diff --git a/diaspora/diaspora.php b/diaspora/diaspora.php
index 88630fe0..cf272a27 100644
--- a/diaspora/diaspora.php
+++ b/diaspora/diaspora.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Queue;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 
 function diaspora_install()
 {
@@ -396,14 +397,7 @@ function diaspora_send(App $a, array &$b)
 
 			Logger::log('diaspora_send: requeueing '.$b['uid'], Logger::DEBUG);
 
-			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self`", $b['uid']);
-			if (count($r))
-				$a->contact = $r[0]["id"];
-
-			$s = serialize(['url' => $url, 'item' => $b['id'], 'post' => $body]);
-
-			Queue::add($a->contact, Protocol::DIASPORA2, $s);
-			notice(L10n::t('Diaspora post failed. Queued for retry.').EOL);
+			Worker::defer();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 319c109a..6fa2ebf7 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -609,16 +609,7 @@ function pumpio_send(App $a, array &$b)
 			}
 		} else {
 			Logger::log('pumpio_send '.$username.': '.$url.' general error: ' . print_r($user, true));
-
-			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self`", $b['uid']);
-			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-				$a->contact = $r[0]["id"];
-			}
-
-			$s = serialize(['url' => $url, 'item' => $b['id'], 'post' => $params]);
-
-			Queue::add($a->contact, Protocol::PUMPIO, $s);
-			notice(L10n::t('Pump.io post failed. Queued for retry.').EOL);
+			Worker::defer();
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -686,16 +677,7 @@ function pumpio_action(App $a, $uid, $uri, $action, $content = "")
 		Logger::log('pumpio_action '.$username.' '.$action.': success '.$uri);
 	} else {
 		Logger::log('pumpio_action '.$username.' '.$action.': general error: '.$uri.' '.print_r($user, true));
-
-		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self`", $uid);
-		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-			$a->contact = $r[0]["id"];
-		}
-
-		$s = serialize(['url' => $url, 'item' => $orig_post["id"], 'post' => $params]);
-
-		Queue::add($a->contact, Protocol::PUMPIO, $s);
-		notice(L10n::t('Pump.io like failed. Queued for retry.').EOL);
+		Worker::defer();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 2d331a7d..fbe30ce0 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -684,16 +684,7 @@ function twitter_post_hook(App $a, array &$b)
 
 		if (!empty($result->errors)) {
 			Logger::log('Send to Twitter failed: "' . print_r($result->errors, true) . '"');
-
-			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self`", intval($b['uid']));
-			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-				$a->contact = $r[0]["id"];
-			}
-
-			$s = serialize(['url' => $url, 'item' => $b['id'], 'post' => $post]);
-
-			Queue::add($a->contact, Protocol::TWITTER, $s);
-			notice(L10n::t('Twitter post failed. Queued for retry.') . EOL);
+			Worker::defer();
 		} elseif ($iscomment) {
 			Logger::log('twitter_post: Update extid ' . $result->id_str . " for post id " . $b['id']);
 			Item::update(['extid' => "twitter::" . $result->id_str], ['id' => $b['id']]);