diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 4dfd39cd90..57e4a2ada2 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -300,23 +300,7 @@ function network_content(App $a, $update = 0, $parent = 0)
 		$o = '';
 	}
 
-	switch ($a->argv[1] ?? '') {
-		case 'person':
-			$account = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON;
-			break;
-		case 'organisation':
-			$account = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_ORGANISATION;
-			break;
-		case 'news':
-			$account = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_NEWS;
-			break;
-		case 'community':
-			$account = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY;
-			break;
-		default:
-			$account = null;
-		break;
-	}
+	$account = User::getAccountTypeByString($a->argv[1] ?? '');
 
 	if (!empty($_GET['file'])) {
 		$o .= networkFlatView($a, $update, $account);
diff --git a/src/Content/Widget.php b/src/Content/Widget.php
index 3e5af2251f..0078e82a53 100644
--- a/src/Content/Widget.php
+++ b/src/Content/Widget.php
@@ -24,17 +24,13 @@ namespace Friendica\Content;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
-use Friendica\Core\Session;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\FileTag;
-use Friendica\Model\GContact;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
-use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 
 class Widget
@@ -526,8 +522,30 @@ class Widget
 		return $o;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Display the account types sidebar
+	 * The account type value is added as a parameter to the url
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $base        Basepath
+	 * @param int    $accounttype Acount type
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function accounttypes(string $base, $accounttype)
+	{
+		$accounts = [
+			['ref' => 'person', 'name' => DI::l10n()->t('Persons')],
+			['ref' => 'organisation', 'name' => DI::l10n()->t('Organisations')],
+			['ref' => 'news', 'name' => DI::l10n()->t('News')],
+			['ref' => 'community', 'name' => DI::l10n()->t('Forums')],
+		];
+
+		return self::filter('accounttype', DI::l10n()->t('Accounts'), '',
+			DI::l10n()->t('All'), $base, $accounts, $accounttype);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Display the accounts sidebar
+	 * The account type is added to the path
 	 *
 	 * @param string $base        Basepath
 	 * @param string $accounttype Acount type (person, organisation, news, community)
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact/Relation.php b/src/Model/Contact/Relation.php
index e6926df85b..3c95973238 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact/Relation.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact/Relation.php
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class Relation
 		);
 
 		return DI::dba()->selectToArray('contact', [], $condition,
-			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'name' : 'RAND()']]
+			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'RAND()' : 'name']]
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ class Relation
 	public static function countAll(int $cid, array $condition = [])
 	{
 		$condition = DBA::mergeConditions($condition,
-			['`id` IN (SELECT `relation-cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `cid` = ? AND `follows`) 
-			OR `id` IN (SELECT `cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `relation-cid` = ? AND `follows`)',
+			['(`id` IN (SELECT `relation-cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `cid` = ? AND `follows`) 
+			OR `id` IN (SELECT `cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `relation-cid` = ? AND `follows`))',
 				$cid, $cid]
 		);
 
@@ -507,13 +507,13 @@ class Relation
 	public static function listAll(int $cid, array $condition = [], int $count = 30, int $offset = 0, bool $shuffle = false)
 	{
 		$condition = DBA::mergeConditions($condition,
-			['`id` IN (SELECT `relation-cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `cid` = ? AND `follows`) 
-			OR `id` IN (SELECT `cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `relation-cid` = ? AND `follows`)',
+			['(`id` IN (SELECT `relation-cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `cid` = ? AND `follows`) 
+			OR `id` IN (SELECT `cid` FROM `contact-relation` WHERE `relation-cid` = ? AND `follows`))',
 				$cid, $cid]
 		);
 
 		return DI::dba()->selectToArray('contact', [], $condition,
-			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'name' : 'RAND()']]
+			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'RAND()' : 'name']]
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ class Relation
 		);
 
 		return DI::dba()->selectToArray('contact', [], $condition,
-			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'name' : 'RAND()']]
+			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'RAND()' : 'name']]
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class Relation
 		);
 
 		return DI::dba()->selectToArray('contact', [], $condition,
-			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'name' : 'RAND()']]
+			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 'order' => [$shuffle ? 'RAND()' : 'name']]
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ class Relation
 		);
 
 		return DI::dba()->selectToArray('contact', [], $condition,
-			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 	'order' => [$shuffle ? 'name' : 'RAND()']]
+			['limit' => [$offset, $count], 	'order' => [$shuffle ? 'RAND()' : 'name']]
 		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index ee5c35af84..af70c420e6 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -102,6 +102,29 @@ class User
 
 	private static $owner;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the numeric account type by their string
+	 *
+	 * @param string $accounttype as string constant
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function getAccountTypeByString(string $accounttype)
+	{
+		switch ($accounttype) {
+			case 'person':
+				return User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON;
+			case 'organisation':
+				return User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_ORGANISATION;
+			case 'news':
+				return User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_NEWS;
+			case 'community':
+				return User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY;
+			default:
+				return null;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Fetch the system account
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Module/Contact.php b/src/Module/Contact.php
index 85b3bb4239..8a7be5c893 100644
--- a/src/Module/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Module/Contact.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module\Security\Login;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\BadRequestException;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException;
@@ -260,6 +261,9 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 		$rel    = Strings::escapeTags(trim($_GET['rel']    ?? ''));
 		$group  = Strings::escapeTags(trim($_GET['group']  ?? ''));
 
+		$accounttype = $_GET['accounttype'] ?? '';
+		$accounttypeid = User::getAccountTypeByString($accounttype);
+
 		$page = DI::page();
 
 		$page->registerFooterScript(Theme::getPathForFile('asset/typeahead.js/dist/typeahead.bundle.js'));
@@ -339,6 +343,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 
 			$findpeople_widget = '';
 			$follow_widget = '';
+			$account_widget = '';
 			$networks_widget = '';
 			$rel_widget = '';
 
@@ -356,12 +361,13 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 				$follow_widget = Widget::follow();
 			}
 
+			$account_widget = Widget::accounttypes($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $accounttype);
 			$networks_widget = Widget::networks($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $nets);
 			$rel_widget = Widget::contactRels($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $rel);
 			$groups_widget = Widget::groups($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $group);
 		}
 
-		DI::page()['aside'] .= $vcard_widget . $findpeople_widget . $follow_widget . $groups_widget . $networks_widget . $rel_widget;
+		DI::page()['aside'] .= $vcard_widget . $findpeople_widget . $follow_widget . $account_widget . $groups_widget . $networks_widget . $rel_widget;
 
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('contacts-head.tpl');
 		DI::page()['htmlhead'] .= Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
@@ -664,6 +670,11 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 				break;
 		}
 
+		if (isset($accounttypeid)) {
+			$sql_extra .= " AND `contact-type` = ?";
+			$sql_values[] = $accounttypeid;
+		}
+
 		$searching = false;
 		$search_hdr = null;
 		if ($search) {
diff --git a/src/Module/Contact/Contacts.php b/src/Module/Contact/Contacts.php
index e328b978ce..e38d7acfce 100644
--- a/src/Module/Contact/Contacts.php
+++ b/src/Module/Contact/Contacts.php
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ namespace Friendica\Module\Contact;
 
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Content\Pager;
+use Friendica\Content\Widget;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
-use Friendica\Core\Session;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ class Contacts extends BaseModule
 
 		$cid = $parameters['id'];
 		$type = $parameters['type'] ?? 'all';
+		$accounttype = $_GET['accounttype'] ?? '';
+		$accounttypeid = User::getAccountTypeByString($accounttype);
 
 		if (!$cid) {
 			throw new HTTPException\BadRequestException(DI::l10n()->t('Invalid contact.'));
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ class Contacts extends BaseModule
 			'failed' => false,
 		];
 
+		if (isset($accounttypeid)) {
+			$condition['contact-type'] = $accounttypeid;
+		}
+
 		$noresult_label = DI::l10n()->t('No known contacts.');
 
 		switch ($type) {
@@ -57,10 +64,6 @@ class Contacts extends BaseModule
 				$total = Model\Contact\Relation::countMutuals($cid, $condition);
 				break;
 			case 'common':
-				$condition = [
-					'NOT `self` AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `hidden` AND `id` != ?',
-					$localContactId,
-				];
 				$total = Model\Contact\Relation::countCommon($localContactId, $cid, $condition);
 				$noresult_label = DI::l10n()->t('No common contacts.');
 				break;
@@ -119,6 +122,8 @@ class Contacts extends BaseModule
 			'$paginate' => $pager->renderFull($total),
 		]);
 
+		DI::page()['aside'] .= Widget::accounttypes($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $accounttype);
+
 		return $o;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php b/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
index ae108dd918..f9eeaa6fd9 100644
--- a/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
+++ b/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
@@ -192,23 +192,7 @@ class Community extends BaseModule
 			throw new HTTPException\ForbiddenException(DI::l10n()->t('Access denied.'));
 		}
 
-		switch ($parameters['accounttype'] ?? '') {
-			case 'person':
-				self::$accounttype = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON;
-				break;
-			case 'organisation':
-				self::$accounttype = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_ORGANISATION;
-				break;
-			case 'news':
-				self::$accounttype = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_NEWS;
-				break;
-			case 'community':
-				self::$accounttype = User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY;
-				break;
-			default:
-				self::$accounttype = null;
-				break;
-		}
+		self::$accounttype = User::getAccountTypeByString($parameters['accounttype'] ?? '');
 
 		self::$content = $parameters['content'] ?? '';
 		if (!self::$content) {