diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
index fd10255c0ac..598303f05af 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
@@ -274,34 +274,35 @@ Discourse.User.reopenClass({
     });
   },
 
+  /**
+    Find a user by username
+
+    @method find
+    @param {String} username the username of the user we want to find
+  **/
   find: function(username) {
-    var promise,
-      _this = this;
-    promise = new RSVP.Promise();
-    $.ajax({
-      url: "/users/" + username + '.json',
-      success: function(json) {
-        // todo: decompose to object
-        var user;
-        json.user.stats = _this.groupStats(json.user.stats.map(function(s) {
-          var obj;
-          obj = Em.Object.create(s);
-          obj.isPM = obj.action_type === Discourse.UserAction.NEW_PRIVATE_MESSAGE || obj.action_type === Discourse.UserAction.GOT_PRIVATE_MESSAGE;
-          return obj;
+
+    // Check the preload store first
+    return PreloadStore.get("user_" + username, function() {
+      return $.ajax({ url: "/users/" + username + '.json' });
+    }).then(function (json) {
+
+      // Create a user from the resulting JSON
+      json.user.stats = Discourse.User.groupStats(json.user.stats.map(function(s) {
+        var stat = Em.Object.create(s);
+        stat.set('isPM', stat.get('action_type') === Discourse.UserAction.NEW_PRIVATE_MESSAGE ||
+                         stat.get('action_type') === Discourse.UserAction.GOT_PRIVATE_MESSAGE);
+        return stat;
+      }));
+
+      if (json.user.stream) {
+        json.user.stream = Discourse.UserAction.collapseStream(json.user.stream.map(function(ua) {
+          return Discourse.UserAction.create(ua);
         }));
-        if (json.user.stream) {
-          json.user.stream = Discourse.UserAction.collapseStream(json.user.stream.map(function(ua) {
-            return Discourse.UserAction.create(ua);
-          }));
-        }
-        user = Discourse.User.create(json.user);
-        return promise.resolve(user);
-      },
-      error: function(xhr) {
-        return promise.reject(xhr);
       }
+
+      return Discourse.User.create(json.user);
     });
-    return promise;
   },
 
   createAccount: function(name, email, password, username, passwordConfirm, challenge) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/preload_store.js b/app/assets/javascripts/preload_store.js
index 55422a674a2..480cee568bb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/preload_store.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/preload_store.js
@@ -1,23 +1,45 @@
-/* We can insert data into the PreloadStore when the document is loaded.
-   The data can be accessed once by a key, after which it is removed */
+
+/**
+  We can insert data into the PreloadStore when the document is loaded.
+  The data can be accessed once by a key, after which it is removed
+
+  @class PreloadStore
+**/
 PreloadStore = {
   data: {},
+
+  /**
+    Store an object in the store
+
+    @method store
+    @param {String} key the key to store the object with
+    @param {String} value the object we're inserting into the store
+  **/
   store: function(key, value) {
     this.data[key] = value;
   },
-  /* To retrieve a key, you provide the key you want, plus a finder to
-     load it if the key cannot be found. Once the key is used once, it is
-     removed from the store. So, for example, you can't load a preloaded topic
-     more than once. */
+
+  /**
+    To retrieve a key, you provide the key you want, plus a finder to
+    load it if the key cannot be found. Once the key is used once, it is
+    removed from the store. So, for example, you can't load a preloaded topic
+    more than once.
+
+    @method get
+    @param {String} key the key to look up the object with
+    @param {function} finder a function to find the object with
+    @returns {Promise} a promise that will eventually be the object we want.
+  **/
   get: function(key, finder) {
-    var promise, result;
-    promise = new RSVP.Promise();
+    var promise = new RSVP.Promise();
+
     if (this.data[key]) {
       promise.resolve(this.data[key]);
       delete this.data[key];
     } else {
+
       if (finder) {
-        result = finder();
+        var result = finder();
 
         // If the finder returns a promise, we support that too
         if (result.then) {
@@ -30,22 +52,35 @@ PreloadStore = {
           promise.resolve(result);
         }
       } else {
-        promise.resolve(void 0);
+        promise.resolve(null);
       }
     }
     return promise;
   },
-  /* Does the store contain a particular key? Does not delete, just returns
-     true or false. */
+
+  /**
+    Does the store contain a particular key? Does not delete.
+
+    @method contains
+    @param {String} key the key to look up the object with
+    @returns {Boolean} whether the object exists
+  **/
   contains: function(key) {
     return this.data[key] !== void 0;
   },
-  /* If we are sure it's preloaded, we don't have to supply a finder. Just
-     returns undefined if it's not in the store. */
+
+  /**
+    If we are sure it's preloaded, we don't have to supply a finder. Just returns
+    undefined if it's not in the store.
+
+    @method getStatic
+    @param {String} key the key to look up the object with
+    @returns {Object} the object from the store
+  **/
   getStatic: function(key) {
-    var result;
-    result = this.data[key];
+    var result = this.data[key];
     delete this.data[key];
     return result;
   }
+
 };
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 8a471af7b4a..cb7ab5c0d1d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require_dependency 'discourse_hub'
 
 class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
-  skip_before_filter :check_xhr, only: [:password_reset, :update, :activate_account, :avatar, :authorize_email, :user_preferences_redirect]
+  skip_before_filter :check_xhr, only: [:show, :password_reset, :update, :activate_account, :avatar, :authorize_email, :user_preferences_redirect]
   skip_before_filter :authorize_mini_profiler, only: [:avatar]
   skip_before_filter :check_restricted_access, only: [:avatar]
 
@@ -10,8 +10,15 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @user = fetch_user_from_params
-    anonymous_etag(@user) do
-      render_serialized(@user, UserSerializer)
+    user_serializer = UserSerializer.new(@user, scope: guardian, root: 'user')
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html do
+        store_preloaded("user_#{@user.username}", MultiJson.dump(user_serializer))
+      end
+
+      format.json do
+        render_json_dump(user_serializer)
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 9e90ef0dede..fce2b4609e1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     current_user.try(:admin?)
   end
 
-  def crawlable_meta_data(url, title, description)
-    # Image to supply as meta data
-    image = "#{Discourse.base_url}#{SiteSetting.logo_url}"
+  # Creates open graph and twitter card meta data
+  def crawlable_meta_data(opts=nil)
+
+    opts ||= {}
+    opts[:image] ||= "#{Discourse.base_url}#{SiteSetting.logo_url}"
+    opts[:url] ||= "#{Discourse.base_url}#{request.fullpath}"
 
     # Add opengraph tags
     result =  tag(:meta, property: 'og:site_name', content: SiteSetting.title) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'og:image', content: image) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'og:url', content: url) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'og:title', content: title) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'og:description', content: description) << "\n"
 
-    # Add twitter card
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:card', content: "summary") << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:url', content: url) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:title', content: title) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:description', content: description) << "\n"
-    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:image', content: image) << "\n"
+    result << tag(:meta, property: 'twitter:card', content: "summary")
+    [:image, :url, :title, :description].each do |property|
+      if opts[property].present?
+        result << tag(:meta, property: "og:#{property}", content: opts[property]) << "\n"
+        result << tag(:meta, property: "twitter:#{property}", content: opts[property]) << "\n"
+      end
+    end
 
     result
   end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 33b703a1c55..85ad4bb74ce 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require_dependency 'email_token'
 require_dependency 'trust_level'
 require_dependency 'pbkdf2'
+require_dependency 'summarize'
 
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessible :name, :username, :password, :email, :bio_raw, :website
@@ -447,6 +448,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     username
   end
 
+  def bio_summary
+    return nil unless bio_cooked.present?
+    Summarize.new(bio_cooked).summary
+  end
+
   protected
 
     def cook
diff --git a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
index c6cea4fa945..cddbc237f34 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 
 <% content_for :head do %>
   <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(@topic_view, {action: :feed, format: :rss}, title: t('rss_posts_in_topic', topic: @topic_view.title), type: 'application/rss+xml') %>
-  <%= crawlable_meta_data(@topic_view.absolute_url, @topic_view.title, @topic_view.summary) %>
+  <%= crawlable_meta_data(title: @topic_view.title, description: @topic_view.summary) %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..169bd2dc393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<h2><%= @user.username %></h2>
+
+<p><%= raw @user.bio_cooked %></p>
+
+<p><%= t 'powered_by_html' %></p>
+
+<% content_for :head do %>
+  <%= crawlable_meta_data(title: @user.username, description: @user.bio_summary) %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index eb6271a448f..299e2606f58 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_dependency 'admin_constraint'
 
 # This used to be User#username_format, but that causes a preload of the User object
 # and makes Guard not work properly.
-USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT = /[A-Za-z0-9\._]+/
+USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT = /[A-Za-z0-9\_]+/
 
 Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   get 'users/hp' => 'users#get_honeypot_value'
 
   get 'user_preferences' => 'users#user_preferences_redirect'
-  get 'users/:username/private-messages' => 'user_actions#private_messages', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  get 'users/:username' => 'users#show', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  put 'users/:username' => 'users#update', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  get 'users/:username/preferences' => 'users#preferences', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}, :as => :email_preferences
-  get 'users/:username/preferences/email' => 'users#preferences', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  put 'users/:username/preferences/email' => 'users#change_email', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  get 'users/:username/preferences/username' => 'users#preferences', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
-  put 'users/:username/preferences/username' => 'users#username', :format => false, :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'users/:username/private-messages' => 'user_actions#private_messages', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'users/:username' => 'users#show', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  put 'users/:username' => 'users#update', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'users/:username/preferences' => 'users#preferences', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}, :as => :email_preferences
+  get 'users/:username/preferences/email' => 'users#preferences', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  put 'users/:username/preferences/email' => 'users#change_email', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'users/:username/preferences/username' => 'users#preferences', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  put 'users/:username/preferences/username' => 'users#username', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
   get 'users/:username/avatar(/:size)' => 'users#avatar', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
   get 'users/:username/invited' => 'users#invited', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
   get 'users/:username/send_activation_email' => 'users#send_activation_email', :constraints => {:username => USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
diff --git a/lib/summarize.rb b/lib/summarize.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0ff2bb65d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/summarize.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Summarize a HTML field into regular text. Used currently
+# for meta tags
+
+class Summarize
+  include ActionView::Helpers
+
+  def initialize(text)
+    @text = text
+  end
+
+  def self.max_length
+    500
+  end
+
+  def summary
+    return nil if @text.blank?
+
+    result = sanitize(@text, tags: [], attributes: [])
+    result.gsub!(/\n/, ' ')
+    result.strip!
+
+    return result if result.length <= Summarize.max_length
+    "#{result[0..Summarize.max_length]}..."
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index f25fe43e6bb..8883fe307ce 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require_dependency 'guardian'
 require_dependency 'topic_query'
+require_dependency 'summarize'
 
 class TopicView
-  include ActionView::Helpers
 
   attr_accessor :topic, :min, :max, :draft, :draft_key, :draft_sequence, :posts
 
@@ -76,11 +76,7 @@ class TopicView
 
   def summary
     return nil if posts.blank?
-    first_post_content = sanitize(posts.first.cooked, tags: [], attributes: [])
-    first_post_content.gsub!(/\n/, ' ')
-
-    return first_post_content if first_post_content.length <= 500
-    "#{first_post_content[0..500]}..."
+    Summarize.new(posts.first.cooked).summary
   end
 
   def filter_posts(opts = {})
diff --git a/spec/components/summarize_spec.rb b/spec/components/summarize_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..448671efecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/summarize_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'summarize'
+
+describe Summarize do
+
+  it "is blank when the input is nil" do
+    Summarize.new(nil).summary.should be_blank
+  end
+
+  it "is blank when the input is an empty string" do
+    Summarize.new("").summary.should be_blank
+  end
+
+  it "removes html tags" do
+    Summarize.new("hello <b>robin</b>").summary.should == "hello robin"
+  end
+
+  it "strips leading and trailing space" do
+    Summarize.new("\t  \t hello   \t ").summary.should == "hello"
+  end
+
+  it "trims long strings and adds an ellipsis" do
+    Summarize.stubs(:max_length).returns(11)
+    Summarize.new("discourse is a cool forum").summary.should == "discourse is..."
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 7a6194bf792..2a2bd279811 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ describe User do
 
       its(:email_tokens) { should be_present }
       its(:bio_cooked) { should be_present }
+      its(:bio_summary) { should be_present }
       its(:topics_entered) { should == 0 }
       its(:posts_read_count) { should == 0 }
     end