diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 5073b8a61d..c761af8104 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -134,11 +134,14 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`dfrn-id`, `contact`.`self`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
-		FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
+		FROM `item`, (SELECT `p`.`id`,`p`.`created` FROM `item` AS `p` WHERE `p`.`parent`=`p`.`id`) as `parentitem`,
+             `contact` 
 		WHERE `item`.`uid` = %d AND `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0
+		AND `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
 		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
+		AND `item`.`parent` = `parentitem`.`id`
 		$sql_extra
-		ORDER BY `parent` DESC, `gravity` ASC, `created` ASC LIMIT %d ,%d ",
+		ORDER BY `parentitem`.`created`  DESC, `item`.`gravity` ASC, `item`.`created` ASC LIMIT %d ,%d ",
 		intval($_SESSION['uid']),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])