diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 59320fe87..5387d14c6 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2020.09-dev (Red Hot Poker)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1359
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1360
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1388,6 +1388,63 @@ CREATE VIEW `tag-view` AS SELECT
 			LEFT JOIN `tag` ON `post-tag`.`tid` = `tag`.`id`
 			LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `post-tag`.`cid` = `contact`.`id`;
 
+--
+-- VIEW network-item-view
+--
+DROP VIEW IF EXISTS `network-item-view`;
+CREATE VIEW `network-item-view` AS SELECT 
+	`item`.`parent-uri-id` AS `uri-id`,
+	`item`.`parent-uri` AS `uri`,
+	`item`.`parent` AS `parent`,
+	`item`.`received` AS `received`,
+	`item`.`commented` AS `commented`,
+	`item`.`created` AS `created`,
+	`item`.`uid` AS `uid`,
+	`item`.`starred` AS `starred`,
+	`item`.`mention` AS `mention`,
+	`item`.`network` AS `network`,
+	`item`.`unseen` AS `unseen`,
+	`item`.`gravity` AS `gravity`,
+	`item`.`contact-id` AS `contact-id`
+	FROM `item`
+			INNER JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = `item`.`parent`
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id` AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
+			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `author` ON `author`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `author`.`cid` = `thread`.`author-id`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `owner` ON `owner`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `owner`.`cid` = `thread`.`owner-id`
+			WHERE `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted` AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
+			AND (`author`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `author`.`blocked`)
+			AND (`owner`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `owner`.`blocked`);
+
+--
+-- VIEW network-thread-view
+--
+DROP VIEW IF EXISTS `network-thread-view`;
+CREATE VIEW `network-thread-view` AS SELECT 
+	`item`.`uri-id` AS `uri-id`,
+	`item`.`uri` AS `uri`,
+	`item`.`parent-uri-id` AS `parent-uri-id`,
+	`thread`.`iid` AS `parent`,
+	`thread`.`received` AS `received`,
+	`thread`.`commented` AS `commented`,
+	`thread`.`created` AS `created`,
+	`thread`.`uid` AS `uid`,
+	`thread`.`starred` AS `starred`,
+	`thread`.`mention` AS `mention`,
+	`thread`.`network` AS `network`,
+	`thread`.`contact-id` AS `contact-id`
+	FROM `thread`
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id` AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `thread`.`iid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `author` ON `author`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `author`.`cid` = `thread`.`author-id`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `owner` ON `owner`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `owner`.`cid` = `thread`.`owner-id`
+			WHERE `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted` AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
+			AND (`author`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `author`.`blocked`)
+			AND (`owner`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `owner`.`blocked`);
+
 --
 -- VIEW owner-view
 --
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index b493f7770..d89ad6c4d 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -499,19 +499,24 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		$o .= status_editor($a, $x);
 	}
 
-	$sql_table = $update ? '`item`' : '`thread`';
+	$conditionFields = ['uid' => local_user()];
+	$conditionStrings = [];
 
-	$sql_extra = ($star ? " AND `thread`.`starred` " : '') .
-		($conv ? " AND $sql_table.`mention`" : '') .
-		($nets ? sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`network` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($nets)) : '');
+	if ($star) {
+		$conditionFields['starred'] = true;
+	}
+	if ($conv) {
+		$conditionFields['mention'] = true;
+	}
+	if ($nets) {
+		$conditionFields['network'] = $nets;
+	}
 
 	if ($datequery) {
-		$sql_extra .= Strings::protectSprintf(sprintf(" AND $sql_table.received <= '%s' ",
-				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+		$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`received` <= ? ", DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get())]);
 	}
 	if ($datequery2) {
-		$sql_extra .= Strings::protectSprintf(sprintf(" AND $sql_table.received >= '%s' ",
-				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+		$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`received` >= ? ", DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get())]);
 	}
 
 	if ($gid) {
@@ -525,7 +530,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 			// NOTREACHED
 		}
 
-		$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND `thread`.`contact-id` IN (SELECT `contact-id` FROM `group_member` WHERE `gid` = %d) ", intval($gid));
+		$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`contact-id` IN (SELECT `contact-id` FROM `group_member` WHERE `gid` = ?)", $gid]);
 
 		$o = Renderer::replaceMacros(Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('section_title.tpl'), [
 			'$title' => DI::l10n()->t('Group: %s', $group['name'])
@@ -533,7 +538,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 	} elseif ($cid) {
 		$contact = Contact::getById($cid);
 		if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
-			$sql_extra .= " AND " . $sql_table . ".`contact-id` = " . intval($cid);
+			$conditionFields['contact-id'] = $cid;
 
 			$o = Renderer::replaceMacros(Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('viewcontact_template.tpl'), [
 				'contacts' => [ModuleContact::getContactTemplateVars($contact)],
@@ -558,8 +563,6 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		$order_mode = 'commented';
 	}
 
-	$sql_order = "$sql_table.$ordering";
-
 	$pager = new Pager(DI::l10n(), DI::args()->getQueryString());
 
 	networkPager($a, $pager);
@@ -572,22 +575,22 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 	switch ($order_mode) {
 		case 'received':
 			if ($last_received != '') {
-				$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`received` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_received));
+				$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`received` < ?", $last_received]);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'commented':
 			if ($last_commented != '') {
-				$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`commented` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_commented));
+				$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`commented` < ?", $last_commented]);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'created':
 			if ($last_created != '') {
-				$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`created` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_created));
+				$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`created` < ?", $last_created]);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'uriid':
 			if ($last_uriid > 0) {
-				$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`uri-id` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_uriid));
+				$conditionStrings = DBA::mergeConditions($conditionStrings, ["`uri-id` < ?", $last_uriid]);
 			}
 			break;
 	}
@@ -596,47 +599,23 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 	if ($update) {
 		if (!empty($parent)) {
 			// Load only a single thread
-			$sql_extra2 = "`item`.`id` = ".intval($parent);
+			$conditionFields['id'] = $parent;
 		} elseif ($order === 'post') {
 			// Only load new toplevel posts
-			$sql_extra2 = "`item`.`unseen` AND `item`.`gravity` = " . GRAVITY_PARENT;
+			$conditionFields['unseen'] = true;
+			$conditionFields['gravity'] = GRAVITY_PARENT;
 		} else {
 			// Load all unseen items
-			$sql_extra2 = "`item`.`unseen`";
+			$conditionFields['unseen'] = true;
 		}
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`parent-uri` AS `uri`, `item`.`parent` AS `item_id`, $sql_order AS `order_date`
-			FROM `item`
-			INNER JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = `item`.`parent`
-			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id`
-				AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
-			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = %d
-			WHERE `thread`.`uid` = %d AND `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
-			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
-			AND NOT `thread`.`moderated` AND $sql_extra2
-			$sql_extra
-			ORDER BY `order_date` DESC LIMIT 100",
-			intval(local_user()),
-			intval(local_user())
-		);
+		$params = ['order' => [$order_mode => true], 'limit' => 100];
+		$table = 'network-item-view';
 	} else {
-		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`uri`, `thread`.`iid` AS `item_id`, $sql_order AS `order_date`
-			FROM `thread`
-			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id`
-				AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
-			STRAIGHT_JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `thread`.`iid`
-			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = %d
-			WHERE `thread`.`uid` = %d AND `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
-			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
-			AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
-			$sql_extra
-			ORDER BY `order_date` DESC LIMIT %d, %d",
-			intval(local_user()),
-			intval(local_user()),
-			intval($pager->getStart()),
-			intval($pager->getItemsPerPage())
-		);
+		$params = ['order' => [$order_mode => true], 'limit' => [$pager->getStart(), $pager->getItemsPerPage()]];
+		$table = 'network-thread-view';
 	}
+	$r = DBA::selectToArray($table, [], DBA::mergeConditions($conditionFields, $conditionStrings), $params);
 
 	return $o . network_display_post($a, $pager, (!$gid && !$cid && !$star), $update, $ordering, $r);
 }
@@ -649,8 +628,8 @@ function network_display_post($a, $pager, $mark_all, $update, $ordering, $items)
 		$parents_arr = [];
 
 		foreach ($items as $item) {
-			if (!in_array($item['item_id'], $parents_arr) && ($item['item_id'] > 0)) {
-				$parents_arr[] = $item['item_id'];
+			if (!in_array($item['parent'], $parents_arr) && ($item['parent'] > 0)) {
+				$parents_arr[] = $item['parent'];
 			}
 		}
 		$parents_str = implode(', ', $parents_arr);
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index e9232f072..aa1552f9c 100755
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1359);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1360);
 }
 
 return [
diff --git a/static/dbview.config.php b/static/dbview.config.php
index 47bf97090..55cfd0155 100755
--- a/static/dbview.config.php
+++ b/static/dbview.config.php
@@ -68,6 +68,59 @@ return [
 			LEFT JOIN `tag` ON `post-tag`.`tid` = `tag`.`id`
 			LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `post-tag`.`cid` = `contact`.`id`"
 	],
+	"network-item-view" => [
+		"fields" => [
+			"uri-id" => ["item", "parent-uri-id"],
+			"uri" => ["item", "parent-uri"],
+			"parent" => ["item", "parent"],
+			"received" => ["item", "received"],
+			"commented" => ["item", "commented"],
+			"created" => ["item", "created"],
+			"uid" => ["item", "uid"],
+			"starred" => ["item", "starred"],
+			"mention" => ["item", "mention"],
+			"network" => ["item", "network"],
+			"unseen" => ["item", "unseen"],
+			"gravity" => ["item", "gravity"],
+			"contact-id" => ["item", "contact-id"],
+		],
+		"query" => "FROM `item`
+			INNER JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = `item`.`parent`
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id` AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
+			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `author` ON `author`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `author`.`cid` = `thread`.`author-id`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `owner` ON `owner`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `owner`.`cid` = `thread`.`owner-id`
+			WHERE `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted` AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
+			AND (`author`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `author`.`blocked`)
+			AND (`owner`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `owner`.`blocked`)"
+	],
+	"network-thread-view" => [
+		"fields" => [
+			"uri-id" => ["item", "uri-id"],
+			"uri" => ["item", "uri"],
+			"parent-uri-id" => ["item", "parent-uri-id"],
+			"parent" => ["thread", "iid"],
+			"received" => ["thread", "received"],
+			"commented" => ["thread", "commented"],
+			"created" => ["thread", "created"],
+			"uid" => ["thread", "uid"],
+			"starred" => ["thread", "starred"],
+			"mention" => ["thread", "mention"],
+			"network" => ["thread", "network"],
+			"contact-id" => ["thread", "contact-id"],
+		],
+		"query" => "FROM `thread`
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id` AND (NOT `contact`.`blocked` OR `contact`.`pending`)
+			STRAIGHT_JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `thread`.`iid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-item` ON `user-item`.`iid` = `item`.`id` AND `user-item`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `author` ON `author`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `author`.`cid` = `thread`.`author-id`
+			LEFT JOIN `user-contact` AS `owner` ON `owner`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND `owner`.`cid` = `thread`.`owner-id`
+			WHERE `thread`.`visible` AND NOT `thread`.`deleted` AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+			AND (`user-item`.`hidden` IS NULL OR NOT `user-item`.`hidden`)
+			AND (`author`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `author`.`blocked`)
+			AND (`owner`.`blocked` IS NULL OR NOT `owner`.`blocked`)"
+	],
 	"owner-view" => [
 		"fields" => [
 			"id" => ["contact", "id"],