diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
index 1a02cdc8d3..36259b8abb 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
@@ -125,11 +125,18 @@ class OStatusPlugin extends Plugin
      */
     function onStartEnqueueNotice($notice, &$transports)
     {
-        // FIXME: we don't do privacy-controlled OStatus updates yet.
-        // once that happens, finer grain of control here.
-        if ($notice->isLocal() && $notice->inScope(null)) {
-            // put our transport first, in case there's any conflict (like OMB)
-            array_unshift($transports, 'ostatus');
+        if ($notice->isLocal()) {
+        	 if ($notice->inScope(null)) {	
+            	// put our transport first, in case there's any conflict (like OMB)
+            	array_unshift($transports, 'ostatus');
+		        $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Notice {$notice->id} queued for OStatus processing");
+        	 } else {
+		        // FIXME: we don't do privacy-controlled OStatus updates yet.
+		        // once that happens, finer grain of control here.
+		        $this->log(LOG_NOTICE, "Not queueing notice {$notice->id} for OStatus because of privacy; scope = {$notice->scope}");
+        	 }
+        } else {
+        	$this->log(LOG_NOTICE, "Not queueing notice {$notice->id} for OStatus because it's not local.");
         }
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/ostatusqueuehandler.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/ostatusqueuehandler.php
index d7dc921ad6..568e8fe391 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/ostatusqueuehandler.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/ostatusqueuehandler.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class OStatusQueueHandler extends QueueHandler
         assert($notice instanceof Notice);
 
         $this->notice = $notice;
-        $this->user = User::staticGet($notice->profile_id);
+        $this->user = User::staticGet('id', $notice->profile_id);
 
         $this->pushUser();
 
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ class OStatusQueueHandler extends QueueHandler
                 $this->pushGroup($group->id);
             }
         }
+        
+        foreach ($notice->getReplies() as $profile_id) {
+            $oprofile = Ostatus_profile::staticGet('profile_id', $profile_id);
+            if ($oprofile) {
+                $this->pingReply($oprofile);
+            }
+        }
 
         if (!empty($this->notice->reply_to)) {
             $replyTo = Notice::staticGet('id', $this->notice->reply_to);