diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 2c4ae9e5ca..87a7daea0b 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ function get_feed_for(&$a, $dfrn_id, $owner_nick, $last_update, $direction = 0,
 	// Include answers to status.net posts in pubsub feeds
 	if($forpubsub) {
 		$sql_post_table = "INNER JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = `item`.`parent` ";
-		$visibility = "OR (`item`.`network` = 'dfrn' AND `thread`.`network`='stat')";
+		$visibility = sprintf("OR (`item`.`network` = '%s' AND `thread`.`network`='%s')",
+					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
 		$date_field = "`received`";
 		$sql_order = "`item`.`received` DESC";
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 318e0eab25..dc4e1a2394 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -295,13 +295,18 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 			$conversant_str = dbesc($parent['contact-id']);
 			$recipients = array($parent['contact-id']);
 
+			if (!$item['private'] AND $item['wall'] AND
+				(strlen($item['allow_cid'].$item['allow_gid'].
+					$item['deny_cid'].$item['deny_gid']) == 0))
+				$push_notify = true;
+
 			if ($parent['network'] == NETWORK_OSTATUS) {
 				logger('Parent is OStatus', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 				$push_notify = true;
 
 				// Check if the recipient isn't in your contact list, try to slap it
-				// This doesn't seem to work correctly by now
+				// Not sure if it is working or not.
 				$r = q("SELECT `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d", $parent['contact-id']);
 				if (count($r)) {
 					$url_recipients = array();