diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index bb53181e88..5aa9a5b706 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1741,6 +1741,7 @@ CREATE VIEW `post-user-view` AS SELECT
 	`author`.`hidden` AS `author-hidden`,
 	`author`.`updated` AS `author-updated`,
 	`author`.`gsid` AS `author-gsid`,
+	`author`.`uri-id` AS `author-uri-id`,
 	`post-user`.`owner-id` AS `owner-id`,
 	`owner`.`url` AS `owner-link`,
 	`owner`.`addr` AS `owner-addr`,
@@ -1909,6 +1910,7 @@ CREATE VIEW `post-thread-user-view` AS SELECT
 	`author`.`hidden` AS `author-hidden`,
 	`author`.`updated` AS `author-updated`,
 	`author`.`gsid` AS `author-gsid`,
+	`author`.`uri-id` AS `author-uri-id`,
 	`post-thread-user`.`owner-id` AS `owner-id`,
 	`owner`.`url` AS `owner-link`,
 	`owner`.`addr` AS `owner-addr`,
@@ -2063,6 +2065,7 @@ CREATE VIEW `post-view` AS SELECT
 	`author`.`hidden` AS `author-hidden`,
 	`author`.`updated` AS `author-updated`,
 	`author`.`gsid` AS `author-gsid`,
+	`author`.`uri-id` AS `author-uri-id`,
 	`post`.`owner-id` AS `owner-id`,
 	`owner`.`url` AS `owner-link`,
 	`owner`.`addr` AS `owner-addr`,
@@ -2193,6 +2196,7 @@ CREATE VIEW `post-thread-view` AS SELECT
 	`author`.`hidden` AS `author-hidden`,
 	`author`.`updated` AS `author-updated`,
 	`author`.`gsid` AS `author-gsid`,
+	`author`.`uri-id` AS `author-uri-id`,
 	`post-thread`.`owner-id` AS `owner-id`,
 	`owner`.`url` AS `owner-link`,
 	`owner`.`addr` AS `owner-addr`,
diff --git a/src/Content/Item.php b/src/Content/Item.php
index 0c60c4e26f..9136396ed1 100644
--- a/src/Content/Item.php
+++ b/src/Content/Item.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
-use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 /**
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ class Item
 		$pcid = $item['author-id'];
 		$network = '';
 		$rel = 0;
-		$condition = ['uid' => local_user(), 'nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($item['author-link'])];
+		$condition = ['uid' => local_user(), 'uri-id' => $item['author-uri-id']];
 		$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['id', 'network', 'rel'], $condition);
 		if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
 			$cid = $contact['id'];
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index b63b98d773..96a12a1fd3 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Item
 		'wall', 'private', 'starred', 'origin', 'parent-origin', 'title', 'body', 'language',
 		'content-warning', 'location', 'coord', 'app', 'rendered-hash', 'rendered-html', 'object',
 		'allow_cid', 'allow_gid', 'deny_cid', 'deny_gid', 'mention', 'global',
-		'author-id', 'author-link', 'author-name', 'author-avatar', 'author-network', 'author-updated', 'author-gsid', 'author-addr',
+		'author-id', 'author-link', 'author-name', 'author-avatar', 'author-network', 'author-updated', 'author-gsid', 'author-addr', 'author-uri-id',
 		'owner-id', 'owner-link', 'owner-name', 'owner-avatar', 'owner-network', 'owner-contact-type', 'owner-updated',
 		'causer-id', 'causer-link', 'causer-name', 'causer-avatar', 'causer-contact-type', 'causer-network',
 		'contact-id', 'contact-uid', 'contact-link', 'contact-name', 'contact-avatar',
diff --git a/static/dbview.config.php b/static/dbview.config.php
index ea991489d6..e2e29d8f4f 100644
--- a/static/dbview.config.php
+++ b/static/dbview.config.php
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 			"author-hidden" => ["author", "hidden"],
 			"author-updated" => ["author", "updated"],
 			"author-gsid" => ["author", "gsid"],
+			"author-uri-id" => ["author", "uri-id"],
 			"owner-id" => ["post-user", "owner-id"],
 			"owner-link" => ["owner", "url"],
 			"owner-addr" => ["owner", "addr"],
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@
 			"author-hidden" => ["author", "hidden"],
 			"author-updated" => ["author", "updated"],
 			"author-gsid" => ["author", "gsid"],
+			"author-uri-id" => ["author", "uri-id"],
 			"owner-id" => ["post-thread-user", "owner-id"],
 			"owner-link" => ["owner", "url"],
 			"owner-addr" => ["owner", "addr"],
@@ -466,6 +468,7 @@
 			"author-hidden" => ["author", "hidden"],
 			"author-updated" => ["author", "updated"],
 			"author-gsid" => ["author", "gsid"],
+			"author-uri-id" => ["author", "uri-id"],
 			"owner-id" => ["post", "owner-id"],
 			"owner-link" => ["owner", "url"],
 			"owner-addr" => ["owner", "addr"],
@@ -594,6 +597,7 @@
 			"author-hidden" => ["author", "hidden"],
 			"author-updated" => ["author", "updated"],
 			"author-gsid" => ["author", "gsid"],
+			"author-uri-id" => ["author", "uri-id"],
 			"owner-id" => ["post-thread", "owner-id"],
 			"owner-link" => ["owner", "url"],
 			"owner-addr" => ["owner", "addr"],