diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 18a617ac2f..ffbb22e7bf 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 		$parent = $items[0];
 
-		$thr_parent = q("SELECT `network` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+		$thr_parent = q("SELECT `network`, `author-link`, `owner-link` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 			dbesc($target_item["thr-parent"]), intval($target_item["uid"]));
 
 		logger('Parent is '.$parent['network'].'. Thread parent is '.$thr_parent[0]['network'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -390,6 +390,20 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 			logger('Some parent is OStatus for '.$target_item["guid"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
+			// Send a salmon to the parent author
+			$probed_contact = probe_url($thr_parent[0]['author-link']);
+			if ($probed_contact["notify"] != "") {
+				logger('Notify parent author '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+				$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
+			}
+
+			// Send a salmon to the parent owner
+			$probed_contact = probe_url($thr_parent[0]['owner-link']);
+			if ($probed_contact["notify"] != "") {
+				logger('Notify parent owner '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+				$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
+			}
+
 			// Send a salmon notification to every person we mentioned in the post
 			$arr = explode(',',$target_item['tag']);
 			foreach($arr as $x) {
diff --git a/include/ostatus.php b/include/ostatus.php
index e31b4474da..4775e2ccb9 100644
--- a/include/ostatus.php
+++ b/include/ostatus.php
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ class ostatus {
 		$author["author-link"] = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/atom:uri/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 		$author["author-name"] = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/atom:name/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 
-		// Preserve the value
-		$authorlink = $author["author-link"];
+		$aliaslink = $author["author-link"];
 
 		$alternate = $xpath->query("atom:author/atom:link[@rel='alternate']", $context)->item(0)->attributes;
 		if (is_object($alternate))
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ class ostatus {
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` IN ('%s', '%s') AND `network` != '%s'",
 			intval($importer["uid"]), dbesc(normalise_link($author["author-link"])),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($authorlink)), dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
+			dbesc(normalise_link($aliaslink)), dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
 		if ($r) {
 			$contact = $r[0];
 			$author["contact-id"] = $r[0]["id"];
@@ -117,12 +116,14 @@ class ostatus {
 			if ($value != "")
 				$contact["location"] = $value;
 
-			if (($contact["name"] != $r[0]["name"]) OR ($contact["nick"] != $r[0]["nick"]) OR ($contact["about"] != $r[0]["about"]) OR ($contact["location"] != $r[0]["location"])) {
+			if (($contact["name"] != $r[0]["name"]) OR ($contact["nick"] != $r[0]["nick"]) OR ($contact["about"] != $r[0]["about"]) OR
+				($contact["alias"] != $r[0]["alias"]) OR ($contact["location"] != $r[0]["location"])) {
 
 				logger("Update contact data for contact ".$contact["id"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `about` = '%s', `location` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-					dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]), dbesc($contact["about"]), dbesc($contact["location"]),
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `alias` = '%s', `about` = '%s', `location` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]), dbesc($contact["alias"]),
+					dbesc($contact["about"]), dbesc($contact["location"]),
 					dbesc(datetime_convert()), intval($contact["id"]));
 
 				poco_check($contact["url"], $contact["name"], $contact["network"], $author["author-avatar"], $contact["about"], $contact["location"],