diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 10b34ebe68..18f6d080be 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 					'$osparkle' => $osparkle,
 					'$sparkle' => $sparkle,
 					'$title' => template_escape($item['title']),
-					'$ago' => ((($item['app']) && ($item['id'] == $item['parent'])) ? sprintf( t('%s from %s'),relative_date($item['created']),$item['app']) : relative_date($item['created'])),
+					'$ago' => (($item['app']) ? sprintf( t('%s from %s'),relative_date($item['created']),$item['app']) : relative_date($item['created'])),
 					'$lock' => $lock,
 					'$location' => template_escape($location),
 					'$indent' => $indent,
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 1ae8ca8006..33b8336f3a 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-
 	if($parent_author_signature) {
 		$owner_signed_data = $guid . ';' . $parent_guid . ';' . $text . ';' . $diaspora_handle;
 
@@ -646,9 +645,9 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	$datarray['created'] = $datarray['edited'] = datetime_convert();
 	$datarray['private'] = $parent_item['private'];
 
-	$datarray['owner-name'] = $contact['name'];
-	$datarray['owner-link'] = $contact['url'];
-	$datarray['owner-avatar'] = $contact['thumb'];
+	$datarray['owner-name'] = $parent_item['owner-name'];
+	$datarray['owner-link'] = $parent_item['owner-link'];
+	$datarray['owner-avatar'] = $parent_item['owner-avatar'];
 
 	$datarray['author-name'] = $person['name'];
 	$datarray['author-link'] = $person['url'];
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index c3f7f33ea1..18a0fe584c 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 		// We will only send a "notify owner to relay" or followup message if the referenced post
 		// originated on our system by virtue of having our hostname somewhere
 		// in the URI, AND it was a comment (not top_level) AND the parent originated elsewhere.
+
 		// if $parent['wall'] == 1 we will already have the parent message in our array
 		// and we will relay the whole lot.
  
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 					continue;
 
 				$contact = get_item_contact($item,$contacts);
+
 				if(! $contact)
 					continue;
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 53179eaf10..01bb9119ed 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 			// was the top-level post for this reply written by somebody on this site? 
 			// Specifically, the recipient? 
 
-			$r = q("select `item`.`id` from `item` 
+			$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`thumb` from `item` 
 				LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` 
-				WHERE `contact`.`self` = 1 AND `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				WHERE `contact`.`self` = 1 AND `item`.`wall` = 1 AND `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				dbesc($parent_uri),
 				intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 			);
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 				$datarray['wall'] = 1;
 				$datarray['parent-uri'] = $parent_uri;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['importer_uid'];
+				$datarray['owner-name'] = $r[0]['name'];
+				$datarray['owner-link'] = $r[0]['url'];
+				$datarray['owner-avatar'] = $r[0]['thumb'];
 				$datarray['contact-id'] = $importer['id'];
 				if(($datarray['verb'] == ACTIVITY_LIKE) || ($datarray['verb'] == ACTIVITY_DISLIKE)) {
 					$is_like = true;