diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 04a35634e0..3cb87fc90a 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2020.03-dev (Dalmatian Bellflower)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1334
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1335
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `conversation` (
 	`conversation-uri` varbinary(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'GNU Social conversation URI',
 	`conversation-href` varbinary(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'GNU Social conversation link',
 	`protocol` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 255 COMMENT 'The protocol of the item',
+	`direction` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'How the message arrived here: 1=push, 2=pull',
 	`source` mediumtext COMMENT 'Original source',
 	`received` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0001-01-01 00:00:00' COMMENT 'Receiving date',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`item-uri`),
diff --git a/src/Model/Conversation.php b/src/Model/Conversation.php
index 661cfcd6af..80103b2dcc 100644
--- a/src/Model/Conversation.php
+++ b/src/Model/Conversation.php
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ class Conversation
 	const PARCEL_TWITTER            = 67;
 	const PARCEL_UNKNOWN            = 255;
 
+	/**
+	 * Unknown message direction
+	 */
+	const UNKNOWN = 0;
+	/**
+	 * The message had been pushed to this sytem
+	 */
+	const PUSH    = 1;
+	/**
+	 * The message had been fetched by our system
+	 */
+	const PULL    = 2;
+
 	public static function getByItemUri($item_uri)
 	{
 		return DBA::selectFirst('conversation', [], ['item-uri' => $item_uri]);
@@ -79,6 +92,10 @@ class Conversation
 				$conversation['protocol'] = $arr['protocol'];
 			}
 
+			if (isset($arr['direction'])) {
+				$conversation['direction'] = $arr['direction'];
+			}
+
 			if (isset($arr['source'])) {
 				$conversation['source'] = $arr['source'];
 			}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index 6d6c652fde..e79fcaff68 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -490,12 +490,7 @@ class Processor
 		}
 
 		if (isset($activity['push'])) {
-			$push_app = $activity['push'] ? '📨' : '🚜';
-			if (!empty($item['app'])) {
-				$item['app'] .= ' (' . $push_app . ')';
-			} else {
-				$item['app'] .= $push_app;
-			}
+			$item['direction'] = $activity['push'] ? Conversation::PUSH : Conversation::PULL;
 		}
 
 		$item['plink'] = $activity['alternate-url'] ?? $item['uri'];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
index 39655f45d7..97eb3b62c6 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ class Receiver
 	/**
 	 * Prepare the object array
 	 *
-	 * @param array   $activity
-	 * @param integer $uid User ID
-	 * @param         $trust_source
+	 * @param array   $activity     Array with activity data
+	 * @param integer $uid          User ID
+	 * @param boolean $push         Message had been pushed to our system
+	 * @param boolean $trust_source Do we trust the source?
 	 *
 	 * @return array with object data
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ class Receiver
 	 * @param string  $body
 	 * @param integer $uid          User ID
 	 * @param boolean $trust_source Do we trust the source?
+	 * @param boolean $push         Message had been pushed to our system
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	public static function processActivity($activity, $body = '', $uid = null, $trust_source = false, $push = false)
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index 5b2e3bc091..0c0b289414 100755
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1334);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1335);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ return [
 			"conversation-uri" => ["type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "GNU Social conversation URI"],
 			"conversation-href" => ["type" => "varbinary(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "GNU Social conversation link"],
 			"protocol" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "255", "comment" => "The protocol of the item"],
+			"direction" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => "How the message arrived here: 1=push, 2=pull"],
 			"source" => ["type" => "mediumtext", "comment" => "Original source"],
 			"received" => ["type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => DBA::NULL_DATETIME, "comment" => "Receiving date"],
 		],