diff --git a/mod/lostpass.php b/mod/lostpass.php
index 6505db5497..5eb53ae2f3 100644
--- a/mod/lostpass.php
+++ b/mod/lostpass.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function lostpass_post(App $a)
 		DI::baseUrl()->redirect();
 	}
 
-	$condition = ['(`email` = ? OR `nickname` = ?) AND `verified` = 1 AND `blocked` = 0 AND `account_removed` = 0 AND `account_expired` = 0', $loginame, $loginame];
+	$condition = ['(`email` = ? OR `nickname` = ?) AND `verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired`', $loginame, $loginame];
 	$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid', 'username', 'nickname', 'email', 'language'], $condition);
 	if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 		DI::sysmsg()->addNotice(DI::l10n()->t('No valid account found.'));
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 944ff39cd5..243b48ad1d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ class Contact
 		$user = DBA::selectFirst(
 			'user',
 			['uid', 'username', 'nickname', 'pubkey', 'prvkey'],
-			['uid' => $uid, 'account_expired' => false]
+			['uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 			return false;
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ class Contact
 		}
 
 		$fields = ['uid', 'username', 'nickname', 'page-flags', 'account-type', 'prvkey', 'pubkey'];
-		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'account_expired' => false]);
+		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index c1a350673e..b80c83881a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ class Profile
 		if (!empty($search)) {
 			$publish = (DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : "AND `publish` ");
 			$searchTerm = '%' . $search . '%';
-			$condition = ["NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed`
+			$condition = ["`verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired`
 				$publish
 				AND ((`name` LIKE ?) OR
 				(`nickname` LIKE ?) OR
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ class Profile
 				$searchTerm, $searchTerm, $searchTerm, $searchTerm,
 				$searchTerm, $searchTerm, $searchTerm, $searchTerm];
 		} else {
-			$condition = ['blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false];
+			$condition = ['verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false];
 			if (!DI::config()->get('system', 'publish_all')) {
 				$condition['publish'] = true;
 			}
diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index b4df99d82c..3505f3b7af 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ class User
 		// List of possible actor names
 		$possible_accounts = ['friendica', 'actor', 'system', 'internal'];
 		foreach ($possible_accounts as $name) {
-			if (!DBA::exists('user', ['nickname' => $name, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]) &&
-				!DBA::exists('userd', ['username' => $name])) {
+			if (!DBA::exists('user', ['nickname' => $name]) && DBA::exists('userd', ['username' => $name])) {
 				DI::config()->set('system', 'actor_name', $name);
 				return $name;
 			}
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ class User
 	public static function getByGuid(string $guid, array $fields = [], bool $active = true)
 	{
 		if ($active) {
-			$cond = ['guid' => $guid, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false];
+			$cond = ['guid' => $guid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false];
 		} else {
 			$cond = ['guid' => $guid];
 		}
@@ -702,7 +701,7 @@ class User
 				$fields = ['uid', 'nickname', 'password', 'legacy_password'];
 				$condition = [
 					"(`email` = ? OR `username` = ? OR `nickname` = ?)
-					AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_expired` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `verified`",
+					AND `verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired`",
 					$user_info, $user_info, $user_info
 				];
 				$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', $fields, $condition);
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ class User
 		if ($user['last-activity'] != $current_day) {
 			User::update(['last-activity' => $current_day], $uid);
 			// Set the last activity for all identities of the user
-			DBA::update('user', ['last-activity' => $current_day], ['parent-uid' => $uid, 'account_removed' => false]);
+			DBA::update('user', ['last-activity' => $current_day], ['parent-uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1703,7 +1702,7 @@ class User
 
 		$identities = [];
 
-		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid', 'nickname', 'username', 'parent-uid'], ['uid' => $uid]);
+		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid', 'nickname', 'username', 'parent-uid'], ['uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 			return $identities;
 		}
@@ -1720,7 +1719,7 @@ class User
 			$r = DBA::select(
 				'user',
 				['uid', 'username', 'nickname'],
-				['parent-uid' => $user['uid'], 'account_removed' => false]
+				['parent-uid' => $user['uid'], 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$identities = array_merge($identities, DBA::toArray($r));
@@ -1730,7 +1729,7 @@ class User
 			$r = DBA::select(
 				'user',
 				['uid', 'username', 'nickname'],
-				['uid' => $user['parent-uid'], 'account_removed' => false]
+				['uid' => $user['parent-uid'], 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$identities = DBA::toArray($r);
@@ -1740,7 +1739,7 @@ class User
 			$r = DBA::select(
 				'user',
 				['uid', 'username', 'nickname'],
-				['parent-uid' => $user['parent-uid'], 'account_removed' => false]
+				['parent-uid' => $user['parent-uid'], 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$identities = array_merge($identities, DBA::toArray($r));
@@ -1751,7 +1750,7 @@ class User
 			"SELECT `user`.`uid`, `user`.`username`, `user`.`nickname`
 			FROM `manage`
 			INNER JOIN `user` ON `manage`.`mid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `user`.`account_removed` = 0 AND `manage`.`uid` = ?",
+			WHERE NOT `user`.`account_removed` AND `manage`.`uid` = ?",
 			$user['uid']
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1773,7 +1772,7 @@ class User
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['parent-uid'], ['uid' => $uid, 'account_removed' => false]);
+		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['parent-uid'], ['uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1782,7 +1781,7 @@ class User
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		if (DBA::exists('user', ['parent-uid' => $uid, 'account_removed' => false])) {
+		if (DBA::exists('user', ['parent-uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false])) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php b/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
index 2d352dbdc3..33a013961f 100644
--- a/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
+++ b/src/Module/Moderation/BaseUsers.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ abstract class BaseUsers extends BaseModeration
 	protected function getTabsHTML(string $selectedTab): string
 	{
 		$all     = $this->database->count('user', ["`uid` != ?", 0]);
-		$active  = $this->database->count('user', ["NOT `blocked` AND `verified` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `uid` != ?", 0]);
+		$active  = $this->database->count('user', ["`verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired` AND `uid` != ?", 0]);
 		$pending = Register::getPendingCount();
 		$blocked = $this->database->count('user', ['blocked' => true, 'verified' => true, 'account_removed' => false]);
 		$deleted = $this->database->count('user', ['account_removed' => true]);
diff --git a/src/Module/Moderation/Users/Active.php b/src/Module/Moderation/Users/Active.php
index c4805b7b00..1476578e03 100644
--- a/src/Module/Moderation/Users/Active.php
+++ b/src/Module/Moderation/Users/Active.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Active extends BaseUsers
 
 		$th_users = array_map(null, [$this->t('Name'), $this->t('Email'), $this->t('Register date'), $this->t('Last login'), $this->t('Last public item'), $this->t('Type')], $valid_orders);
 
-		$count = $this->database->count('user', ["NOT `blocked` AND `verified` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `uid` != ?", 0]);
+		$count = $this->database->count('user', ["`verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired` AND `uid` != ?", 0]);
 
 		$t = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('moderation/users/active.tpl');
 		return self::getTabsHTML('active') . Renderer::replaceMacros($t, [
diff --git a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
index 5fbc529836..f1f3266cb8 100644
--- a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
+++ b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class PubSub extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 		$nickname   = $this->parameters['nickname'] ?? '';
 		$contact_id = $this->parameters['cid']      ?? 0;
 
-		$importer = $this->database->selectFirst('user', [], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false]);
+		$importer = $this->database->selectFirst('user', [], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!$importer) {
 			throw new HTTPException\OKException();
 		}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class PubSub extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 		$this->logger->notice('Subscription start.', ['from' => $this->request->getRemoteAddress(), 'mode' => $hub_mode, 'nickname' => $nickname]);
 		$this->logger->debug('Data: ', ['get' => $request]);
 
-		$owner = $this->database->selectFirst('user', ['uid'], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false]);
+		$owner = $this->database->selectFirst('user', ['uid'], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!$owner) {
 			$this->logger->notice('Local account not found.', ['nickname' => $nickname]);
 			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException();
diff --git a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSubHubBub.php b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSubHubBub.php
index caaa31f98b..c8fcb4249b 100644
--- a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSubHubBub.php
+++ b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSubHubBub.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class PubSubHubBub extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 		}
 
 		// fetch user from database given the nickname
-		$condition = ['nickname' => $nickname, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false];
+		$condition = ['nickname' => $nickname, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false];
 		$owner     = $this->database->selectFirst('user', ['uid', 'nickname'], $condition);
 		if (!$owner) {
 			$this->logger->notice('Local account not found', ['nickname' => $nickname, 'topic' => $hub_topic, 'callback' => $hub_callback]);
diff --git a/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php b/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
index 889d852d96..9f06486928 100644
--- a/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
+++ b/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Salmon extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 
 		$this->logger->debug('New Salmon', ['nickname' => $nickname, 'xml' => $xml]);
 
-		$importer = $this->database->selectFirst('user', [], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false]);
+		$importer = $this->database->selectFirst('user', [], ['nickname' => $nickname, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		if (!$this->database->isResult($importer)) {
 			throw new HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException();
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/Profile/Profile.php b/src/Module/Profile/Profile.php
index 054943c135..99262fcc50 100644
--- a/src/Module/Profile/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Module/Profile/Profile.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseProfile
 	protected function rawContent(array $request = [])
 	{
 		if (ActivityPub::isRequest()) {
-			$user = $this->database->selectFirst('user', ['uid'], ['nickname' => $this->parameters['nickname'] ?? '', 'account_removed' => false]);
+			$user = $this->database->selectFirst('user', ['uid'], ['nickname' => $this->parameters['nickname'] ?? '', 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 			if ($user) {
 				try {
 					$data = ActivityPub\Transmitter::getProfile($user['uid'], ActivityPub::isAcceptedRequester($user['uid']));
diff --git a/src/Module/Security/OpenID.php b/src/Module/Security/OpenID.php
index e0a13954dd..3db063f28c 100644
--- a/src/Module/Security/OpenID.php
+++ b/src/Module/Security/OpenID.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class OpenID extends BaseModule
 				//       in commit 8367cadeeffec4b6792a502847304b17ceba5882, so it might
 				//       have left mixed records in the user table
 				//
-				$condition = ['blocked' => false, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'verified' => true,
+				$condition = ['verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false,
 				              'openid' => [$authId, Strings::normaliseOpenID($authId)]];
 
 				$dba = DI::dba();
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 1fcaaba7f7..1ab12089de 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class DFRN
 		$contact['senderName'] = $contact['name'];
 
 		if ($uid != 0) {
-			$condition = ['uid' => $uid, 'account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false];
+			$condition = ['uid' => $uid, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false];
 			$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', [], $condition);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
 				return [];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index dd6c2115b5..8bdb878abe 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -3062,10 +3062,7 @@ class Diaspora
 		// If the item belongs to a user, we take this user id.
 		if ($item['uid'] == 0) {
 			// @todo Possibly use an administrator account?
-			$condition = [
-				'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false,
-				'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false, 'account-type' => User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON
-			];
+			$condition = ['verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false, 'account-type' => User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON];
 			$first_user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid'], $condition, ['order' => ['uid']]);
 			$owner = User::getOwnerDataById($first_user['uid']);
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Cron.php b/src/Worker/Cron.php
index 6ba68d1770..accf76d56e 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Cron.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Cron.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Cron
 			DBA::close($users);
 
 			// Update contact relations for our users
-			$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ["NOT `account_expired` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `uid` > ?", 0]);
+			$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ["`verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired` AND `uid` > ?", 0]);
 			while ($user = DBA::fetch($users)) {
 				Worker::add(Worker::PRIORITY_LOW, 'ContactDiscoveryForUser', $user['uid']);
 			}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Directory.php b/src/Worker/Directory.php
index b66b662d4c..2d56cb3c08 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Directory.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Directory.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Directory
 	}
 
 	private static function updateAll() {
-		$users = DBA::select('owner-view', ['url'], ['net-publish' => true, 'account_expired' => false, 'verified' => true]);
+		$users = DBA::select('owner-view', ['url'], ['net-publish' => true, 'verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		while ($user = DBA::fetch($users)) {
 			Worker::add(Worker::PRIORITY_LOW, 'Directory', $user['url']);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Worker/ExpireAndRemoveUsers.php b/src/Worker/ExpireAndRemoveUsers.php
index c04741462d..47c3e9a60f 100644
--- a/src/Worker/ExpireAndRemoveUsers.php
+++ b/src/Worker/ExpireAndRemoveUsers.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ExpireAndRemoveUsers
 		DBA::update('user', ['account_expired' => true], $condition);
 
 		// Ensure to never remove the user with uid=0
-		DBA::update('user', ['account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false,
+		DBA::update('user', ['verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false,
 			'account_expires_on' => DBA::NULL_DATETIME], ['uid' => 0]);
 
 		// Remove any freshly expired account
diff --git a/src/Worker/PollContacts.php b/src/Worker/PollContacts.php
index 81ce0f8f0e..80b7ae4456 100644
--- a/src/Worker/PollContacts.php
+++ b/src/Worker/PollContacts.php
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ class PollContacts
 
 		if (!empty($abandon_days)) {
 			$condition = DBA::mergeConditions($condition,
-				["`uid` != ? AND `uid` IN (SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_expired` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `last-activity` > ?)", 0, DateTimeFormat::utc('now - ' . $abandon_days . ' days')]);
+				["`uid` != ? AND `uid` IN (SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE `verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired` AND `last-activity` > ?)", 0, DateTimeFormat::utc('now - ' . $abandon_days . ' days')]);
 		} else 	{
 			$condition = DBA::mergeConditions($condition,
-				["`uid` != ? AND `uid` IN (SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_expired` AND NOT `account_removed`)", 0]);
+				["`uid` != ? AND `uid` IN (SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE `verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired`)", 0]);
 		}
 
 		$contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['id', 'nick', 'name', 'network', 'archive', 'last-update', 'priority', 'rating'], $condition);
diff --git a/src/Worker/UpdatePhotoAlbums.php b/src/Worker/UpdatePhotoAlbums.php
index 234ee63135..a0e3bca027 100644
--- a/src/Worker/UpdatePhotoAlbums.php
+++ b/src/Worker/UpdatePhotoAlbums.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class UpdatePhotoAlbums
 {
 	public static function execute()
 	{
-		$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ['account_expired' => false, 'account_removed' => false]);
+		$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ['verified' => true, 'blocked' => false, 'account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
 		while ($user = DBA::fetch($users)) {
 			Photo::clearAlbumCache($user['uid']);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Worker/UpdateScores.php b/src/Worker/UpdateScores.php
index 1f02bf4157..f17027a09d 100644
--- a/src/Worker/UpdateScores.php
+++ b/src/Worker/UpdateScores.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class UpdateScores
 	{
 		Logger::notice('Start score update');
 
-		$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ["NOT `account_expired` AND NOT `account_removed` AND `uid` > ?", 0]);
+		$users = DBA::select('user', ['uid'], ["`verified` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `account_removed` AND NOT `account_expired` AND `uid` > ?", 0]);
 		while ($user = DBA::fetch($users)) {
 			Relation::calculateInteractionScore($user['uid']);
 		}