diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2ef5853e00..d5972484bc 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'Asparagus');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.5.2-dev' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1220      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1221      );
 
 /**
  * @brief Constant with a HTML line break.
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ define ( 'CP_USERS_ON_SERVER',     0 );
 define ( 'CP_GLOBAL_COMMUNITY',    1 );
 /** @}*/
 
+/**
+ * @name Protocols
+ *
+ * Different protocols that we are storing
+ * @{
+ */
+define('PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN',         0);
+define('PROTOCOL_DFRN',            1);
+define('PROTOCOL_DIASPORA',        2);
+define('PROTOCOL_OSTATUS_SALMON',  3);
+define('PROTOCOL_OSTATUS_FEED',    4);
+define('PROTOCOL_GS_CONVERSATION', 5);
+/** @}*/
+
 /**
  * @name Network
  *
@@ -354,6 +368,7 @@ define ( 'NAMESPACE_FEED',            'http://schemas.google.com/g/2010#updates-
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_OSTATUS',         'http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0' );
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_STATUSNET',       'http://status.net/schema/api/1/' );
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_ATOM1',           'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' );
+define ( 'NAMESPACE_MASTODON',        'http://mastodon.social/schema/1.0' );
 /* @}*/
 
 /**
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 69da511b03..73547b3058 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 3.5.2-dev (Asparagus)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1219
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1221
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 	`fetch_further_information` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`ffi_keyword_blacklist` text,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
-	 INDEX `uid_name` (`uid`,`name`),
+	 INDEX `uid_name` (`uid`,`name`(190)),
 	 INDEX `self_uid` (`self`,`uid`),
 	 INDEX `alias_uid` (`alias`(32),`uid`),
 	 INDEX `pending_uid` (`pending`,`uid`),
 	 INDEX `blocked_uid` (`blocked`,`uid`),
-	 INDEX `uid_rel_network_poll` (`uid`,`rel`,`network`,`poll`(64),`archive`),
-	 INDEX `uid_network_batch` (`uid`,`network`,`batch`(64)),
+	 INDEX `uid_rel_network_poll` (`uid`,`rel`,`network`(4),`poll`(64),`archive`),
+	 INDEX `uid_network_batch` (`uid`,`network`(4),`batch`(64)),
 	 INDEX `addr_uid` (`addr`(32),`uid`),
 	 INDEX `nurl_uid` (`nurl`(32),`uid`),
 	 INDEX `nick_uid` (`nick`(32),`uid`),
@@ -204,6 +204,21 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `conv` (
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`)
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
 
+--
+-- TABLE conversation
+--
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `conversation` (
+	`item-uri` varbinary(255) NOT NULL,
+	`reply-to-uri` varbinary(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	`conversation-uri` varbinary(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	`conversation-href` varbinary(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	`protocol` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	`source` mediumtext,
+	`received` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0001-01-01 00:00:00',
+	 PRIMARY KEY(`item-uri`),
+	 INDEX `conversation-uri` (`conversation-uri`)
+) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
 --
 -- TABLE event
 --
@@ -344,7 +359,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `gcontact` (
 	 INDEX `name` (`name`(64)),
 	 INDEX `nick` (`nick`(32)),
 	 INDEX `addr` (`addr`(64)),
-	 INDEX `hide_network_updated` (`hide`,`network`,`updated`),
+	 INDEX `hide_network_updated` (`hide`,`network`(4),`updated`),
 	 INDEX `updated` (`updated`)
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
 
@@ -523,22 +538,22 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	 INDEX `uid_contactid_id` (`uid`,`contact-id`,`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid_created` (`uid`,`created`),
 	 INDEX `uid_unseen_contactid` (`uid`,`unseen`,`contact-id`),
-	 INDEX `uid_network_received` (`uid`,`network`,`received`),
-	 INDEX `uid_network_commented` (`uid`,`network`,`commented`),
-	 INDEX `uid_thrparent` (`uid`,`thr-parent`),
-	 INDEX `uid_parenturi` (`uid`,`parent-uri`),
+	 INDEX `uid_network_received` (`uid`,`network`(4),`received`),
+	 INDEX `uid_network_commented` (`uid`,`network`(4),`commented`),
+	 INDEX `uid_thrparent` (`uid`,`thr-parent`(190)),
+	 INDEX `uid_parenturi` (`uid`,`parent-uri`(190)),
 	 INDEX `uid_contactid_created` (`uid`,`contact-id`,`created`),
 	 INDEX `authorid_created` (`author-id`,`created`),
-	 INDEX `uid_uri` (`uid`,`uri`),
+	 INDEX `uid_uri` (`uid`,`uri`(190)),
 	 INDEX `resource-id` (`resource-id`),
 	 INDEX `contactid_allowcid_allowpid_denycid_denygid` (`contact-id`,`allow_cid`(10),`allow_gid`(10),`deny_cid`(10),`deny_gid`(10)),
-	 INDEX `uid_type_changed` (`uid`,`type`,`changed`),
-	 INDEX `contactid_verb` (`contact-id`,`verb`),
+	 INDEX `uid_type_changed` (`uid`,`type`(190),`changed`),
+	 INDEX `contactid_verb` (`contact-id`,`verb`(190)),
 	 INDEX `deleted_changed` (`deleted`,`changed`),
 	 INDEX `uid_wall_changed` (`uid`,`wall`,`changed`),
 	 INDEX `uid_eventid` (`uid`,`event-id`),
-	 INDEX `uid_authorlink` (`uid`,`author-link`),
-	 INDEX `uid_ownerlink` (`uid`,`owner-link`)
+	 INDEX `uid_authorlink` (`uid`,`author-link`(190)),
+	 INDEX `uid_ownerlink` (`uid`,`owner-link`(190))
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
 
 --
@@ -652,7 +667,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `notify` (
 	 INDEX `hash_uid` (`hash`,`uid`),
 	 INDEX `seen_uid_date` (`seen`,`uid`,`date`),
 	 INDEX `uid_date` (`uid`,`date`),
-	 INDEX `uid_type_link` (`uid`,`type`,`link`)
+	 INDEX `uid_type_link` (`uid`,`type`,`link`(190))
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
 
 --
@@ -963,7 +978,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `term` (
 	`aid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`uid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`tid`),
-	 INDEX `oid_otype_type_term` (`oid`,`otype`,`type`,`term`),
+	 INDEX `oid_otype_type_term` (`oid`,`otype`,`type`,`term`(32)),
 	 INDEX `uid_otype_type_term_global_created` (`uid`,`otype`,`type`,`term`(32),`global`,`created`),
 	 INDEX `uid_otype_type_url` (`uid`,`otype`,`type`,`url`(64)),
 	 INDEX `guid` (`guid`(64))
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 76791911a3..3f4d814821 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class dba {
 			if (is_int($args[$param]) OR is_float($args[$param])) {
 				$replace = intval($args[$param]);
 			} else {
-				$replace = "'".dbesc($args[$param])."'";
+				$replace = "'".self::$dbo->escape($args[$param])."'";
 			}
 
 			$pos = strpos($sql, '?', $offset);
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ class dba {
 		$args = func_get_args();
 		unset($args[0]);
 
+		// When the second function parameter is an array then use this as the parameter array
+		if ((count($args) == 1) AND (is_array($args[1]))) {
+			$params = $args[1];
+			$i = 0;
+			foreach ($params AS $param) {
+				$args[++$i] = $param;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (!self::$dbo OR !self::$dbo->connected) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -492,6 +501,9 @@ class dba {
 			$sql = "/*".$a->callstack()." */ ".$sql;
 		}
 
+		self::$dbo->error = '';
+		self::$dbo->errorno = 0;
+
 		switch (self::$dbo->driver) {
 			case 'pdo':
 				if (!$stmt = self::$dbo->db->prepare($sql)) {
@@ -563,6 +575,10 @@ class dba {
 				break;
 		}
 
+		if (self::$dbo->errorno != 0) {
+			logger('DB Error '.self::$dbo->errorno.': '.self::$dbo->error);
+		}
+
 		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, 'database');
 
 		if (x($a->config,'system') && x($a->config['system'], 'db_log')) {
@@ -627,7 +643,29 @@ class dba {
 		if (is_bool($stmt)) {
 			$retval = $stmt;
 		} else {
-			$retval = (self::rows($stmt) > 0);
+			$retval = (self::num_rows($stmt) > 0);
+		}
+
+		self::close($stmt);
+
+		return $retval;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Fetches the first row
+	 *
+	 * @param string $sql SQL statement
+	 * @return array first row of query
+	 */
+	static public function fetch_first($sql) {
+		$args = func_get_args();
+
+		$stmt = call_user_func_array('self::p', $args);
+
+		if (is_bool($stmt)) {
+			$retval = $stmt;
+		} else {
+			$retval = self::fetch($stmt);
 		}
 
 		self::close($stmt);
@@ -700,6 +738,47 @@ class dba {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Insert a row into a table
+	 *
+	 * @param string $table Table name
+	 * @param array $param parameter array
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean was the insert successfull?
+	 */
+	static public function insert($table, $param) {
+		$sql = "INSERT INTO `".self::$dbo->escape($table)."` (`".implode("`, `", array_keys($param))."`) VALUES (".
+			substr(str_repeat("?, ", count($param)), 0, -2).");";
+
+		return self::e($sql, $param);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Updates rows
+	 *
+	 * @param string $table Table name
+	 * @param array $fields contains the fields that are updated
+	 * @param array $condition condition array with the key values
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean was the update successfull?
+	 */
+	static public function update($table, $fields, $condition) {
+
+		$sql = "UPDATE `".self::$dbo->escape($table)."` SET `".
+			implode("` = ?, `", array_keys($fields))."` = ? WHERE `".
+			implode("` = ? AND `", array_keys($condition))."` = ?";
+
+		$params = array();
+		foreach ($fields AS $value) {
+			$params[] = $value;
+		}
+		foreach ($condition AS $value) {
+			$params[] = $value;
+		}
+
+		return self::e($sql, $params);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Closes the current statement
 	 *
diff --git a/include/dbstructure.php b/include/dbstructure.php
index fe44cc7649..98a4a9c307 100644
--- a/include/dbstructure.php
+++ b/include/dbstructure.php
@@ -809,6 +809,21 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"uid" => array("uid"),
 					)
 			);
+	$database["conversation"] = array(
+			"fields" => array(
+					"item-uri" => array("type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "primary" => "1"),
+					"reply-to-uri" => array("type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
+					"conversation-uri" => array("type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
+					"conversation-href" => array("type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
+					"protocol" => array("type" => "tinyint(1) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
+					"source" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"received" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => NULL_DATE),
+					),
+			"indexes" => array(
+					"PRIMARY" => array("item-uri"),
+					"conversation-uri" => array("conversation-uri"),
+					)
+			);
 	$database["event"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
diff --git a/include/dfrn.php b/include/dfrn.php
index ddebf1e9bf..5977ed9a0c 100644
--- a/include/dfrn.php
+++ b/include/dfrn.php
@@ -817,6 +817,28 @@ class dfrn {
 			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "thr:in-reply-to", "", $attributes);
 		}
 
+		// Add conversation data. This is used for OStatus
+		$conversation_href = App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$owner["nick"]."/".$item["parent"];
+		$conversation_uri = $conversation_href;
+
+		if (isset($parent_item)) {
+			$r = dba::fetch_first("SELECT `conversation-uri`, `conversation-href` FROM `conversation` WHERE `item-uri` = ?", $item['parent-uri']);
+			if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
+				if ($r['conversation-uri'] != '') {
+					$conversation_uri = $r['conversation-uri'];
+				}
+				if ($r['conversation-href'] != '') {
+					$conversation_href = $r['conversation-href'];
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		$attributes = array(
+				"href" => $conversation_href,
+				"ref" => $conversation_uri);
+
+		xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "ostatus:conversation", $conversation_uri, $attributes);
+
 		xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "id", $item["uri"]);
 		xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "title", $item["title"]);
 
@@ -2209,12 +2231,16 @@ class dfrn {
 	 * @param array $importer Record of the importer user mixed with contact of the content
 	 * @todo Add type-hints
 	 */
-	private static function process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer) {
+	private static function process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer, $xml) {
 
 		logger("Processing entries");
 
 		$item = $header;
 
+		$item["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DFRN;
+
+		$item["source"] = $xml;
+
 		// Get the uri
 		$item["uri"] = $xpath->query("atom:id/text()", $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 
@@ -2373,6 +2399,20 @@ class dfrn {
 			self::parse_links($links, $item);
 		}
 
+		$item['conversation-uri'] = $xpath->query('ostatus:conversation/text()', $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
+
+		$conv = $xpath->query('ostatus:conversation', $entry);
+		if (is_object($conv->item(0))) {
+			foreach ($conv->item(0)->attributes AS $attributes) {
+				if ($attributes->name == "ref") {
+					$item['conversation-uri'] = $attributes->textContent;
+				}
+				if ($attributes->name == "href") {
+					$item['conversation-href'] = $attributes->textContent;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Is it a reply or a top level posting?
 		$item["parent-uri"] = $item["uri"];
 
@@ -2801,7 +2841,7 @@ class dfrn {
 		if (!$sort_by_date) {
 			$entries = $xpath->query("/atom:feed/atom:entry");
 			foreach ($entries AS $entry) {
-				self::process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer);
+				self::process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer, $xml);
 			}
 		} else {
 			$newentries = array();
@@ -2815,7 +2855,7 @@ class dfrn {
 			ksort($newentries);
 
 			foreach ($newentries AS $entry) {
-				self::process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer);
+				self::process_entry($header, $xpath, $entry, $importer, $xml);
 			}
 		}
 		logger("Import done for user " . $importer["uid"] . " from contact " . $importer["id"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index b8eff62b11..b3af9cc64a 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1308,7 +1308,9 @@ class Diaspora {
 		}
 
 		$datarray["object-type"] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_COMMENT;
-		$datarray["object"] = $xml;
+
+		$datarray["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DIASPORA;
+		$datarray["source"] = $xml;
 
 		$datarray["changed"] = $datarray["created"] = $datarray["edited"] = $created_at;
 
@@ -1628,6 +1630,8 @@ class Diaspora {
 
 		$datarray = array();
 
+		$datarray["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DIASPORA;
+
 		$datarray["uid"] = $importer["uid"];
 		$datarray["contact-id"] = $author_contact["cid"];
 		$datarray["network"]  = $author_contact["network"];
@@ -1919,6 +1923,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 			if ($self && $contact["rel"] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER) {
 
 				$arr = array();
+				$arr["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DIASPORA;
 				$arr["uri"] = $arr["parent-uri"] = item_new_uri($a->get_hostname(), $importer["uid"]);
 				$arr["uid"] = $importer["uid"];
 				$arr["contact-id"] = $self[0]["id"];
@@ -2278,7 +2283,8 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$datarray["verb"] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 		$datarray["gravity"] = GRAVITY_PARENT;
 
-		$datarray["object"] = $xml;
+		$datarray["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DIASPORA;
+		$datarray["source"] = $xml;
 
 		$prefix = share_header($original_item["author-name"], $original_item["author-link"], $original_item["author-avatar"],
 					$original_item["guid"], $original_item["created"], $orig_url);
@@ -2481,7 +2487,8 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$datarray["verb"] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 		$datarray["gravity"] = GRAVITY_PARENT;
 
-		$datarray["object"] = $xml;
+		$datarray["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_DIASPORA;
+		$datarray["source"] = $xml;
 
 		$datarray["body"] = self::replace_people_guid($body, $contact["url"]);
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 2500e08d54..285a5745aa 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -690,6 +690,52 @@ function item_store($arr, $force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = f
 	item_body_set_hashtags($arr);
 
 	$arr['thr-parent'] = $arr['parent-uri'];
+
+	if (in_array($arr['network'], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS))) {
+		$conversation = array('item-uri' => $arr['uri'], 'received' => dbm::date());
+
+		if (isset($arr['thr-parent'])) {
+			if ($arr['thr-parent'] != $arr['uri']) {
+				$conversation['reply-to-uri'] = $arr['thr-parent'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (isset($arr['conversation-uri'])) {
+			$conversation['conversation-uri'] = $arr['conversation-uri'];
+		}
+
+		if (isset($arr['conversation-href'])) {
+			$conversation['conversation-href'] = $arr['conversation-href'];
+		}
+
+		if (isset($arr['protocol'])) {
+			$conversation['protocol'] = $arr['protocol'];
+		}
+
+		if (isset($arr['source'])) {
+			$conversation['source'] = $arr['source'];
+		}
+
+		$conv = dba::fetch_first("SELECT `protocol` FROM `conversation` WHERE `item-uri` = ?", $conversation['item-uri']);
+		if (dbm::is_result($conv)) {
+			// Replace the conversation entry when the new one is better
+			if ((($conv['protocol'] == 0) OR ($conv['protocol'] > $conversation['protocol'])) AND ($conversation['protocol'] > 0)) {
+				if (!dba::update('conversation', $conversation, array('item-uri' => $conversation['item-uri']))) {
+					logger('Conversation: update for '.$conversation['item-uri'].' from '.$conv['protocol'].' to '.$conversation['protocol'].' failed', LOGGER_DEBUG);
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (!dba::insert('conversation', $conversation)) {
+				logger('Conversation: insert for '.$conversation['item-uri'].' (protocol '.$conversation['protocol'].') failed', LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	unset($arr['conversation-uri']);
+	unset($arr['conversation-href']);
+	unset($arr['protocol']);
+	unset($arr['source']);
+
 	if ($arr['parent-uri'] === $arr['uri']) {
 		$parent_id = 0;
 		$parent_deleted = 0;
diff --git a/include/ostatus.php b/include/ostatus.php
index c1d730eb13..1800a9cc81 100644
--- a/include/ostatus.php
+++ b/include/ostatus.php
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ class ostatus {
 
 		if ($first_child == "feed") {
 			$entries = $xpath->query('/atom:feed/atom:entry');
+			$header["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_OSTATUS_FEED;
 		} else {
 			$entries = $xpath->query('/atom:entry');
+			$header["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_OSTATUS_SALMON;
 		}
 		$conversation = "";
 		$conversationlist = array();
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ class ostatus {
 			} elseif ($item["object-type"] == ACTIVITY_OBJ_QUESTION) {
 				$item["title"] = $xpath->query('atom:title/text()', $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			}
-			$item["object"] = $xml;
+			$item["source"] = $xml;
 
 			/// @TODO
 			/// Delete a message
@@ -418,6 +420,19 @@ class ostatus {
 			$item["created"] = $xpath->query('atom:published/text()', $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			$item["edited"] = $xpath->query('atom:updated/text()', $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			$conversation = $xpath->query('ostatus:conversation/text()', $entry)->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			$item['conversation-uri'] = $conversation;
+
+			$conv = $xpath->query('ostatus:conversation', $entry);
+			if (is_object($conv->item(0))) {
+				foreach ($conv->item(0)->attributes AS $attributes) {
+					if ($attributes->name == "ref") {
+						$item['conversation-uri'] = $attributes->textContent;
+					}
+					if ($attributes->name == "href") {
+						$item['conversation-href'] = $attributes->textContent;
+					}
+				}
+			}
 
 			$related = "";
 
@@ -471,6 +486,10 @@ class ostatus {
 								break;
 							case "ostatus:conversation":
 								$conversation = $attribute['href'];
+								$item['conversation-href'] = $conversation;
+								if (!isset($item['conversation-uri'])) {
+									$item['conversation-uri'] = $item['conversation-href'];
+								}
 								break;
 							case "enclosure":
 								$enclosure = $attribute['href'];
@@ -1160,6 +1179,10 @@ class ostatus {
 			$arr["author-avatar"] = $arr["owner-avatar"];
 			$arr["body"] = add_page_info_to_body(html2bbcode($single_conv->content));
 
+			if (isset($single_conv->status_net->conversation)) {
+				$arr['conversation-uri'] = $single_conv->status_net->conversation;
+			}
+
 			if (isset($single_conv->status_net->notice_info->source))
 				$arr["app"] = strip_tags($single_conv->status_net->notice_info->source);
 			elseif (isset($single_conv->statusnet->notice_info->source))
@@ -1172,7 +1195,9 @@ class ostatus {
 				$arr["app"] = "OStatus";
 
 
-			$arr["object"] = json_encode($single_conv);
+			$arr["source"] = json_encode($single_conv);
+			$arr["protocol"] = PROTOCOL_GS_CONVERSATION;
+
 			$arr["verb"] = $parent["verb"];
 			$arr["visible"] = $parent["visible"];
 			$arr["location"] = $single_conv->location->displayName;
@@ -1404,6 +1429,7 @@ class ostatus {
 		$root->setAttribute("xmlns:poco", NAMESPACE_POCO);
 		$root->setAttribute("xmlns:ostatus", NAMESPACE_OSTATUS);
 		$root->setAttribute("xmlns:statusnet", NAMESPACE_STATUSNET);
+		$root->setAttribute("xmlns:mastodon", NAMESPACE_MASTODON);
 
 		$attributes = array("uri" => "https://friendi.ca", "version" => FRIENDICA_VERSION."-".DB_UPDATE_VERSION);
 		xml::add_element($doc, $root, "generator", FRIENDICA_PLATFORM, $attributes);
@@ -1542,14 +1568,16 @@ class ostatus {
 	 */
 	private function add_author($doc, $owner) {
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `homepage` FROM `profile` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `is-default` LIMIT 1", intval($owner["uid"]));
+		$r = q("SELECT `homepage`, `publish` FROM `profile` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `is-default` LIMIT 1", intval($owner["uid"]));
 		if ($r)
 			$profile = $r[0];
 
 		$author = $doc->createElement("author");
+		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "id", $owner["url"]);
 		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "activity:object-type", ACTIVITY_OBJ_PERSON);
 		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "uri", $owner["url"]);
-		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "name", $owner["name"]);
+		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "name", $owner["nick"]);
+		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "email", $owner["addr"]);
 		xml::add_element($doc, $author, "summary", bbcode($owner["about"], false, false, 7));
 
 		$attributes = array("rel" => "alternate", "type" => "text/html", "href" => $owner["url"]);
@@ -1596,6 +1624,9 @@ class ostatus {
 			xml::add_element($doc, $author, "statusnet:profile_info", "", array("local_id" => $owner["uid"]));
 		}
 
+		if ($profile["publish"]) {
+			xml::add_element($doc, $author, "mastodon:scope", "public");
+		}
 		return $author;
 	}
 
@@ -1769,7 +1800,7 @@ class ostatus {
 		self::entry_content($doc, $as_object, $repeated_item, $owner, "", "", false);
 
 		$author = self::add_author($doc, $contact);
-                $as_object->appendChild($author);
+		$as_object->appendChild($author);
 
 		$as_object2 = $doc->createElement("activity:object");
 
@@ -1991,6 +2022,7 @@ class ostatus {
 			$entry->setAttribute("xmlns:poco", NAMESPACE_POCO);
 			$entry->setAttribute("xmlns:ostatus", NAMESPACE_OSTATUS);
 			$entry->setAttribute("xmlns:statusnet", NAMESPACE_STATUSNET);
+			$entry->setAttribute("xmlns:mastodon", NAMESPACE_MASTODON);
 
 			$author = self::add_author($doc, $owner);
 			$entry->appendChild($author);
@@ -2057,39 +2089,54 @@ class ostatus {
 			$parent = q("SELECT `guid`, `author-link`, `owner-link` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d", intval($item["parent"]));
 			$parent_item = (($item['thr-parent']) ? $item['thr-parent'] : $item['parent-uri']);
 
-			$attributes = array(
-					"ref" => $parent_item,
-					"type" => "text/html",
-					"href" => App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$parent[0]["guid"]);
-			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "thr:in-reply-to", "", $attributes);
-
-			$attributes = array(
-					"rel" => "related",
-					"href" => App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$parent[0]["guid"]);
-			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "link", "", $attributes);
-
-			$mentioned[$parent[0]["author-link"]] = $parent[0]["author-link"];
-			$mentioned[$parent[0]["owner-link"]] = $parent[0]["owner-link"];
-
-			$thrparent = q("SELECT `guid`, `author-link`, `owner-link` FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `uri` = '%s'",
+			$thrparent = q("SELECT `guid`, `author-link`, `owner-link`, `plink` FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `uri` = '%s'",
 					intval($owner["uid"]),
 					dbesc($parent_item));
 			if ($thrparent) {
 				$mentioned[$thrparent[0]["author-link"]] = $thrparent[0]["author-link"];
 				$mentioned[$thrparent[0]["owner-link"]] = $thrparent[0]["owner-link"];
+				$parent_plink = $thrparent[0]["plink"];
+			} else {
+				$mentioned[$parent[0]["author-link"]] = $parent[0]["author-link"];
+				$mentioned[$parent[0]["owner-link"]] = $parent[0]["owner-link"];
+				$parent_plink = App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$parent[0]["guid"];
 			}
+
+			$attributes = array(
+					"ref" => $parent_item,
+					"href" => $parent_plink);
+			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "thr:in-reply-to", "", $attributes);
+
+			$attributes = array(
+					"rel" => "related",
+					"href" => $parent_plink);
+			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "link", "", $attributes);
 		}
 
 		if (intval($item["parent"]) > 0) {
-			$conversation = App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$owner["nick"]."/".$item["parent"];
-			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "link", "", array("rel" => "ostatus:conversation", "href" => $conversation));
+			$conversation_href = App::get_baseurl()."/display/".$owner["nick"]."/".$item["parent"];
+			$conversation_uri = $conversation_href;
+
+			if (isset($parent_item)) {
+				$r = dba::fetch_first("SELECT `conversation-uri`, `conversation-href` FROM `conversation` WHERE `item-uri` = ?", $parent_item);
+				if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
+					if ($r['conversation-uri'] != '') {
+						$conversation_uri = $r['conversation-uri'];
+					}
+					if ($r['conversation-href'] != '') {
+						$conversation_href = $r['conversation-href'];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "link", "", array("rel" => "ostatus:conversation", "href" => $conversation_href));
 
 			$attributes = array(
-					"href" => $conversation,
+					"href" => $conversation_href,
 					"local_id" => $item["parent"],
-					"ref" => $conversation);
+					"ref" => $conversation_uri);
 
-			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "ostatus:conversation", $conversation, $attributes);
+			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "ostatus:conversation", $conversation_uri, $attributes);
 		}
 
 		$tags = item_getfeedtags($item);
@@ -2127,6 +2174,7 @@ class ostatus {
 			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "link", "", array("rel" => "mentioned",
 									"ostatus:object-type" => "http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/collection",
 									"href" => "http://activityschema.org/collection/public"));
+			xml::add_element($doc, $entry, "mastodon:scope", "public");
 		}
 
 		if(count($tags))
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 8da76336fc..704f2ac061 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define('UPDATE_VERSION' , 1220);
+define('UPDATE_VERSION' , 1221);
 
 /**
  *