if (DBM::is_result($item_content)) {
+						$item_fields = ['icid' => $item_content['id']];
+						// Clear all fields in the item table that have a content in the item-content table
+						foreach ($item_content as $field => $content) {
+							if (in_array($field, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST) && !empty($item_content[$field])) {
+								$item_fields[$field] = '';
+							}
 						}
+						dba::update('item', $item_fields, ['id' => $item['id']]);
 					}
-					dba::update('item', $item_fields, ['id' => $item['id']]);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1422,7 +1507,9 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		}
 
 		// We are doing this outside of the transaction to avoid timing problems
-		self::insertContent($item);
+		if (!self::insertActivity($item)) {
+			self::insertContent($item);
+		}
 
 		dba::transaction();
 		$ret = dba::insert('item', $item);
@@ -1577,6 +1664,55 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		return $current_post;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Insert a new item content entry
+	 *
+	 * @param array $item The item fields that are to be inserted
+	 */
+	private static function insertActivity(&$item)
+	{
+		$activity_index = self::activityToIndex($item['verb']);
+
+		if ($activity_index < 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$fields = ['uri' => $item['uri'], 'activity' => $activity_index,
+			'uri-hash' => hash('sha1', $item['uri']) . hash('ripemd160', $item['uri'])];
+
+		$saved_item = $item;
+
+		// We just remove everything that is content
+		foreach (array_merge(self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST) as $field) {
+			unset($item[$field]);
+		}
+
+		// To avoid timing problems, we are using locks.
+		$locked = Lock::set('item_insert_activity');
+		if (!$locked) {
+			logger("Couldn't acquire lock for URI " . $item['uri'] . " - proceeding anyway.");
+		}
+
+		// Do we already have this content?
+		$item_activity = dba::selectFirst('item-activity', ['id'], ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+		if (DBM::is_result($item_activity)) {
+			$item['iaid'] = $item_activity['id'];
+			logger('Fetched activity for URI ' . $item['uri'] . ' (' . $item['iaid'] . ')');
+		} elseif (dba::insert('item-activity', $fields)) {
+			$item['iaid'] = dba::lastInsertId();
+			logger('Inserted activity for URI ' . $item['uri'] . ' (' . $item['iaid'] . ')');
+		} else {
+			// This shouldn't happen. But if it does, we simply store it in the item-content table
+			logger('Could not insert activity for URI ' . $item['uri'] . ' - should not happen');
+			$item = $saved_item;
+			return false;
+		}
+		if ($locked) {
+			Lock::remove('item_insert_activity');
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Insert a new item content entry
 	 *
@@ -1635,6 +1771,33 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Update existing item content entries
+	 *
+	 * @param array $item The item fields that are to be changed
+	 * @param array $condition The condition for finding the item content entries
+	 */
+	private static function updateActivity($item, $condition)
+	{
+		if (empty($item['verb'])) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$activity_index = self::activityToIndex($item['verb']);
+
+		if (!$activity_index) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$fields = ['activity' => $activity_index];
+
+		logger('Update activity for URI ' . $condition['uri']);
+
+		dba::update('item-activity', $fields, $condition, true);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Update existing item content entries
 	 *