A more extensible way to disable expanding/contracting of user profiles

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user.js.es6

@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend(CanCheckEmails, {
   currentPath: Ember.computed.alias('application.currentPath'),
   adminTools: optionalService(),
 
-  @computed("content.username")
+  @computed('model.username')
   viewingSelf(username) {
-    return username === User.currentProp('username');
+    let currentUser = this.currentUser;
+    return currentUser && username === currentUser.get('username');
+  },
+
+  @computed('viewingSelf')
+  canExpandProfile(viewingSelf) {
+    return viewingSelf;
   },
 
   @computed('model.profileBackground')

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user.hbs

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                               connectorTagName="li"
                               args=(hash model=model)}}
 
-              {{#if viewingSelf}}
+              {{#if canExpandProfile}}
                 <li>
                   {{#if collapsedInfo}}
                     <a {{action "expandProfile"}} href class="btn">