diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index f945f9fe60..46574bd064 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -101,39 +101,6 @@ function display_fetchauthor($a, $item) {
 	$profiledata["url"] = $item["author-link"];
 	$profiledata["network"] = $item["network"];
 
-	// Fetching further contact data from the contact table
-	$r = q("SELECT `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `network` = '%s'",
-		dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])), intval($item["uid"]), dbesc($item["network"]));
-
-	if (!count($r))
-		$r = q("SELECT `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])), intval($item["uid"]));
-
-	if (!count($r))
-		$r = q("SELECT `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = 0",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])));
-
-	if (count($r)) {
-		$profiledata["photo"] = proxy_url($r[0]["photo"]);
-		$profiledata["address"] = bbcode($r[0]["location"]);
-		$profiledata["about"] = bbcode($r[0]["about"]);
-		if ($r[0]["nick"] != "")
-			$profiledata["nickname"] = $r[0]["nick"];
-	}
-
-	// Fetching profile data from unique contacts
-	$r = q("SELECT `avatar`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `unique_contacts` WHERE `url` = '%s'", dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])));
-	if (count($r)) {
-		if ($profiledata["photo"] == "")
-			$profiledata["photo"] = proxy_url($r[0]["avatar"]);
-		if ($profiledata["address"] == "")
-			$profiledata["address"] = bbcode($r[0]["location"]);
-		if ($profiledata["about"] == "")
-			$profiledata["about"] = bbcode($r[0]["about"]);
-		if (($profiledata["nickname"] == "") AND ($r[0]["nick"] != ""))
-			$profiledata["nickname"] = $r[0]["nick"];
-	}
-
 	// Check for a repeated message
 	$skip = false;
 	$body = trim($item["body"]);
@@ -187,28 +154,49 @@ function display_fetchauthor($a, $item) {
 
 		$profiledata["address"] = "";
 		$profiledata["about"] = "";
+	}
 
-		// Fetching profile data from unique contacts
-		if ($profiledata["url"] != "") {
-			$r = q("SELECT `avatar`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `unique_contacts` WHERE `url` = '%s'", dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])));
-			if (count($r)) {
-				$profiledata["photo"] = proxy_url($r[0]["avatar"]);
-				$profiledata["address"] = bbcode($r[0]["location"]);
-				$profiledata["about"] = bbcode($r[0]["about"]);
-				if ($r[0]["nick"] != "")
-					$profiledata["nickname"] = $r[0]["nick"];
-			}
+	// Fetching further contact data from the contact table
+	$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `network`, `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `network` = '%s'",
+		dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])), intval($item["uid"]), dbesc($item["network"]));
+
+	if (!count($r))
+		$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `network`, `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+			dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])), intval($item["uid"]));
+
+	if (!count($r))
+		$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `network`, `photo`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = 0",
+			dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])));
+
+	if (count($r)) {
+		if ((($r[0]["uid"] != local_user()) OR !local_user()) AND ($profiledata["network"] == NETWORK_DIASPORA)) {
+			$r[0]["location"] = "";
+			$r[0]["about"] = "";
 		}
+
+		$profiledata["photo"] = proxy_url($r[0]["photo"]);
+		$profiledata["address"] = bbcode($r[0]["location"]);
+		$profiledata["about"] = bbcode($r[0]["about"]);
+		if ($r[0]["nick"] != "")
+			$profiledata["nickname"] = $r[0]["nick"];
+	}
+
+	// Fetching profile data from unique contacts
+	$r = q("SELECT `avatar`, `nick`, `location`, `about` FROM `unique_contacts` WHERE `url` = '%s'", dbesc(normalise_link($profiledata["url"])));
+	if (count($r)) {
+		if ($profiledata["photo"] == "")
+			$profiledata["photo"] = proxy_url($r[0]["avatar"]);
+		if (($profiledata["address"] == "") AND ($profiledata["network"] != NETWORK_DIASPORA))
+			$profiledata["address"] = bbcode($r[0]["location"]);
+		if (($profiledata["about"] == "") AND ($profiledata["network"] != NETWORK_DIASPORA))
+			$profiledata["about"] = bbcode($r[0]["about"]);
+		if (($profiledata["nickname"] == "") AND ($r[0]["nick"] != ""))
+			$profiledata["nickname"] = $r[0]["nick"];
 	}
 
 	if (local_user()) {
 		if (in_array($profiledata["network"], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS)))
 			$profiledata["remoteconnect"] = $a->get_baseurl()."/follow?url=".urlencode($profiledata["url"]);
-		//if ($profiledata["network"] == NETWORK_DFRN) {
-		//	$connect = str_replace("/profile/", "/dfrn_request/", $profiledata["url"])."&addr=".bin2hex($a->get_baseurl()."/profile/".$a->user["nickname"]);
-		//	$profiledata["remoteconnect"] = $connect;
-		//} elseif ($profiledata["network"] == NETWORK_DIASPORA)
-		//	$profiledata["remoteconnect"] = $a->get_baseurl()."/contacts?add=".GetProfileUsername($profiledata["url"], "", true);
 	} elseif ($profiledata["network"] == NETWORK_DFRN) {
 		$connect = str_replace("/profile/", "/dfrn_request/", $profiledata["url"]);
 		$profiledata["remoteconnect"] = $connect;
diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index bee33fa607..fadd1e94e5 100644
--- a/mod/notifications.php
+++ b/mod/notifications.php
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ function notifications_content(&$a) {
 					'$gender_label' => t('Gender:'),
 					'$hidden' => array('hidden', t('Hide this contact from others'), ($rr['hidden'] == 1), ''),
 					'$activity' => array('activity', t('Post a new friend activity'), (intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','post_newfriend')) ? '1' : 0), t('if applicable')),
-					'$url' => zrl($rr['url']),
+					'$url' => $rr['url'],
+					'$zrl' => zrl($rr['url']),
 					'$url_label' => t('Profile URL'),
 					'$knowyou' => $knowyou,
 					'$approve' => t('Approve'),