diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/profile/ProfileCard.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/profile/ProfileCard.svelte
index 9472dcbdd..f57585acc 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/profile/ProfileCard.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/profile/ProfileCard.svelte
@@ -140,14 +140,16 @@
 					</Button>
 				</div>
 
-				{#if !isSelf}
+				{#if !isSelf || networkVouches.length > 0}
 					<div class="my-2 flex flex-col gap-2">
-						<VouchButton
-							profileDid={identity.did}
-							profileLabel={identity.handle}
-							initialVouch={viewerVouch}
-							{networkVouches}
-						/>
+						{#if !isSelf}
+							<VouchButton
+								profileDid={identity.did}
+								profileLabel={identity.handle}
+								initialVouch={viewerVouch}
+								{networkVouches}
+							/>
+						{/if}
 						{#if networkVouches.length > 0}
 							<NetworkVouches subjectHandle={identity.handle} vouches={networkVouches} />
 						{/if}
diff --git a/web/src/routes/[handle]/+layout.ts b/web/src/routes/[handle]/+layout.ts
index 6cdd35f5c..7dc10bc43 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/[handle]/+layout.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/[handle]/+layout.ts
@@ -84,21 +84,22 @@ export const load: LayoutLoad = async (event) => {
 		viewerDid && viewerDid !== did ? viewerUriOf(resolved.data, did, FOLLOWERS) : null;
 	const viewerFollowRkey = viewerFollowUri ? rkeyFromUri(viewerFollowUri) : viewerFollowUri;
 
-	// vouches on this profile: the viewer's owndrives the button state) and the
-	// rest of the network
+	// vouches on this profile: the viewer's own (drives the button state) and the
+	// rest of the network. the network list shows for everyone, including on your
+	// own profile; the viewer's own vouch only matters when it isn't your profile.
 	let viewerVouch: DirectVouch | null = null;
 	let networkVouches: NetworkVouch[] = [];
-	if (did !== viewerDid) {
-		const [vouchPage, viewer] = await Promise.all([
-			fetchVouchesPage(ctx, { did }).catch(() => null),
-			viewerDid ? getViewerVouch(ctx, viewerDid, did).catch(() => null) : Promise.resolve(null)
-		]);
-		viewerVouch = viewer;
-		if (vouchPage) {
-			networkVouches = vouchPage.items
-				.filter((v) => v.direction === "incoming" && v.did !== viewerDid)
-				.map((v) => ({ did: v.did, handle: v.handle, kind: v.kind }));
-		}
+	const [vouchPage, viewer] = await Promise.all([
+		fetchVouchesPage(ctx, { did }).catch(() => null),
+		viewerDid && did !== viewerDid
+			? getViewerVouch(ctx, viewerDid, did).catch(() => null)
+			: Promise.resolve(null)
+	]);
+	viewerVouch = viewer;
+	if (vouchPage) {
+		networkVouches = vouchPage.items
+			.filter((v) => v.direction === "incoming" && v.did !== viewerDid)
+			.map((v) => ({ did: v.did, handle: v.handle, kind: v.kind }));
 	}
 
 	const notJoined = !profile && Object.values(counts).every((n) => n === 0);