diff --git a/lib/userprofile.php b/lib/userprofile.php
index 9124b7c94d..2813f735ea 100644
--- a/lib/userprofile.php
+++ b/lib/userprofile.php
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ class UserProfile extends Widget
                         }
                         $this->out->elementEnd('li');
 
+                        // Some actions won't be applicable to non-local users.
+                        $isLocal = !empty($this->user);
+
                         if ($cur->hasRight(Right::SANDBOXUSER) ||
                             $cur->hasRight(Right::SILENCEUSER) ||
                             $cur->hasRight(Right::DELETEUSER)) {
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ class UserProfile extends Widget
                                 $this->out->elementEnd('li');
                             }
 
-                            if ($cur->hasRight(Right::DELETEUSER)) {
+                            if ($isLocal && $cur->hasRight(Right::DELETEUSER)) {
                                 $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_delete');
                                 $df = new DeleteUserForm($this->out, $this->profile, $r2args);
                                 $df->show();
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@ class UserProfile extends Widget
                             $this->out->elementEnd('li');
                         }
                         
-                        if ($cur->hasRight(Right::GRANTROLE)) {
+                        if ($isLocal && $cur->hasRight(Right::GRANTROLE)) {
                             $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_role');
                             $this->out->element('p', null, _('User role'));
                             $this->out->elementStart('ul');
diff --git a/plugins/ModPlus/remoteprofileaction.php b/plugins/ModPlus/remoteprofileaction.php
index f3ddbc7c65..5b25da1701 100644
--- a/plugins/ModPlus/remoteprofileaction.php
+++ b/plugins/ModPlus/remoteprofileaction.php
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ class RemoteProfileAction extends ShowstreamAction
                 $url);
         $html = common_markup_to_html($markdown);
         $this->raw($html);
+
+        if ($this->profile->hasRole(Profile_role::SILENCED)) {
+            $markdown = _m('Site moderators have silenced this profile, which prevents delivery of new messages to any users on this site.');
+            $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($markdown));
+        }
     }
 
     function getFeeds()
@@ -71,9 +76,13 @@ class RemoteProfileAction extends ShowstreamAction
         // none
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Don't do various extra stuff, and also trim some things to avoid crawlers.
+     */
     function extraHead()
     {
-        // none
+        $this->element('meta', array('name' => 'robots',
+                                     'content' => 'noindex,nofollow'));
     }
 
     function showLocalNav()