diff --git a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
index 05cc8ec2..5d0e86c3 100644
--- a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
+++ b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function fromgplus_cleanupgoogleproxy($fullImage, $image) {
 	return($cleaned);
 }
 
-function fromgplus_handleattachments($item) {
+function fromgplus_handleattachments($item, $displaytext) {
 	$post = "";
 	$quote = "";
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function fromgplus_handleattachments($item) {
 				elseif ($images["full"] != "")
 					$post .= "\n[img]".$images["full"]."[/img]\n";
 
-				if ($attachment->displayName != "")
+				if (($attachment->displayName != "") AND ($attachment->displayName != $displaytext))
 					$post .= fromgplus_html2bbcode($attachment->displayName)."\n";
 				break;
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 					$post = fromgplus_html2bbcode($item->object->content);
 
 					if (is_array($item->object->attachments))
-						$post .= fromgplus_handleattachments($item);
+						$post .= fromgplus_handleattachments($item, $item->object->content);
 
 					// geocode, placeName
 					if (isset($item->address))
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 						$post .= fromgplus_html2bbcode($item->object->content);
 
 						if (is_array($item->object->attachments))
-							$post .= "\n".trim(fromgplus_handleattachments($item));
+							$post .= "\n".trim(fromgplus_handleattachments($item, $item->object->content));
 
 						$post .= "[/share]";
 					} else {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 						$post .= fromgplus_html2bbcode($item->object->content);
 
 						if (is_array($item->object->attachments))
-							$post .= "\n".trim(fromgplus_handleattachments($item));
+							$post .= "\n".trim(fromgplus_handleattachments($item, $item->object->content));
 					}
 
 					if (isset($item->address))
diff --git a/gpluspost/gpluspost.php b/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
index db240aa3..35278495 100644
--- a/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
+++ b/gpluspost/gpluspost.php
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ function gpluspost_settings(&$a,&$s) {
 	$noloop_enabled = get_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','no_loop_prevention');
 	$noloop_checked = (($noloop_enabled) ? ' checked="checked" ' : '');
 
+	$skip_enabled = get_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','skip_without_link');
+	$skip_checked = (($skip_enabled) ? ' checked="checked" ' : '');
+
 	$s .= '<div class="settings-block">';
 	$s .= '<h3>' . t('Google+ Post Settings') . '</h3>';
 	$s .= '<div id="gpluspost-enable-wrapper">';
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ function gpluspost_settings(&$a,&$s) {
 	$s .= '<input id="gpluspost-noloopprevention" type="checkbox" name="gpluspost_noloopprevention" value="1" ' . $noloop_checked . '/>';
 	$s .= '</div><div class="clear"></div>';
 
+	$s .= '<div id="gpluspost-skipwithoutlink-wrapper">';
+	$s .= '<label id="gpluspost-skipwithoutlink-label" for="gpluspost-skipwithoutlink">' . t('Skip messages without links') . '</label>';
+	$s .= '<input id="gpluspost-skipwithoutlink" type="checkbox" name="gpluspost_skipwithoutlink" value="1" ' . $skip_checked . '/>';
+	$s .= '</div><div class="clear"></div>';
+
 	/* provide a submit button */
 
 	$s .= '<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" ><input type="submit" id="gpluspost-submit" name="gpluspost-submit" class="settings-submit" value="' . t('Submit') . '" /></div>';
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ function gpluspost_settings_post(&$a,&$b) {
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','post',intval($_POST['gpluspost']));
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','post_by_default',intval($_POST['gpluspost_bydefault']));
 		set_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','no_loop_prevention',intval($_POST['gpluspost_noloopprevention']));
+		set_pconfig(local_user(),'gpluspost','skip_without_link',intval($_POST['gpluspost_skipwithoutlink']));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -286,7 +295,7 @@ function gpluspost_feeditem($pid, $uid) {
 	require_once('include/bbcode.php');
 	require_once("include/html2plain.php");
 
-	$max_char = 140;
+	$skipwithoutlink = get_pconfig($uid,'gpluspost','skip_without_link');
 
 	$items = q("SELECT `uri`, `plink`, `author-link`, `author-name`, `created`, `edited`, `id`, `title`, `body` from `item` WHERE id=%d", intval($pid));
 	foreach ($items AS $item) {
@@ -349,7 +358,9 @@ function gpluspost_feeditem($pid, $uid) {
 		else if ($image != "")
 			$msglink = $image;
 
-		if ($msglink == "")
+		if (($msglink == "") AND $skipwithoutlink)
+			continue;
+		else if ($msglink == "")
 			$msglink = $item["plink"];
 
 		// Fetching the title - or the first line
diff --git a/pumpio/README b/pumpio/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f658d52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pumpio/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+To let the connector work properly you should define an application name in the .htconfig:
+
+$a->config['pumpio']['application_name'] = "Name of you site";
+
+This name appears at pump.io and is mportant for not mirroring back posts that came from friendica.
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index bde494e1..71fed1aa 100755
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ function twitter_shortenmsg($b) {
 	require_once("include/bbcode.php");
 	require_once("include/html2plain.php");
 
-	$max_char = 130;
+	$max_char = 140;
 
 	// Looking for the first image
 	$image = '';
@@ -414,15 +414,20 @@ function twitter_shortenmsg($b) {
 	if (($msglink == "") and strlen($msg) > $max_char)
 		$msglink = $b["plink"];
 
-	// If the message is short enough then don't modify it. (if the link exists in the original message)
-	if ((strlen(trim($origmsg)) <= $max_char) AND (strpos($origmsg, $msglink) OR ($msglink == "")))
+	// If the message is short enough then don't modify it.
+	if ((strlen(trim($origmsg)) <= $max_char) AND ($msglink == ""))
+		return(trim($origmsg));
+
+	// If the message is short enough and the link exists in the original message don't modify it as well
+	// -3 because of the bad shortener of twitter
+	if ((strlen(trim($origmsg)) <= ($max_char - 3)) AND strpos($origmsg, $msglink))
 		return(trim($origmsg));
 
 	if (strlen($msglink) > 20)
 		$msglink = short_link($msglink);
 
-	if (strlen(trim($msg." ".$msglink)) > $max_char) {
-		$msg = substr($msg, 0, $max_char - (strlen($msglink)));
+	if (strlen(trim($msg." ".$msglink)) > ($max_char - 3)) {
+		$msg = substr($msg, 0, ($max_char - 3) - (strlen($msglink)));
 		$lastchar = substr($msg, -1);
 		$msg = substr($msg, 0, -1);
 		$pos = strrpos($msg, "\n");