diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 7b68505925..f04b8c3947 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.1.946' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1048      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1049      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 3f8ea41965..d81142bca5 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 	require_once('bbcode.php');
 
 	$profile_owner = 0;
-	$writable      = false;
+	$page_writeable      = false;
 
 	if($mode === 'network') {
 		$profile_owner = local_user();
-		$writable = true;
+		$page_writeable = true;
 	}
 
 	if($mode === 'profile') {
 		$profile_owner = $a->profile['profile_uid'];
-		$writable = can_write_wall($a,$profile_owner);
+		$page_writeable = can_write_wall($a,$profile_owner);
 	}
 
 	if($mode === 'display') {
 		$profile_owner = $a->profile['uid'];
-		$writable = can_write_wall($a,$profile_owner);
+		$page_writeable = can_write_wall($a,$profile_owner);
 	}
 
 	if($update)
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 			$sparkle = '';
 			$owner_url = $owner_photo = $owner_name = '';
 
-
 			// We've already parsed out like/dislike for special treatment. We can ignore them now
 
 			if(((activity_match($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_LIKE)) 
@@ -185,11 +184,17 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 				&& ($item['id'] != $item['parent']))
 				continue;
 
+			$toplevelpost = (($item['id'] == $item['parent']) ? true : false);
+
+
 			// Take care of author collapsing and comment collapsing
 			// If a single author has more than 3 consecutive top-level posts, squash the remaining ones.
 			// If there are more than two comments, squash all but the last 2.
 
-			if($item['id'] == $item['parent']) {
+			if($toplevelpost) {
+
+				$item_writeable = (($item['writable'] || $item['self']) ? true : false);
+
 				if($blowhard == $item['cid'] && (! $item['self']) && ($mode != 'profile')) {
 					$blowhard_count ++;
 					if($blowhard_count == 3) {
@@ -210,6 +215,8 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 				$comments_seen ++;
 
 
+			$show_comment_box = ((($page_writeable) && ($item_writeable) && ($comments_seen == $comments[$item['parent']])) ? true : false);
+
 			if(($comments[$item['parent']] > 2) && ($comments_seen <= ($comments[$item['parent']] - 2)) && ($item['gravity'] == 6)) {
 				if(! $comments_collapsed) {
 					$o .= '<div class="ccollapse-wrapper fakelink" id="ccollapse-wrapper-' . $item['parent'] . '" onclick="openClose(' . '\'ccollapse-' . $item['parent'] . '\');" >' . sprintf( t('See all %d comments'), $comments[$item['parent']]) . '</div>';
@@ -265,7 +272,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 
 			$likebuttons = '';
 
-			if($writable) {
+			if($page_writeable) {
 				if($item['id'] == $item['parent']) {
 					$likebuttons = replace_macros((($item['private']) ? $noshare_tpl : $like_tpl),array(
 						'$id' => $item['id'],
@@ -276,7 +283,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 					));
 				}
 
-				if($item['last-child']) {
+				if(($show_comment_box) || (($show_comment_box == false) && ($item['last-child']))) {
 					$comment = replace_macros($cmnt_tpl,array(
 						'$return_path' => '', 
 						'$jsreload' => (($mode === 'display') ? $_SESSION['return_url'] : ''),
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index d7644fb421..86579512eb 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item) {
 		// create contact record - set to readonly
 
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`, 
-			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 1, 1 ) ",
+			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `writable` )
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 1, 1, 1 ) ",
 			intval($importer['uid']),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($url),
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index f30ecdc921..04858ce52d 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 	if(! x($vcard,'photo'))
 		$vcard['photo'] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/default-profile.jpg' ; 
 
+
+	$writeable = ((($network === 'stat') && ($notify)) ? 1 : 0);
+
 	// check if we already have a contact
 	// the poll url is more reliable than the profile url, as we may have
 	// indirect links or webfinger links
@@ -217,8 +220,8 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 	else {
 		// create contact record 
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `alias`, `notify`, `poll`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`, `priority`,
-			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
+			`writable`, `blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
 			intval(local_user()),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($profile),
@@ -230,7 +233,8 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 			dbesc($vcard['photo']),
 			dbesc($network),
 			intval(REL_FAN),
-			intval($priority)
+			intval($priority),
+			intval($writable)
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 1d45f5f11a..3875933d27 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -428,3 +428,7 @@ function update_1047() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `writable` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `readonly` ");
 }
 
+function update_1048() {
+	q("UPDATE `contact` SET `writable` = 1 WHERE `network` = 'stat' AND `notify` != '' ");
+}
+