diff --git a/common/templates/_sidebar.html b/common/templates/_sidebar.html
index 66285a4f..b142253b 100644
--- a/common/templates/_sidebar.html
+++ b/common/templates/_sidebar.html
@@ -46,46 +46,7 @@
       <article>
         <details class="auto-collapse" open>
           <summary>{% trans 'Popular Posts' %}</summary>
-          <div style="font-size:80%">
-            {% for post in popular_posts %}
-              <section class="activity">
-                <div>
-                  <span class="action">
-                    {# <span class="timestamp">{{ post.created|date }}</span> #}
-                    {% include "action_reply_post.html" %}
-                    {% include "action_like_post.html" %}
-                    {% include "action_boost_post.html" %}
-                    {% include "action_open_post.html" %}
-                  </span>
-                  <!--span class="avatar" style="margin:0.5em;">
-                  <img src="{{ post.author.icon_uri }}" alt="cover" />
-                </span -->
-                  <span style="">
-                    <a href="{{ post.author.url }}"
-                       class="nickname"
-                       title="@{{ post.author.handle }}">{{ post.author.name }}</a>
-                  </span>
-                  <div>{{ post.summary|default:'' }}</div>
-                  <div {% if post.summary or post.sensitive %}class="spoiler" _="on click toggle .revealed on me"{% endif %}>
-                    <div>
-                      {% for attachment in post.attachments.all %}
-                        {% if attachment.is_image %}
-                          <img src="{{ attachment.full_url.relative }}"
-                               alt="attachment.file_display_name"
-                               style="max-height:6em;
-                                      max-width:50%">
-                        {% endif %}
-                      {% endfor %}
-                    </div>
-                    {{ post.content|bleach:"a,p,span,br,div,img"|default:"" }}
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-                <div id="replies_{{ post.pk }}"></div>
-              </section>
-            {% empty %}
-              <div class="empty">{% trans "nothing so far." %}</div>
-            {% endfor %}
-          </div>
+          <div style="font-size:80%">{% include "posts.html" with posts=popular_posts %}</div>
         </details>
       </article>
     </section>
@@ -273,6 +234,16 @@
       </article>
     </section>
   {% endif %}
+  {% if recent_posts is not None %}
+    <section>
+      <article>
+        <details class="auto-collapse" open>
+          <summary>{% trans 'Recent Posts' %}</summary>
+          <div style="font-size:80%">{% include "posts.html" with posts=recent_posts %}</div>
+        </details>
+      </article>
+    </section>
+  {% endif %}
   {% if sidebar_template %}
     {% include sidebar_template %}
   {% endif %}
diff --git a/journal/templates/posts.html b/journal/templates/posts.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16ca04de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/journal/templates/posts.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{% load bleach_tags %}
+{% load humanize %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% for post in posts %}
+  <section class="activity">
+    <div>
+      <span class="action">
+        {# <span class="timestamp">{{ post.created|date }}</span> #}
+        {% include "action_reply_post.html" %}
+        {% include "action_like_post.html" %}
+        {% include "action_boost_post.html" %}
+        {% include "action_open_post.html" %}
+      </span>
+      <!--span class="avatar" style="margin:0.5em;">
+    <img src="{{ post.author.icon_uri }}" alt="cover" />
+  </span -->
+      <span style="">
+        <a href="{{ post.author.url }}"
+           class="nickname"
+           title="@{{ post.author.handle }}">{{ post.author.name }}</a>
+      </span>
+      <div>{{ post.summary|default:'' }}</div>
+      <div {% if post.summary or post.sensitive %}class="spoiler" _="on click toggle .revealed on me"{% endif %}>
+        <div>
+          {% for attachment in post.attachments.all %}
+            {% if attachment.is_image %}
+              <img src="{{ attachment.full_url.relative }}"
+                   alt="attachment.file_display_name"
+                   style="max-height:6em;
+                          max-width:50%">
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+        {{ post.content|bleach:"a,p,span,br,div,img"|default:"" }}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div id="replies_{{ post.pk }}"></div>
+  </section>
+{% empty %}
+  <div class="empty">{% trans "nothing so far." %}</div>
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/journal/views/profile.py b/journal/views/profile.py
index bb303229..14e52f1f 100644
--- a/journal/views/profile.py
+++ b/journal/views/profile.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 
 from catalog.models import *
 from common.utils import AuthedHttpRequest
+from takahe.utils import Takahe
 
 from ..forms import *
 from ..models import *
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ from .common import profile_identity_required, target_identity_required
 @profile_identity_required
 def profile(request: AuthedHttpRequest, user_name):
     target = request.target_identity
-
-    if not request.user.is_authenticated and (
-        not target.local or not target.anonymous_viewable
-    ):
+    anonymous = not request.user.is_authenticated
+    if anonymous and (not target.local or not target.anonymous_viewable):
         return render(
             request,
             "users/home_anonymous.html",
@@ -95,6 +94,10 @@ def profile(request: AuthedHttpRequest, user_name):
             year = today.year - 1
         else:
             year = None
+    if anonymous:
+        recent_posts = None
+    else:
+        recent_posts = Takahe.get_recent_posts(target.pk, request.user.identity.pk)[:10]
     return render(
         request,
         "profile.html",
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ def profile(request: AuthedHttpRequest, user_name):
             "identity": target,
             "me": me,
             "top_tags": top_tags,
+            "recent_posts": recent_posts,
             "shelf_list": shelf_list,
             "collections": collections[:10],
             "collections_count": collections.count(),
diff --git a/takahe/migrations/0001_initial.py b/takahe/migrations/0001_initial.py
index b977fe6e..daf13a04 100644
--- a/takahe/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/takahe/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -850,6 +850,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                         default=True, help_text="Also follow boosts from this user"
                     ),
                 ),
+                (
+                    "notify",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=False, help_text="Notify about posts from this user"
+                    ),
+                ),
                 ("uri", models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=500, null=True)),
                 ("note", models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
                 ("state", models.CharField(default="unrequested", max_length=100)),
diff --git a/takahe/models.py b/takahe/models.py
index 6c583d6a..0faa0972 100644
--- a/takahe/models.py
+++ b/takahe/models.py
@@ -751,6 +751,9 @@ class Follow(models.Model):
     boosts = models.BooleanField(
         default=True, help_text="Also follow boosts from this user"
     )
+    notify = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False, help_text="Notify about posts from this user"
+    )
 
     uri = models.CharField(blank=True, null=True, max_length=500)
     note = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
diff --git a/takahe/utils.py b/takahe/utils.py
index a9bc23d8..01bab0a5 100644
--- a/takahe/utils.py
+++ b/takahe/utils.py
@@ -985,3 +985,16 @@ class Takahe:
             .filter(num_interactions__gt=0)
             .order_by("-num_interactions", "-published")[:limit]
         )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_recent_posts(author_pk: int, viewer_pk: int | None = None):
+        qs = (
+            Post.objects.exclude(state__in=["deleted", "deleted_fanned_out"])
+            .filter(author_id=author_pk)
+            .order_by("-published")
+        )
+        if viewer_pk and Takahe.get_is_following(viewer_pk, author_pk):
+            qs = qs.exclude(visibility=3)
+        else:
+            qs = qs.filter(visibility__in=[0, 1, 4])
+        return qs.prefetch_related("attachments", "author")