diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index 3fdce3ec12..9966f78435 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ public static Message FormatMessage(Message inputMessage)
             return inputMessage;
         }
 
-        public static List<Link> GetLinks(string text)
+        public static MessageFormatterResult FormatText(string text)
         {
             var result = format(text);
 
             result.Links.Sort();
 
-            return result.Links;
+            return result;
         }
 
         public class MessageFormatterResult
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
index 6abf68e3e9..4d215467bb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ public DrawableRecentActivity(RecentActivity activity, User user)
             this.activity = activity;
             this.user = user;
 
-            userLinkTemplate = $"[{activity.User?.Username}]({urlToAbsolute(activity.User?.Url)})";
-            beatmapLinkTemplate = $"[{activity.Beatmap?.Title}]({urlToAbsolute(activity.Beatmap?.Url)})";
+            userLinkTemplate = $"[{urlToAbsolute(activity.User?.Url)} {activity.User?.Username}]";
+            beatmapLinkTemplate = $"[{urlToAbsolute(activity.Beatmap?.Url)} {activity.Beatmap?.Title}]";
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ private void load(APIAccess api)
                 Colour = OsuColour.Gray(0xAA),
             });
 
-            string text = activityToString();
+            var formatted = MessageFormatter.FormatText(activityToString());
 
-            content.AddLinks(text, MessageFormatter.GetLinks(text));
+            content.AddLinks(formatted.Text, formatted.Links);
         }
 
         protected override Drawable CreateLeftVisual()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
index 39cb71ea27..f19fc4062c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ protected override void PopOut()
 
         public void ShowUser(long userId)
         {
+            if (userId == Header.User.Id)
+                return;
+
             ShowUser(new User { Id = userId }, true);
         }