slow progress removing bitfields on item table

20 files changed, 156 insertions, 179 deletions

diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 95044a63b..b3bed8592 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ define ( 'ITEM_PENDING_REMOVE',  0x0800);   // deleted, notification period has
  * Item Flags
  */
 
-define ( 'ITEM_ORIGIN',          0x0001);
+//define ( 'ITEM_ORIGIN',          0x0001);
 define ( 'ITEM_UNSEEN',          0x0002);
 define ( 'ITEM_STARRED',         0x0004);
 define ( 'ITEM_UPLINK',          0x0008);
diff --git a/include/Import/refimport.php b/include/Import/refimport.php
index 181b2b398..a7c0ef4c8 100644
--- a/include/Import/refimport.php
+++ b/include/Import/refimport.php
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ function refimport_content(&$a) {
 		$arr['author_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 		$arr['owner_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 		$arr['app'] = REFLECT_BLOGNAME;
-		$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_WALL|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
+		$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
+
 		$arr['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 
 		// this is an assumption
@@ -256,7 +259,8 @@ function reflect_comment_store($channel,$post,$comment,$user) {
 	$arr['edited'] = $comment['created'];
 	$arr['author_xchan'] = $hash;
 	$arr['owner_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
-	$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_WALL;
+	$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
 	$arr['verb'] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 	$arr['comment_policy'] = 'contacts';
 
diff --git a/include/activities.php b/include/activities.php
index d770ccb23..ba12bc5d1 100644
--- a/include/activities.php
+++ b/include/activities.php
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ function profile_activity($changed, $value) {
 	$arr['uid']         = local_user();
 	$arr['aid']         = $self['channel_account_id'];
 	$arr['owner_xchan'] = $arr['author_xchan'] = $self['xchan_hash'];
-	$arr['item_flags']  = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
+	$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
+
 	$arr['verb']        = ACTIVITY_UPDATE;
 	$arr['obj_type']    = ACTIVITY_OBJ_PROFILE;
 
diff --git a/include/attach.php b/include/attach.php
index 5ef3bea24..5a945dd66 100644
--- a/include/attach.php
+++ b/include/attach.php
@@ -954,7 +954,9 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $hash, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid, $d
 
 	$mid = item_message_id();
 
-	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_UNSEEN;
+	$arr['item_wall'] = 1; 
+	$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_unseen'] = 1;
 
 	if($action == 'post') {
 		//check if activity item exists
@@ -975,7 +977,6 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $hash, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid, $d
 			$arr['uid']           = $channel_id;
 			$arr['mid']           = $dmid;
 			$arr['parent_mid']    = $dmid;
-			$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 			$arr['author_xchan']  = $poster['xchan_hash'];
 			$arr['owner_xchan']   = $poster['xchan_hash'];
 			$arr['title']         = '';
@@ -1016,7 +1017,9 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $hash, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid, $d
 	$arr['uid']           = $channel_id;
 	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
 	$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid;
-	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
+	$arr['item_wall']     = 1; 
+	$arr['item_origin']   = 1;
+	$arr['item_unseen']   = 1;
 	$arr['author_xchan']  = $poster['xchan_hash'];
 	$arr['owner_xchan']   = $poster['xchan_hash'];
 	$arr['title']         = '';
diff --git a/include/bb2diaspora.php b/include/bb2diaspora.php
index 5c93ac3aa..e8f81aec4 100644
--- a/include/bb2diaspora.php
+++ b/include/bb2diaspora.php
@@ -271,22 +271,6 @@ function bb2diaspora_itemwallwall(&$item) {
 			. $item['body'];
 	}
 
-	// We have to do something similar for wall-to-wall comments. ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN indicates that it was posted on this site. 
-	// Regular matrix comments may have one of these bits set, but not both.
-
-	// Update: this is getting triggered way too often and unnecessarily. Commenting out until we find a better solution.
-	// It's not an easy problem. For now we'll live with the mis-attributions, as wall to wall comments are much less frequent
-	// than wall-to-wall posts. 
-
-//	if(($item['mid'] != $item['parent_mid']) && ($item['author_xchan'] != $item['owner_xchan']) && (($item['item_flags'] & (ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN)) == (ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN)) && (is_array($item['author'])) && $item['author']['xchan_url'] && $item['author']['xchan_name'] && $item['author']['xchan_photo_m']) {
-//		logger('bb2diaspora_itemwallwall: wall to wall comment',LOGGER_DEBUG);
-		// post will come across with the owner's identity. Throw a preamble onto the post to indicate the true author.
-//		$item['body'] = "\n\n" 
-//			. '[img]' . $item['author']['xchan_photo_m'] . '[/img]' 
-//			. '[url=' . $item['author']['xchan_url'] . ']' . $item['author']['xchan_name'] . '[/url]' . "\n\n" 
-//			. $item['body'];
-//	}
-
 	// $item['author'] might cause a surprise further down the line if it wasn't expected to be here.
  
 	if(! $author_exists)
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index e494aac0f..ae405f663 100755
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ function diaspora_comment($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	if($result && $result['success'])
 		$message_id = $result['item_id'];
 
-	if(($parent_item['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN) && (! $parent_author_signature)) {
+	if(intval($parent_item['item_origin']) && (! $parent_author_signature)) {
 		// if the message isn't already being relayed, notify others
 		// the existence of parent_author_signature means the parent_author or owner
 		// is already relaying.
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ function diaspora_like($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 	// the existence of parent_author_signature means the parent_author or owner
 	// is already relaying. The parent_item['origin'] indicates the message was created on our system
 
-	if(($parent_item['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN) && (! $parent_author_signature))
+	if(intval($parent_item['item_origin']) && (! $parent_author_signature))
 		proc_run('php','include/notifier.php','comment-import',$message_id);
 
 	return;
@@ -2105,19 +2105,12 @@ function diaspora_signed_retraction($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 					$r[0]['parent']
 				);
 				if($p) {
-					if(($p[0]['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN) && (! $parent_author_signature)) {
-// FIXME so we can relay this
-//						q("insert into sign (`retract_iid`,`signed_text`,`signature`,`signer`) values (%d,'%s','%s','%s') ",
-//							$r[0]['id'],
-//							dbesc($signed_data),
-//							dbesc($sig),
-//							dbesc($diaspora_handle)
-//						);
+					if(intval($p[0]['item_origin']) && (! $parent_author_signature)) {
 
 						// the existence of parent_author_signature would have meant the parent_author or owner
 						// is already relaying.
-						logger('diaspora_signed_retraction: relaying relayable_retraction');
 
+						logger('diaspora_signed_retraction: relaying relayable_retraction');
 						proc_run('php','include/notifier.php','drop',$r[0]['id']);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 1ed541d99..9da7a42a9 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -456,53 +456,55 @@ function event_store_item($arr,$event) {
 
 
 		$private = (($arr['allow_cid'] || $arr['allow_gid'] || $arr['deny_cid'] || $arr['deny_gid']) ? 1 : 0);
-				
+
+		$item_wall = 0;
+		$item_origin = 0;
+		$item_thread_top = 0;				
 
 		if($item) {
 			$item_arr['id'] = $item['id'];
 		}
 		else {
 			$wall = (($z[0]['channel_hash'] == $event['event_xchan']) ? true : false);
-
-			$item_flags = ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
+			$item_thread_top = 1;
 			if($wall) {
-				$item_flags |= ITEM_WALL;
-				$item_flags |= ITEM_ORIGIN;
+				$item_wall = 1;
+				$item_origin = 1;
 			}
-			$item_arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 
 		}
 
 		if(! $arr['mid'])
 			$arr['mid'] = item_message_id();
 
-		$item_arr['aid']           = $z[0]['channel_account_id'];
-		$item_arr['uid']           = $arr['uid'];
-		$item_arr['author_xchan']  = $arr['event_xchan'];
-		$item_arr['mid']           = $arr['mid'];
-		$item_arr['parent_mid']    = $arr['mid'];
+		$item_arr['aid']             = $z[0]['channel_account_id'];
+		$item_arr['uid']             = $arr['uid'];
+		$item_arr['author_xchan']    = $arr['event_xchan'];
+		$item_arr['mid']             = $arr['mid'];
+		$item_arr['parent_mid']      = $arr['mid'];
 
 
-		$item_arr['owner_xchan']   = (($wall) ? $z[0]['channel_hash'] : $arr['event_xchan']);
-		$item_arr['author_xchan']  = $arr['event_xchan'];
-		$item_arr['title']         = $arr['summary'];
-		$item_arr['allow_cid']     = $arr['allow_cid'];
-		$item_arr['allow_gid']     = $arr['allow_gid'];
-		$item_arr['deny_cid']      = $arr['deny_cid'];
-		$item_arr['deny_gid']      = $arr['deny_gid'];
-		$item_arr['item_private']  = $private;
-		$item_arr['verb']          = ACTIVITY_POST;
+		$item_arr['owner_xchan']     = (($wall) ? $z[0]['channel_hash'] : $arr['event_xchan']);
+		$item_arr['author_xchan']    = $arr['event_xchan'];
+		$item_arr['title']           = $arr['summary'];
+		$item_arr['allow_cid']       = $arr['allow_cid'];
+		$item_arr['allow_gid']       = $arr['allow_gid'];
+		$item_arr['deny_cid']        = $arr['deny_cid'];
+		$item_arr['deny_gid']        = $arr['deny_gid'];
+		$item_arr['item_private']    = $private;
+		$item_arr['verb']            = ACTIVITY_POST;
+		$item_arr['item_wall']       = $item_wall;
+		$item_arr['item_origin']     = $item_origin;
+		$item_arr['item_thread_top'] = $item_thread_top;;
 
 
 		if(array_key_exists('term',$arr))
 			$item_arr['term'] = $arr['term']; 
 
-		$item_arr['resource_type'] = 'event';
-		$item_arr['resource_id']   = $event['event_hash'];
-
-		$item_arr['obj_type']      = ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT;
-
-		$item_arr['body']          = $prefix . format_event_bbcode($arr);
+		$item_arr['resource_type']   = 'event';
+		$item_arr['resource_id']     = $event['event_hash'];
+		$item_arr['obj_type']        = ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT;
+		$item_arr['body']            = $prefix . format_event_bbcode($arr);
 
 		// if it's local send the permalink to the channel page.
 		// otherwise we'll fallback to /display/$message_id
diff --git a/include/externals.php b/include/externals.php
index b0f853dc6..3b6d170d5 100644
--- a/include/externals.php
+++ b/include/externals.php
@@ -93,26 +93,6 @@ function externals_run($argv, $argc){
 						$results = process_delivery(array('hash' => 'undefined'), get_item_elements($message),
 							array(array('hash' => $sys['xchan_hash'])), false, true);
 						$total ++;
-//						$z = q("select id from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
-//							dbesc($message['message_id']),
-//							intval($sys['channel_id'])
-//						);
-$z = null;
-						if($z) {
-							$flag_bits = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_UPLINK;
-							// preserve the source
-
-							$r = q("update item set source_xchan = owner_xchan where id = %d",
-								intval($z[0]['id'])
-							);
-
-    						$r = q("update item set item_flags = ( item_flags | %d ), owner_xchan = '%s' 
-								where id = %d",
-								intval($flag_bits),
-								dbesc($sys['xchan_hash']),
-								intval($z[0]['id'])
-							);
-						}
 					}
 					logger('externals: import_public_posts: ' . $total . ' messages imported', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 				}
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index fb2f2586a..b2fc05f09 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -364,13 +364,12 @@ function post_activity_item($arr) {
 	if((($arr['parent']) && $arr['parent'] != $arr['id']) || (($arr['parent_mid']) && $arr['parent_mid'] != $arr['mid']))
 		$is_comment = true;
 
-	if(! x($arr,'item_flags')) {
-		if($is_comment)
-			$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN;
-		else
-			$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN | ITEM_WALL | ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
-	}	
-
+	if(! array_key_exists('item_origin',$arr))
+		$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+	if(! array_key_exists('item_wall',$arr) && (! $is_comment))
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
+	if(! array_key_exists('item_thread_top',$arr) && (! $is_comment))
+		$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
 
 	$channel  = get_app()->get_channel();
 	$observer = get_app()->get_observer();
@@ -2917,10 +2916,7 @@ function tag_deliver($uid,$item_id) {
 	// prevent delivery looping - only proceed
 	// if the message originated elsewhere and is a top-level post
 
-	if(($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL) 
-		|| ($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN) 
-		|| (!($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_THREAD_TOP)) 
-		|| ($item['id'] != $item['parent'])) {
+	if(intval($item['item_wall']) || intval($item['item_origin']) || (! intval($item['item_thread_top'])) || ($item['id'] != $item['parent'])) {
 		logger('tag_deliver: item was local or a comment. rejected.');
 		return;
 	}
@@ -3039,7 +3035,10 @@ function start_delivery_chain($channel,$item,$item_id,$parent) {
 	if((! $private) && $new_public_policy)
 		$private = 1;
 
-	$flag_bits = $item['item_flags'] | ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN;
+	$item_wall = 1;
+	$item_origin = 1;
+
+	$flag_bits = $item['item_flags'];
 
 	// unset the nocomment bit if it's there. 
 
@@ -3087,7 +3086,7 @@ function start_delivery_chain($channel,$item,$item_id,$parent) {
 	}
 
 	$r = q("update item set item_flags = %d, owner_xchan = '%s', allow_cid = '%s', allow_gid = '%s', 
-		deny_cid = '%s', deny_gid = '%s', item_private = %d, public_policy = '%s', comment_policy = '%s', title = '%s', body = '%s'  where id = %d",
+		deny_cid = '%s', deny_gid = '%s', item_private = %d, public_policy = '%s', comment_policy = '%s', title = '%s', body = '%s', item_wall = %d, item_origin = %d  where id = %d",
 		intval($flag_bits),
 		dbesc($channel['channel_hash']),
 		dbesc($channel['channel_allow_cid']),
@@ -3099,6 +3098,8 @@ function start_delivery_chain($channel,$item,$item_id,$parent) {
 		dbesc(map_scope($channel['channel_w_comment'])),
 		dbesc($title),
 		dbesc($body),
+		intval($item_wall),
+		$intval($item_origin),
 		intval($item_id)
 	);
 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 29646fb38..241dffbd1 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 
 		$encoded_item = encode_item($target_item);
 		
-		$relay_to_owner = (((! $top_level_post) && ($target_item['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN)) ? true : false);
+		$relay_to_owner = (((! $top_level_post) && (intval($target_item['item_origin']))) ? true : false);
 
 		$uplink = false;
 
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 
 		logger('notifier: relay_to_owner: ' . (($relay_to_owner) ? 'true' : 'false'), LOGGER_DATA);
 		logger('notifier: top_level_post: ' . (($top_level_post) ? 'true' : 'false'), LOGGER_DATA);
-		logger('notifier: target_item_flags: ' . $target_item['item_flags'] . ' ' . (($target_item['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN ) ? 'true' : 'false'), LOGGER_DATA);
 
 		// tag_deliver'd post which needs to be sent back to the original author
 
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 2393153c6..0ac47f7ba 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -225,30 +225,31 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 
 	// Create item container
 
-	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 	$item_restrict = (($visible) ? ITEM_VISIBLE : ITEM_HIDDEN);			
 	$title = '';
 	$mid = item_message_id();
 			
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['aid']           = $account_id;
-	$arr['uid']           = $channel_id;
-	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
-	$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid; 
-	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
-	$arr['item_restrict'] = $item_restrict;
-	$arr['resource_type'] = 'photo';
-	$arr['resource_id']   = $photo_hash;
-	$arr['owner_xchan']   = $channel['channel_hash'];
-	$arr['author_xchan']  = $observer['xchan_hash'];
-	$arr['title']         = $title;
-	$arr['allow_cid']     = $str_contact_allow;
-	$arr['allow_gid']     = $str_group_allow;
-	$arr['deny_cid']      = $str_contact_deny;
-	$arr['deny_gid']      = $str_group_deny;
-	$arr['verb']          = ACTIVITY_POST;
-
+	$arr['aid']            = $account_id;
+	$arr['uid']            = $channel_id;
+	$arr['mid']            = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']     = $mid; 
+	$arr['item_flags']     = $item_flags;
+	$arr['item_restrict']  = $item_restrict;
+	$arr['resource_type']  = 'photo';
+	$arr['resource_id']    = $photo_hash;
+	$arr['owner_xchan']    = $channel['channel_hash'];
+	$arr['author_xchan']   = $observer['xchan_hash'];
+	$arr['title']          = $title;
+	$arr['allow_cid']      = $str_contact_allow;
+	$arr['allow_gid']      = $str_group_allow;
+	$arr['deny_cid']       = $str_contact_deny;
+	$arr['deny_gid']       = $str_group_deny;
+	$arr['verb']           = ACTIVITY_POST;
+	$arr['item_wall']      = 1;
+	$arr['item_origin']    = 1;
+	$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
 	$arr['plink']         = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $arr['mid'];
 
 	if ($width_x_height)
@@ -431,7 +432,6 @@ function photos_create_item($channel, $creator_hash, $photo, $visible = false) {
 
 	// Create item container
 
-	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 	$item_restrict = (($visible) ? ITEM_VISIBLE : ITEM_HIDDEN);			
 
 	$title = '';
@@ -439,25 +439,27 @@ function photos_create_item($channel, $creator_hash, $photo, $visible = false) {
 			
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['aid']           = $channel['channel_account_id'];
-	$arr['uid']           = $channel['channel_id'];
-	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
-	$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid; 
-	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
-	$arr['item_restrict'] = $item_restrict;
-	$arr['resource_type'] = 'photo';
-	$arr['resource_id']   = $photo['resource_id'];
-	$arr['owner_xchan']   = $channel['channel_hash'];
-	$arr['author_xchan']  = $creator_hash;
-
-	$arr['allow_cid']     = $photo['allow_cid'];
-	$arr['allow_gid']     = $photo['allow_gid'];
-	$arr['deny_cid']      = $photo['deny_cid'];
-	$arr['deny_gid']      = $photo['deny_gid'];
-
-	$arr['plink']         = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $arr['mid'];
+	$arr['aid']             = $channel['channel_account_id'];
+	$arr['uid']             = $channel['channel_id'];
+	$arr['mid']             = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']      = $mid; 
+	$arr['item_wall']       = 1;
+	$arr['item_origin']     = 1;
+	$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_restrict']  = $item_restrict;
+	$arr['resource_type']  = 'photo';
+	$arr['resource_id']    = $photo['resource_id'];
+	$arr['owner_xchan']    = $channel['channel_hash'];
+	$arr['author_xchan']   = $creator_hash;
+
+	$arr['allow_cid']      = $photo['allow_cid'];
+	$arr['allow_gid']      = $photo['allow_gid'];
+	$arr['deny_cid']       = $photo['deny_cid'];
+	$arr['deny_gid']       = $photo['deny_gid'];
+
+	$arr['plink']          = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $arr['mid'];
 			
-	$arr['body']          = '[zrl=' . z_root() . '/photos/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/image/' . $photo['resource_id'] . ']' 
+	$arr['body']           = '[zrl=' . z_root() . '/photos/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/image/' . $photo['resource_id'] . ']' 
 		. '[zmg]' . z_root() . '/photo/' . $photo['resource_id'] . '-' . $photo['scale'] . '[/zmg]' 
 		. '[/zrl]';
 		
diff --git a/include/zot.php b/include/zot.php
index 9cb6c47d8..435592b6a 100644
--- a/include/zot.php
+++ b/include/zot.php
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ function process_delivery($sender,$arr,$deliveries,$relay,$public = false,$reque
 				$result[] = array($d['hash'],'update ignored',$channel['channel_name'] . ' <' . $channel['channel_address'] . '@' . get_app()->get_hostname() . '>',$arr['mid']);
 				// We need this line to ensure wall-to-wall comments are relayed (by falling through to the relay bit), 
 				// and at the same time not relay any other relayable posts more than once, because to do so is very wasteful. 
-				if(! ($r[0]['item_flags'] & ITEM_ORIGIN))
+				if(! intval($r[0]['item_origin']))
 					continue;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mod/connedit.php b/mod/connedit.php
index c27f4588a..f5dba8a02 100644
--- a/mod/connedit.php
+++ b/mod/connedit.php
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ function connedit_post(&$a) {
 			&& (intval(get_pconfig($channel['channel_id'],'system','post_newfriend')))) {
 			$xarr = array();
 			$xarr['verb'] = ACTIVITY_FRIEND;
-			$xarr['item_flags'] = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
+			$xarr['item_wall'] = 1;
+			$xarr['item_origin'] = 1;
+			$xarr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
 			$xarr['owner_xchan'] = $xarr['author_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 			$xarr['allow_cid'] = $channel['channel_allow_cid'];
 			$xarr['allow_gid'] = $channel['channel_allow_gid'];
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index b3370fecf..152c10b13 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		// For comments, We need to additionally look at the parent and see if it's a wall post that originated locally.
 
 		if($observer['xchan_name'] != $owner_xchan['xchan_name'])  {
-			if($parent_item && ($parent_item['item_flags'] & (ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN)) == (ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN)) {
+			if(($parent_item) && ($parent_item['item_wall'] && $parent_item['item_origin'])) {
 				$walltowall_comment = true;
 				$walltowall = true;
 			}
@@ -640,14 +640,10 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(local_user() != $profile_uid)
-		$item_flags |= ITEM_UNSEEN;
-	
-	if($post_type === 'wall' || $post_type === 'wall-comment')
-		$item_flags = $item_flags | ITEM_WALL;
+	$item_unseen = ((local_user() != $profile_uid) ? 1 : 0);
+	$item_wall = (($post_type === 'wall' || $post_type === 'wall-comment') ? 1 : 0);
+	$item_origin = (($origin) ? 1 : 0);
 
-	if($origin)
-		$item_flags = $item_flags | ITEM_ORIGIN;
 
 	if($moderated)
 		$item_restrict = $item_restrict | ITEM_MODERATED;
@@ -678,11 +674,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$datarray = array();
 
-	if(! $parent) {
-		$item_flags = $item_flags | ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
-	}
+	$item_thead_top = ((! $parent) ? 1 : 0);
 
-	if ((! $plink) && ($item_flags & ITEM_THREAD_TOP)) {
+	if ((! $plink) && ($item_thread_top)) {
 		$plink = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $mid;
 	}
 	
@@ -717,6 +711,10 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$datarray['postopts']       = $postopts;
 	$datarray['item_restrict']  = $item_restrict;
 	$datarray['item_flags']     = $item_flags;
+	$datarray['item_unseen']    = $item_unseen;
+	$datarray['item_wall']      = $item_wall;
+	$datarray['item_origin']    = $item_origin;
+	$datarray['item_thread_top'] = $item_thread_top;
 	$datarray['layout_mid']     = $layout_mid;
 	$datarray['public_policy']  = $public_policy;
 	$datarray['comment_policy'] = map_scope($channel['channel_w_comment']); 
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index b3afd910f..4d4d4249e 100755
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -293,10 +293,12 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 	}
 
 	$mid = item_message_id();
+	$arr = array();
 
 	if($extended_like) {
-		$item_flags = ITEM_THREAD_TOP|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_WALL;
-
+		$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
 	}
 	else {
 		$post_type = (($item['resource_type'] === 'photo') ? t('photo') : t('status'));
@@ -329,7 +331,9 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 		if(! ($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_THREAD_TOP))
 			$post_type = 'comment';		
 
-		$item_flags = ITEM_ORIGIN | ITEM_NOTSHOWN;
+		$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_notshown'] = 1;
+
 		if($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL)
 			$item_flags |= ITEM_WALL;
 
@@ -361,7 +365,6 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 			killme(); 
 
 	
-	$arr = array();
 
 	if($extended_like) {
 		$ulink = '[zrl=' . $ch[0]['xchan_url'] . ']' . $ch[0]['xchan_name'] . '[/zrl]';
diff --git a/mod/mood.php b/mod/mood.php
index e6f4760e0..bf59eac1f 100755
--- a/mod/mood.php
+++ b/mod/mood.php
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	$action = sprintf( t('%1$s is %2$s','mood'), '[zrl=' . $poster['xchan_url'] . ']' . $poster['xchan_name'] . '[/zrl]' , $verbs[$verb]); 
-	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_UNSEEN;
-	if(! $parent_mid)
-		$item_flags |= ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
-
 
 	$arr = array();
 
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 	$arr['uid']           = $uid;
 	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
 	$arr['parent_mid']    = (($parent_mid) ? $parent_mid : $mid);
-	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 	$arr['author_xchan']  = $poster['xchan_hash'];
 	$arr['owner_xchan']   = (($parent_mid) ? $r[0]['owner_xchan'] : $poster['xchan_hash']);
 	$arr['title']         = '';
@@ -83,8 +78,13 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 	$arr['item_private']  = $private;
 	$arr['verb']          = $activity;
 	$arr['body']          = $action;
+	$arr['item_origin']   = 1;
+	$arr['item_wall']     = 1;
+	$arr['item_unseen']   = 1;
+	if(! $parent_mid)
+		$item['item_thread_top'] = 1;
 
-	if ((! $arr['plink']) && ($arr['item_flags'] & ITEM_THREAD_TOP)) {
+	if ((! $arr['plink']) && intval($arr['item_thread_top'])) {
 		$arr['plink'] = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $arr['mid'];
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/poke.php b/mod/poke.php
index b22f7d9d5..9fde46f62 100755
--- a/mod/poke.php
+++ b/mod/poke.php
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ function poke_init(&$a) {
 
 
 	$arr = array();
-	$arr['item_flags']    = ITEM_WALL | ITEM_ORIGIN;
-	if($parent_item)
-		$arr['item_flags'] |= ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 
 	$arr['owner_xchan']   = (($parent_item) ? $parent_item['owner_xchan'] : $channel['channel_hash']);
 	$arr['parent_mid']    = (($parent_mid) ? $parent_mid : $mid);
@@ -115,6 +112,13 @@ function poke_init(&$a) {
 
 	$arr['object'] = json_encode($obj);
 
+	$arr['item_origin']   = 1;
+	$arr['item_wall']     = 1;
+	$arr['item_unseen']   = 1;
+	if(! $parent_item)
+		$item['item_thread_top'] = 1;
+
+
 	post_activity_item($arr);
 
 	return;
diff --git a/mod/subthread.php b/mod/subthread.php
index f0f54f4a6..92ada64ad 100755
--- a/mod/subthread.php
+++ b/mod/subthread.php
@@ -102,24 +102,23 @@ function subthread_content(&$a) {
 
 	$bodyverb = t('%1$s is following %2$s\'s %3$s');
 
-	$item_flags = ITEM_ORIGIN | ITEM_NOTSHOWN;
-	if($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL)
-		$item_flags |= ITEM_WALL;
-	
-
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['mid']          = $mid;
-	$arr['aid']          = $owner_aid;
-	$arr['uid']          = $owner_uid;
-	$arr['item_flags']   = $item_flags;
-	$arr['parent']       = $item['id'];
-	$arr['parent_mid']   = $item['mid'];
-	$arr['thr_parent']   = $item['mid'];
-	$arr['owner_xchan']  = $thread_owner['xchan_hash'];
-	$arr['author_xchan'] = $observer['xchan_hash'];
+	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+	$arr['aid']           = $owner_aid;
+	$arr['uid']           = $owner_uid;
+	$arr['parent']        = $item['id'];
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = $item['mid'];
+	$arr['thr_parent']    = $item['mid'];
+	$arr['owner_xchan']   = $thread_owner['xchan_hash'];
+	$arr['author_xchan']  = $observer['xchan_hash'];
+	$arr['item_origin']   = 1;
+	$arr['item_notshown'] = 1;
+	if(intval($item['item_wall']))
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
+	else
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 0;
 
-	
 	$ulink = '[zrl=' . $item_author['xchan_url'] . ']' . $item_author['xchan_name'] . '[/zrl]';
 	$alink = '[zrl=' . $observer['xchan_url'] . ']' . $observer['xchan_name'] . '[/zrl]';
 	$plink = '[zrl=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $item['mid'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/zrl]';
diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
index bfda114d2..83f6ee029 100644
--- a/mod/tagger.php
+++ b/mod/tagger.php
@@ -109,10 +109,8 @@ function tagger_content(&$a) {
 	$arr['owner_xchan'] = $item['owner_xchan'];
 	$arr['author_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 
-
-	$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN;
-	if($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL)
-		$arr['item_flags'] |= ITEM_WALL;
+	$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+	$arr['item_wall'] = ((intval($item['item_wall'])) ? 1 : 0);
 	
 	$ulink = '[zrl=' . $channel['xchan_url'] . ']' . $channel['channel_name'] . '[/zrl]';
 	$alink = '[zrl=' . $item['xchan_url'] . ']' . $item['xchan_name'] . '[/zrl]';
diff --git a/mod/thing.php b/mod/thing.php
index f53a6ab7b..4896c8a6e 100644
--- a/mod/thing.php
+++ b/mod/thing.php
@@ -182,8 +182,10 @@ function thing_init(&$a) {
 		$arr['owner_xchan']  = $channel['channel_hash'];
 		$arr['author_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 
+		$arr['item_origin'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_wall'] = 1;
+		$arr['item_thread_top'] = 1;
 
-		$arr['item_flags'] = ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_WALL|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 	
 		$ulink = '[zrl=' . $channel['xchan_url'] . ']' . $channel['channel_name'] . '[/zrl]';
 		$plink = '[zrl=' . $term['url'] . ']' . $term['term'] . '[/zrl]';