diff --git a/public/src/forum/account.js b/public/src/forum/account.js
index 516d9196f3..c93d6a5765 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/account.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/account.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 		isFollowing = templates.get('isFollowing');
 
 	$(document).ready(function() {
+		var username = $('.account-username a').html();
+		app.enter_room('users/' + theirid);
 
 		app.addCommasToNumbers();
 
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@
 
 		followBtn.on('click', function() {
 			socket.emit('api:user.follow', {uid: theirid}, function(success) {
-				var username = $('.account-username a').html();
 				if(success) {
 					followBtn.hide();
 					unfollowBtn.show();
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@
 
 		unfollowBtn.on('click', function() {
 			socket.emit('api:user.unfollow', {uid: theirid}, function(success) {
-				var username = $('.account-username a').html();
 				if(success) {
 					followBtn.show();
 					unfollowBtn.hide();
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
 
 		socket.emit('api:user.isOnline', theirid, handleUserOnline);
 
+		socket.on('event:new_post', function(data) {
+			var html = templates.prepare(templates['account'].blocks['posts']).parse(data);
+			$('.user-recent-posts').prepend(html);
+		})
+
 	});
 
 }());
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diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index ac127bc57c..037e356df0 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						var	socketData = { posts: [postData] };
 						io.sockets.in('topic_' + tid).emit('event:new_post', socketData);
 						io.sockets.in('recent_posts').emit('event:new_post', socketData);
+						io.sockets.in('users/' + uid).emit('event:new_post', socketData);
 					});
 
 					callback(null, 'Reply successful');