failure to auto update comments if it's your own.

mod/item.php

@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	$item_unseen =  ((local_channel() != $profile_uid) ? 1 : 0);
+	$item_unseen =  1;
 	
 	if($post_type === 'wall' || $post_type === 'wall-comment')
 		$item_flags = $item_flags | ITEM_WALL;

mod/rate.php

@@ -119,12 +119,15 @@ function rate_content(&$a) {
 		dbesc($channel['channel_hash']),
 		dbesc($a->data['target'])
 	);
-	if($r)
+	if($r) {
 		$a->data['xlink'] = $r[0];				
-
-	$rating_val = $r[0]['xlink_rating'];
-	$rating_text = $r[0]['xlink_rating_text'];
-
+		$rating_val = $r[0]['xlink_rating'];
+		$rating_text = $r[0]['xlink_rating_text'];
+	}
+	else {
+		$rating_val = 0;
+		$rating_text = '';
+	}
 
 	// if unset default to enabled
 	if($poco_rating === false)