diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 8fd9725aae..a995ea4ad1 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -741,32 +741,39 @@ function conversation_fetch_comments($thread_items, $pinned) {
 			$direction = ['direction' => 5, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('%s commented on this.', $row['author-name'])];
 		}
 
-		if (($row['gravity'] == GRAVITY_PARENT) && !$row['origin'] && ($row['author-id'] == $row['owner-id'])) {
-			if (Contact::isSharing($row['author-id'], $row['uid'])) {
+		switch ($row['post-type']) {
+			case Item::PT_TO:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'to')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_CC:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'cc')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_BTO:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'bto')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_BCC:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'bcc')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_FOLLOWER:
 				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 6, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You are following %s.', $row['author-name'])];
-			} else {
-				if ($row['post-type'] == Item::PT_TAG) {
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 4, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('Tagged')];
-				}
-				$parentlines[] = $lineno;
-			}
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_TAG:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 4, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('Tagged')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_ANNOUNCEMENT:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 3, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('Reshared')];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_COMMENT:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 5, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('%s is participating in this thread.', $row['author-name'])];
+				break;
+			case Item::PT_STORED:
+				$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 8, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('Stored')];
+				break;
+		}
 
-			switch ($row['post-type']) {
-				case Item::PT_TO:
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'to')];
-					break;
-				case Item::PT_CC:
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'cc')];
-					break;
-				case Item::PT_BTO:
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'bto')];
-					break;
-				case Item::PT_BCC:
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 7, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You had been addressed (%s).', 'bcc')];
-					break;
-				case Item::PT_FOLLOWER:
-					$row['direction'] = ['direction' => 6, 'title' => DI::l10n()->t('You are following %s.', $row['author-name'])];
-			}
+		if (($row['gravity'] == GRAVITY_PARENT) && !$row['origin'] && ($row['author-id'] == $row['owner-id']) &&
+			!Contact::isSharing($row['author-id'], $row['uid'])) {
+			$parentlines[] = $lineno;
 		}
 
 		if ($row['gravity'] == GRAVITY_PARENT) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 8c5a851eb9..4cc68c6492 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class Item
 	const PT_BTO = 67;
 	const PT_BCC = 68;
 	const PT_FOLLOWER = 69;
+	const PT_ANNOUNCEMENT = 70;
+	const PT_COMMENT = 71;
+	const PT_STORED = 72;
 	const PT_PERSONAL_NOTE = 128;
 
 	// Field list that is used to display the items
@@ -1696,6 +1699,11 @@ class Item
 			'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 		$item['owner-id'] = ($item['owner-id'] ?? 0) ?: Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, null, $default);
 
+		$actor = ($item['gravity'] == GRAVITY_PARENT) ? $item['owner-id'] : $item['author-id'];
+		if (!$item['origin'] && in_array($item['post-type'], [self::PT_ARTICLE, self::PT_COMMENT]) && Contact::isSharing($actor, $item['uid'])) {
+			$item['post-type'] = self::PT_FOLLOWER;
+		}
+
 		// Ensure that there is an avatar cache
 		Contact::checkAvatarCache($item['author-id']);
 		Contact::checkAvatarCache($item['owner-id']);
@@ -1998,10 +2006,10 @@ class Item
 	 */
 	private static function setOwnerforResharedItem(array $item)
 	{
-		$parent = self::selectFirst(['id', 'owner-id', 'author-id', 'author-link', 'origin'],
-			['uri-id' => $item['parent-uri-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
+		$parent = self::selectFirst(['id', 'owner-id', 'author-id', 'author-link', 'origin', 'post-type'],
+			['uri-id' => $item['thr-parent-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($parent)) {
-			Logger::error('Parent not found', ['uri-id' => $item['parent-uri-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
+			Logger::error('Parent not found', ['uri-id' => $item['thr-parent-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -2011,19 +2019,24 @@ class Item
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if ($author['contact-type'] != Contact::TYPE_COMMUNITY) {
-			logger::info('The resharer is no forum: quit', ['resharer' => $item['author-id'], 'owner' => $parent['owner-id'], 'author' => $parent['author-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
-			return;
-		}
-
 		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($author['url'], $item['uid']);
 		if (empty($cid) || !Contact::isSharing($cid, $item['uid'])) {
 			logger::info('The resharer is not a following contact: quit', ['resharer' => $author['url'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
 			return;
 		}
 
-		Item::update(['owner-id' => $item['author-id'], 'contact-id' => $cid], ['id' => $parent['id']]);
-		Logger::info('Change owner of the parent', ['uri-id' => $item['uri-id'], 'parent-uri-id' => $item['parent-uri-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid'], 'owner-id' => $item['author-id'], 'contact-id' => $cid]);
+		if ($author['contact-type'] != Contact::TYPE_COMMUNITY) {
+			if (!in_array($parent['post-type'], [self::PT_ARTICLE, self::PT_COMMENT]) || Contact::isSharing($parent['owner-id'], $item['uid'])) {
+				logger::info('The resharer is no forum: quit', ['resharer' => $item['author-id'], 'owner' => $parent['owner-id'], 'author' => $parent['author-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
+				return;
+			}
+			self::update(['post-type' => self::PT_ANNOUNCEMENT], ['id' => $parent['id']]);
+			Logger::info('Set announcement post-type', ['uri-id' => $item['uri-id'], 'thr-parent-id' => $item['thr-parent-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		self::update(['owner-id' => $item['author-id'], 'contact-id' => $cid], ['id' => $parent['id']]);
+		Logger::info('Change owner of the parent', ['uri-id' => $item['uri-id'], 'thr-parent-id' => $item['thr-parent-id'], 'uid' => $item['uid'], 'owner-id' => $item['author-id'], 'contact-id' => $cid]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2229,6 +2242,8 @@ class Item
 			return 0;
 		}
 
+		$item['post-type'] = self::PT_STORED;
+
 		$item = array_merge($item, $fields);
 
 		$stored = self::storeForUser($item, $uid);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index d8ec1a80d8..24ac133358 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\HTML;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\APContact;
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ class Processor
 		DBA::close($items);
 
 		if (count($original) != count($receivers)) {
-			Logger::info('Improved data', ['id' => $activity['id'], 'object' => $activity['object_id'], 'original' => $original, 'improved' => $receivers]);
+			Logger::info('Improved data', ['id' => $activity['id'], 'object' => $activity['object_id'], 'original' => $original, 'improved' => $receivers, 'callstack' => System::callstack()]);
 		}
 
 		return $receivers;
@@ -544,6 +545,9 @@ class Processor
 				case Receiver::TARGET_FOLLOWER:
 					$item['post-type'] = Item::PT_FOLLOWER;
 					break;
+				case Receiver::TARGET_ANSWER:
+					$item['post-type'] = Item::PT_COMMENT;
+					break;
 				default:
 					$item['post-type'] = Item::PT_ARTICLE;
 			}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
index 3012661174..090d7dcfa0 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Receiver
 	const TARGET_BTO = 3;
 	const TARGET_BCC = 4;
 	const TARGET_FOLLOWER = 5;
+	const TARGET_ANSWER = 6;
 
 	/**
 	 * Checks if the web request is done for the AP protocol
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ class Receiver
 		if (!empty($uid)) {
 			$additional = ['uid:' . $uid => $uid];
 			$receivers = array_merge($receivers, $additional);
-			if (empty($reception_types[$uid]) || in_array($reception_types[$uid], [self::TARGET_UNKNOWN, self::TARGET_FOLLOWER])) {
+			if (empty($reception_types[$uid]) || in_array($reception_types[$uid], [self::TARGET_UNKNOWN, self::TARGET_FOLLOWER, self::TARGET_ANSWER])) {
 				$reception_types[$uid] = self::TARGET_BCC;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ class Receiver
 		$object_data['actor'] = $actor;
 		$object_data['item_receiver'] = $receivers;
 		$object_data['receiver'] = array_merge($object_data['receiver'] ?? [], $receivers);
-		$object_data['reception_type'] = $reception_types;
+		$object_data['reception_type'] = array_merge($object_data['reception_type'] ?? [], $reception_types);
 
 		$author = $object_data['author'] ?? $actor;
 		if (!empty($author) && !empty($object_data['id'])) {
@@ -544,18 +545,30 @@ class Receiver
 	 */
 	private static function getReceivers($activity, $actor, $tags = [], $fetch_unlisted = false)
 	{
-		$receivers = [];
+		$reply = $receivers = [];
 
 		// When it is an answer, we inherite the receivers from the parent
 		$replyto = JsonLD::fetchElement($activity, 'as:inReplyTo', '@id');
 		if (!empty($replyto)) {
+			$reply = [$replyto];
+
 			// Fix possibly wrong item URI (could be an answer to a plink uri)
 			$fixedReplyTo = Item::getURIByLink($replyto);
-			$replyto = $fixedReplyTo ?: $replyto;
+			if (!empty($fixedReplyTo)) {
+				$reply[] = $fixedReplyTo;
+			}
+		}
 
-			$parents = Item::select(['uid'], ['uri' => $replyto]);
+		// Fetch all posts that refer to the object id
+		$object_id = JsonLD::fetchElement($activity, 'as:object', '@id');
+		if (!empty($object_id)) {
+			$reply[] = $object_id;
+		}
+
+		if (!empty($reply)) {
+			$parents = Item::select(['uid'], ['uri' => $reply]);
 			while ($parent = Item::fetch($parents)) {
-				$receivers['uid:' . $parent['uid']] = ['uid' => $parent['uid']];
+				$receivers['uid:' . $parent['uid']] = ['uid' => $parent['uid'], 'type' => self::TARGET_ANSWER];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -616,7 +629,7 @@ class Receiver
 				}
 
 				$type = $receivers['uid:' . $contact['uid']]['type'] ?? self::TARGET_UNKNOWN;
-				if (in_array($type, [self::TARGET_UNKNOWN, self::TARGET_FOLLOWER])) {
+				if (in_array($type, [self::TARGET_UNKNOWN, self::TARGET_FOLLOWER, self::TARGET_ANSWER])) {
 					switch ($element) {
 						case 'as:to':
 							$type = self::TARGET_TO;
@@ -1263,12 +1276,14 @@ class Receiver
 		}
 
 		$receiverdata = self::getReceivers($object, $object_data['actor'], $object_data['tags'], true);
-		$receivers = [];
+		$receivers = $reception_types = [];
 		foreach ($receiverdata as $key => $data) {
 			$receivers[$key] = $data['uid'];
+			$reception_types[$data['uid']] = $data['type'] ?? 0;
 		}
 
 		$object_data['receiver'] = $receivers;
+		$object_data['reception_type'] = $reception_types;
 
 		$object_data['unlisted'] = in_array(-1, $object_data['receiver']);
 		unset($object_data['receiver']['uid:-1']);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 1329968126..c5b34753eb 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -1499,8 +1499,9 @@ class DFRN
 
 		$fields = ['id', 'uid', 'url', 'network', 'avatar-date', 'avatar', 'name-date', 'uri-date', 'addr',
 			'name', 'nick', 'about', 'location', 'keywords', 'xmpp', 'bdyear', 'bd', 'hidden', 'contact-type'];
-		$condition = ["`uid` = ? AND `nurl` = ? AND `network` != ?",
-			$importer["importer_uid"], Strings::normaliseLink($author["link"]), Protocol::STATUSNET];
+		$condition = ["`uid` = ? AND `nurl` = ? AND `network` != ? AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `blocked` AND `rel` IN (?, ?)",
+			$importer["importer_uid"], Strings::normaliseLink($author["link"]), Protocol::STATUSNET,
+			Contact::SHARING, Contact::FRIEND];
 		$contact_old = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, $condition);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($contact_old)) {
@@ -1512,8 +1513,9 @@ class DFRN
 			}
 
 			$author["contact-unknown"] = true;
-			$author["contact-id"] = $importer["id"];
-			$author["network"] = $importer["network"];
+			$contact = Contact::getByURL($author["link"], null, ["contact-id", "network"]);
+			$author["contact-id"] = $contact["id"] ?? $importer["id"];
+			$author["network"] = $contact["network"] ?? $importer["network"];
 			$onlyfetch = true;
 		}
 
@@ -2534,6 +2536,11 @@ class DFRN
 		}
 
 		if (in_array($entrytype, [DFRN::REPLY, DFRN::REPLY_RC])) {
+			// Will be overwritten for sharing accounts in Item::insert
+			if (empty($item['post-type']) && ($entrytype == DFRN::REPLY)) {
+				$item['post-type'] = Item::PT_COMMENT;
+			}
+
 			$posted_id = Item::insert($item);
 			if ($posted_id) {
 				Logger::log("Reply from contact ".$item["contact-id"]." was stored with id ".$posted_id, Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index c77e1610d0..050a839373 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -1735,6 +1735,9 @@ class Diaspora
 		$datarray["owner-link"] = $contact["url"];
 		$datarray["owner-id"] = Contact::getIdForURL($contact["url"], 0);
 
+		// Will be overwritten for sharing accounts in Item::insert
+		$datarray['post-type'] = Item::PT_COMMENT;
+
 		$datarray["guid"] = $guid;
 		$datarray["uri"] = self::getUriFromGuid($author, $guid);
 		$datarray['uri-id'] = ItemURI::insert(['uri' => $datarray['uri'], 'guid' => $datarray['guid']]);
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
index 2d625e1876..7873194332 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 		<i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
 	{{elseif $direction.direction == 7}}
 		<i class="fa fa-at" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
+	{{elseif $direction.direction == 8}}
+		<i class="fa fa-share" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
 	{{/if}}
 </span>
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/sub/direction.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/sub/direction.tpl
index 939623c1e2..4ebe216772 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/sub/direction.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/sub/direction.tpl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 		<i class="icon-ok-sign" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
 	{{elseif $direction.direction == 7}}
 		<i class="icon-forward" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
+	{{elseif $direction.direction == 8}}
+		<i class="icon-share" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
 	{{/if}}
 </span>
 {{/if}}