diff --git a/app/helpers/stream_helper.rb b/app/helpers/stream_helper.rb
index c8b0f3e930491446ab05058df3e36fc3da817b18..6eead06ddcc6ef8e4987e76cdb11847777b8fab4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/stream_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/stream_helper.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module StreamHelper
     else
       stream.posts.last.send(stream.order.to_sym).to_i
     end
-
   end
 
   def time_for_sort post
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
index 1910875b7c4587a60be02cc4d8bc5a90705101b4..005764d9abc5a4458144f1d2c851c65f935edd12 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
       .li
         %b= link_to t('.mentions'), mentions_path, :class => 'home_selector'
 
-  .section
-    %ul.left_nav
-      .li
-        %b= link_to t('.featured_users'), featured_path, :class => 'home_selector'
-
   .section#followed_tags_listing
     = render 'tags/followed_tags_listings'
 
diff --git a/app/views/contacts/featured.haml b/app/views/contacts/featured.haml
index fce9a8d92fe2fdf34b0b6ac5f8aeabc75f4b67f4..5edbaf940db14969121cb53f7e0afaf544bbca7f 100644
--- a/app/views/contacts/featured.haml
+++ b/app/views/contacts/featured.haml
@@ -22,16 +22,4 @@
   #featured_users
     - unless @people.blank?
       - @people.each do |person|
-        .user_card
-          = person_image_link(person, :size => :thumb_large)
-          %h4
-            = person.name
-
-          .tags
-            - person.profile.tags.each do |tg|
-              = "##{tg}"
-
-          .add_user_to_aspect
-            = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
-                     :locals => { :person => person, :contact => current_user.contact_for(person),
-                                  :current_user => current_user }
+        = render 'featured_users/user', :person => person
diff --git a/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml b/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03b16b315583f2012a5e2b9208bb9ef58b16755a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.user_card
+  = person_image_link(person, :size => :thumb_large)
+  %h4
+    = person.name
+
+  .tags
+    - person.profile.tags.each do |tg|
+      = "##{tg}"
+
+  .add_user_to_aspect
+    = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
+             :locals => { :person => person, :contact => current_user.contact_for(person),
+                          :current_user => current_user }
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_right_sections.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_right_sections.html.haml
index 841eaaa7f64181ec7b0ce0bd222f9a8aea639208..2aec6a526dddbf6fe62ac316f7221c22baab4c54 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_right_sections.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_right_sections.html.haml
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
       = t('aspects.index.cubbies.explanation')
       = link_to t('aspects.index.cubbies.learn_more'), token_path
 
+- if @stream.has_featured_users?
+  .section
+    .title.no_icon
+      %h5
+        =t('aspects.index.community_members')
+    .content#featured_users
+      = render 'featured_users/user', :person => @stream.random_featured_user
+      = link_to t('aspects.index.see_more_from_us'), featured_path, :id => 'view_all_contacts_link'
+
 .section
   .title
     = image_tag('/images/icons/question.png')
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index e3a9811897adada2b7d10d028edf306e174bf0c7..1f2b587fe8a08c9cfef37bc14657987a0ab37f71 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ en:
     index: 
       mentions: "Mentions"
       featured_users: "Featured Users"
+      community_members: "Cool Diaspora* members"
+      see_more_from_us: "See more of the D* community."
       donate: "Donate"
       keep_us_running: "Keep %{pod} running fast and buy servers their coffee fix with a monthly donation!"
       your_aspects: "Your Aspects"
diff --git a/lib/base_stream.rb b/lib/base_stream.rb
index e4da04ccd4bcb69183d0548fc37092d1d85609c5..9df52ea42015d04a1dd6b32693cf48609fb69765 100644
--- a/lib/base_stream.rb
+++ b/lib/base_stream.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ class BaseStream
   end
 
 
+  def random_featured_user
+    Person.find_by_diaspora_handle(featured_diaspora_id)
+  end
+
+  def has_featured_users?
+    featured_diaspora_id.present?
+  end
   
   #requied to implement said stream
   def link(opts={})
@@ -75,4 +82,9 @@ class BaseStream
     @order = order_string
     @order ||= 'created_at'
   end
+
+  private
+  def featured_diaspora_id
+    @featured_diaspora_id ||= AppConfig[:featured_users].sample(1)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index b879f042cc6b570ebe5a6f0dcd867df73bc5bcb5..551b565d43fb820fe579c433cc004c6947a328a8 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -2963,6 +2963,8 @@ ul.left_nav
         .unfollow_icon
           :display inline-block
 
+  .user_card
+    :margin-left 8px
 .stream_container
   :min-height 500px