diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 6df7f4baf8..72f91ee56e 100755
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ function diaspora_post($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	$datarray['uid'] = $importer['uid'];
 	$datarray['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 	$datarray['wall'] = 0;
-	$datarray['network']  = NETWORK_DIASPORA;
+	$datarray['network'] = NETWORK_DIASPORA;
+	$datarray['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 	$datarray['guid'] = $guid;
 	$datarray['uri'] = $datarray['parent-uri'] = $message_id;
 	$datarray['changed'] = $datarray['created'] = $datarray['edited'] = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$created);
@@ -1346,6 +1347,7 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	$datarray['type'] = 'remote-comment';
 	$datarray['wall'] = $parent_item['wall'];
 	$datarray['network']  = NETWORK_DIASPORA;
+	$datarray['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 	$datarray['gravity'] = GRAVITY_COMMENT;
 	$datarray['guid'] = $guid;
 	$datarray['uri'] = $message_id;
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index d71c0e2031..8e99d82df1 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed, $item, $contact = array()) {
 	if($rawgeo)
 		$res['coord'] = unxmlify($rawgeo[0]['data']);
 
+	if ($contact["network"] == NETWORK_FEED)
+		$res['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 
 	$rawverb = $item->get_item_tags(NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY, 'verb');
 
diff --git a/include/onepoll.php b/include/onepoll.php
index 309764c74f..f5c253803b 100644
--- a/include/onepoll.php
+++ b/include/onepoll.php
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 						logger("Mail: Parsing mail ".$msg_uid, LOGGER_DATA);
 
 						$datarray = array();
+						$datarray['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 	//					$meta = email_msg_meta($mbox,$msg_uid);
 	//					$headers = email_msg_headers($mbox,$msg_uid);