diff --git a/src/components/connected-relays.tsx b/src/components/connected-relays.tsx
index 5455c181b..b40cd14ad 100644
--- a/src/components/connected-relays.tsx
+++ b/src/components/connected-relays.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
 import { useInterval } from "react-use";
 import { Relay } from "../services/relays";
 import relayPool from "../services/relays/relay-pool";
+import useSubject from "../hooks/use-subject";
+import settings from "../services/settings";
 
 const getRelayStatusText = (relay: Relay) => {
   if (relay.connecting) return "Connecting...";
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ const getRelayStatusText = (relay: Relay) => {
 };
 
 export const ConnectedRelays = () => {
+  const relayUrls = useSubject(settings.relays);
   const { isOpen, onOpen, onClose } = useDisclosure();
   const [relays, setRelays] = useState<Relay[]>([]);
 
@@ -38,6 +41,13 @@ export const ConnectedRelays = () => {
     setRelays(relayPool.getRelays());
   }, 1000);
 
+  useInterval(() => {
+    for (const url of relayUrls) {
+      // ask the pool to reconnect if disconnected
+      relayPool.requestRelay(url);
+    }
+  }, 1000 * 30);
+
   const connected = relays.filter((relay) => relay.okay);
   const disconnected = relays.filter((relay) => !relay.okay);
 
diff --git a/src/components/post.tsx b/src/components/post.tsx
index c899951e2..4043aee74 100644
--- a/src/components/post.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export type PostProps = {
 };
 export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
   const { isOpen, onClose, onOpen } = useDisclosure();
-  const corsProxy = useSubject(settings.corsProxy);
   const userMetadata = useUserMetadata(event.pubkey);
 
   const isLong = event.content.length > 800;
@@ -37,10 +36,7 @@ export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
       <CardHeader>
         <HStack spacing="4">
           <Flex flex="1" gap="4" alignItems="center" flexWrap="wrap">
-            <Avatar
-              name={userMetadata?.display_name ?? userMetadata?.name}
-              src={userMetadata?.picture}
-            />
+            <Avatar src={userMetadata?.picture} />
 
             <Box>
               <Heading size="sm">
diff --git a/src/services/relays/relay-pool.ts b/src/services/relays/relay-pool.ts
index 757eb021d..a6364dae5 100644
--- a/src/services/relays/relay-pool.ts
+++ b/src/services/relays/relay-pool.ts
@@ -72,13 +72,4 @@ if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
   window.relayPool = relayPool;
 }
 
-// TODO: move this somewhere where it makes sense
-setTimeout(async () => {
-  const urls = settings.relays.getValue();
-
-  for (const url of urls) {
-    relayPool.requestRelay(url);
-  }
-}, 1000 * 10);
-
 export default relayPool;
diff --git a/src/services/user-metadata.ts b/src/services/user-metadata.ts
index 53361aeb6..8ba558458 100644
--- a/src/services/user-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/services/user-metadata.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import db from "./db";
 import settings from "./settings";
 import { Subscription } from "./subscriptions";
 
-class UserMetadata {
+class UserMetadataService {
   requests = new Set<string>();
   subjects = new Map<string, BehaviorSubject<Kind0ParsedContent | null>>();
   subscription: Subscription;
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ class UserMetadata {
   constructor(relayUrls: string[] = []) {
     this.subscription = new Subscription(relayUrls, undefined, "user-metadata");
 
-    this.subscription.onEvent.subscribe((event) => {
+    this.subscription.onEvent.subscribe(async (event) => {
       try {
+        const current = await db.get("user-metadata", event.pubkey);
+        if (current && current.created_at > event.created_at) {
+          // ignore this event because its older
+          return;
+        }
+        db.put("user-metadata", event);
+
         const metadata = JSON.parse(event.content);
         this.getUserSubject(event.pubkey).next(metadata);
-        db.put("user-metadata", event);
       } catch (e) {}
     });
 
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ class UserMetadata {
   }
 }
 
-const userMetadata = new UserMetadata(settings.relays.getValue());
+const userMetadata = new UserMetadataService(settings.relays.getValue());
 
 if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
   // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/views/home.tsx b/src/views/home.tsx
index 2b98f4ee8..63d06ae3c 100644
--- a/src/views/home.tsx
+++ b/src/views/home.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
-import React from "react";
+import { Avatar, HStack } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useUserMetadata } from "../hooks/use-user-metadata";
+
+const UserAvatar = ({ pubkey }: { pubkey: string }) => {
+  const metadata = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
+
+  return (
+    <Link to={`/user/${pubkey}`}>
+      <Avatar src={metadata?.picture} />
+    </Link>
+  );
+};
 
 export const HomeView = () => {
   return (
     <>
-      <span>
-        There are many benefits to a joint design and development system. Not
-        only does it bring benefits to the design team, but it also brings
-        benefits to engineering teams. It makes sure that our experiences have a
-        consistent look and feel, not just in our design specs, but in
-        production.
-      </span>
-      <Link to="/user/32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245">
-        jb55
-      </Link>
-      <Link to="/user/266815e0c9210dfa324c6cba3573b14bee49da4209a9456f9484e5106cd408a5">
-        self
-      </Link>
-      <Link to="/user/6b0d4c8d9dc59e110d380b0429a02891f1341a0fa2ba1b1cf83a3db4d47e3964">
-        gigi
-      </Link>
+      <HStack spacing=".5rem">
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="6b0d4c8d9dc59e110d380b0429a02891f1341a0fa2ba1b1cf83a3db4d47e3964" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="00000000827ffaa94bfea288c3dfce4422c794fbb96625b6b31e9049f729d700" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="82341f882b6eabcd2ba7f1ef90aad961cf074af15b9ef44a09f9d2a8fbfbe6a2" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="85080d3bad70ccdcd7f74c29a44f55bb85cbcd3dd0cbb957da1d215bdb931204" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="e88a691e98d9987c964521dff60025f60700378a4879180dcbbb4a5027850411" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="8c0da4862130283ff9e67d889df264177a508974e2feb96de139804ea66d6168" />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey="266815e0c9210dfa324c6cba3573b14bee49da4209a9456f9484e5106cd408a5" />
+      </HStack>
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/views/user/index.tsx b/src/views/user/index.tsx
index e92bcb743..68bf6c062 100644
--- a/src/views/user/index.tsx
+++ b/src/views/user/index.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 import React from "react";
 import {
+  Avatar,
+  Box,
   Heading,
+  HStack,
+  SkeletonText,
   Tab,
   TabList,
   TabPanel,
   TabPanels,
   Tabs,
+  Text,
+  VStack,
 } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { UserPostsTab } from "./posts";
 import { useUserMetadata } from "../../hooks/use-user-metadata";
+import ReactMarkdown from "react-markdown";
 
 export const UserView = () => {
   const { pubkey } = useParams();
@@ -21,8 +28,20 @@ export const UserView = () => {
   const metadata = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
 
   return (
-    <>
-      <Heading>{metadata?.name ?? pubkey}</Heading>
+    <VStack alignItems="stretch" spacing={4}>
+      {" "}
+      <HStack spacing={4}>
+        <Avatar src={metadata?.picture} />
+        <Box>
+          <Heading>{metadata?.name ?? pubkey}</Heading>
+          <Text>{metadata?.display_name}</Text>
+        </Box>
+      </HStack>
+      {metadata?.about ? (
+        <ReactMarkdown>{metadata.about}</ReactMarkdown>
+      ) : (
+        <SkeletonText />
+      )}
       <Tabs>
         <TabList>
           <Tab>Posts</Tab>
@@ -42,6 +61,6 @@ export const UserView = () => {
           </TabPanel>
         </TabPanels>
       </Tabs>
-    </>
+    </VStack>
   );
 };