diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/actor/getSuggestions.ts b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/actor/getSuggestions.ts
index 34add3f7926..d209a6f4cef 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/actor/getSuggestions.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/actor/getSuggestions.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const presentation = (input: {
 }) => {
   const { ctx, skeleton, hydration } = input
   const actors = mapDefined(skeleton.dids, (did) =>
-    ctx.views.profile(did, hydration),
+    ctx.views.profileKnownFollowers(did, hydration),
   )
   return {
     actors,
diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/views/index.ts b/packages/bsky/src/views/index.ts
index d93d99d8446..8079f36dce2 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/views/index.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,29 @@ export class Views {
     }
   }
 
+  profileKnownFollowers(
+    did: string,
+    state: HydrationState,
+  ): ProfileView | undefined {
+    const actor = state.actors?.get(did)
+    if (!actor) return
+    const baseView = this.profile(did, state)
+    if (!baseView) return
+    const knownFollowersSkeleton = state.knownFollowers?.get(did)
+    const knownFollowers = knownFollowersSkeleton
+      ? this.knownFollowers(knownFollowersSkeleton, state, did)
+      : undefined
+    return {
+      ...baseView,
+      viewer: baseView.viewer
+        ? {
+            ...baseView.viewer,
+            knownFollowers,
+          }
+        : undefined,
+    }
+  }
+
   profileViewer(
     did: string,
     state: HydrationState,
@@ -250,6 +273,10 @@ export class Views {
       if (blocks && blocks.get(did) === true) {
         return undefined
       }
+      if (this.actorIsNoHosted(did, state)) {
+        // @TODO only needed right now to work around getProfile's { includeTakedowns: true }
+        return undefined
+      }
       return this.profileBasic(did, state)
     })
     return { count: knownFollowers.count, followers }
diff --git a/packages/pds/tests/proxied/__snapshots__/views.test.ts.snap b/packages/pds/tests/proxied/__snapshots__/views.test.ts.snap
index e312cb014da..ae824a89864 100644
--- a/packages/pds/tests/proxied/__snapshots__/views.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/pds/tests/proxied/__snapshots__/views.test.ts.snap
@@ -187,22 +187,90 @@ Object {
       "viewer": Object {
         "blockedBy": false,
         "followedBy": "record(0)",
+        "knownFollowers": Object {
+          "count": 1,
+          "followers": Array [
+            Object {
+              "avatar": "https://bsky.public.url/img/avatar/plain/user(3)/cids(0)@jpeg",
+              "createdAt": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+              "did": "user(2)",
+              "displayName": "ali",
+              "handle": "alice.test",
+              "labels": Array [
+                Object {
+                  "cid": "cids(1)",
+                  "cts": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                  "src": "user(2)",
+                  "uri": "record(3)",
+                  "val": "self-label-a",
+                },
+                Object {
+                  "cid": "cids(1)",
+                  "cts": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                  "src": "user(2)",
+                  "uri": "record(3)",
+                  "val": "self-label-b",
+                },
+              ],
+              "viewer": Object {
+                "blockedBy": false,
+                "followedBy": "record(2)",
+                "following": "record(1)",
+                "muted": false,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
         "muted": false,
       },
     },
     Object {
-      "did": "user(2)",
+      "did": "user(4)",
       "handle": "dan.test",
       "labels": Array [
         Object {
           "cts": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
           "src": "did:example:labeler",
-          "uri": "user(2)",
+          "uri": "user(4)",
           "val": "repo-action-label",
         },
       ],
       "viewer": Object {
         "blockedBy": false,
+        "knownFollowers": Object {
+          "count": 1,
+          "followers": Array [
+            Object {
+              "avatar": "https://bsky.public.url/img/avatar/plain/user(3)/cids(0)@jpeg",
+              "createdAt": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+              "did": "user(2)",
+              "displayName": "ali",
+              "handle": "alice.test",
+              "labels": Array [
+                Object {
+                  "cid": "cids(1)",
+                  "cts": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                  "src": "user(2)",
+                  "uri": "record(3)",
+                  "val": "self-label-a",
+                },
+                Object {
+                  "cid": "cids(1)",
+                  "cts": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                  "src": "user(2)",
+                  "uri": "record(3)",
+                  "val": "self-label-b",
+                },
+              ],
+              "viewer": Object {
+                "blockedBy": false,
+                "followedBy": "record(2)",
+                "following": "record(1)",
+                "muted": false,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
         "muted": false,
       },
     },
diff --git a/services/bsky/README.md b/services/bsky/README.md
index fea1bf3c602..fa512b03e53 100644
--- a/services/bsky/README.md
+++ b/services/bsky/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This is the service entrypoint for the bsky appview. The entrypoint command shou
 - `BSKY_PUBLIC_URL` - (required) the public url of the appview, e.g. `https://api.bsky.app`.
 - `BSKY_DID_PLC_URL` - (required) the url of the PLC service used for looking up did documents, e.g. `https://plc.directory`.
 - `BSKY_DATAPLANE_URL` - (required) the url where the backing dataplane service lives.
-- `BSKY_SERVICE_SIGNING_KEY` - (required) the public signing key in the form of a `did:key`, used for service-to-service auth. Advertised in the appview's `did:web`` document.
+- `BSKY_SERVICE_SIGNING_KEY` - (required) the public signing key in the form of a `did:key`, used for service-to-service auth. Advertised in the appview's `did:web` document.
 - `BSKY_ADMIN_PASSWORDS` - (alt. `BSKY_ADMIN_PASSWORD`) (required) comma-separated list of admin passwords used for role-based auth.
 - `NODE_ENV` - (recommended) for production usage, should be set to `production`. Otherwise all responses are validated on their way out. There may be other effects of not setting this to `production`, as dependencies may also implement debug modes based on its value.
 - `BSKY_VERSION` - (recommended) version of the bsky service. This is advertised by the health endpoint.