diff --git a/addon/facebook/facebook.php b/addon/facebook/facebook.php
index 15dffa594c..4265ce8017 100644
--- a/addon/facebook/facebook.php
+++ b/addon/facebook/facebook.php
@@ -431,6 +431,10 @@ function facebook_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 
 	if((local_user()) && (local_user() == $b['uid'])) {
 
+		// Facebook is not considered a private network
+		if($b['prvnets'])
+			return;
+
 		if($b['parent']) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval($b['parent']),
diff --git a/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php b/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 85024631ce..22f7dc8f9e 100644
--- a/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -303,10 +303,14 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 
 	if((local_user()) && (local_user() == $b['uid']) && (! $b['private']) && (!$b['parent']) ) {
 
-                load_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet');
+		// Status.Net is not considered a private network
+		if($b['prvnets'])
+			return;
+
+		load_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet');
             
-                $api     = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi');
-                $ckey    = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey'  );
+		$api     = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi');
+		$ckey    = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey'  );
 		$csecret = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumersecret' );
 		$otoken  = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'oauthtoken'  );
 		$osecret = get_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'oauthsecret' );
diff --git a/addon/twitter/twitter.php b/addon/twitter/twitter.php
index aeb9cc9376..7829799bc1 100644
--- a/addon/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/addon/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ function twitter_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 
 	if((local_user()) && (local_user() == $b['uid']) && (! $b['private']) && (! $b['parent']) ) {
 
+		// Twitter is not considered a private network
+		if($b['prvnets'])
+			return;
+
+
 		load_pconfig(local_user(), 'twitter');
 
 		$ckey    = get_config('twitter', 'consumerkey'  );
diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 90fdf9c1c9..921a8275bb 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ function contact_select($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $size = 4, $p
 		$sql_extra .= " AND `network` IN ( 'dfrn', 'mail', 'face' ) ";
 	}
 
+
+
 	if($privmail)
 		$o .= "<select name=\"$selname\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" size=\"$size\" >\r\n";
 	else 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 5de6eafd10..842e110809 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 			$top_level = true;
 	}
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `contact`.*, `user`.`timezone`, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`sprvkey`, `user`.`spubkey`, `user`.`page-flags` 
+	$r = q("SELECT `contact`.*, `user`.`timezone`, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`sprvkey`, `user`.`spubkey`, 
+		`user`.`page-flags`, `user`.`prvnets`
 		FROM `contact` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid` 
 		WHERE `contact`.`uid` = %d AND `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid)
@@ -329,7 +330,8 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 					}
 					break;
 				case 'stat':
-
+					if($owner['prvnets'])
+						break;
 					if($followup && $contact['notify']) {
 						logger('notifier: slapdelivery: ' . $contact['name']);
 						$deliver_status = slapper($owner,$contact['notify'],$slap);
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 						}
 					}
 					break;
+
 				case 'mail':
 						
 					// WARNING: does not currently convert to RFC2047 header encodings, etc.
@@ -447,9 +450,9 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 						mail($addr, $subject, $message, $headers);
 					}
 					break;
-				case 'dspr':
 				case 'feed':
 				case 'face':
+				case 'dspr':
 				default:
 					break;
 			}
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 84fe237b3d..9d7b954a84 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$datarray['parent']        = $parent;
 	$datarray['self']          = $self;
+	$datarray['prvnets']       = $user['prvnets'];
 
 	if($orig_post)
 		$datarray['edit']      = true;