diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 823975e..36c41f3 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -2842,7 +2842,7 @@ xs_str *notify_check_time(snac *snac, int reset)
 
 xs_dict *markers_get(snac *snac, const xs_list *markers)
 {
-    xs_dict *data = NULL;
+    xs *data = NULL;
     xs_dict *returns = xs_dict_new();
     xs *fn = xs_fmt("%s/markers.json", snac->basedir);
     const xs_str *v = NULL;
@@ -2868,7 +2868,7 @@ xs_dict *markers_get(snac *snac, const xs_list *markers)
 xs_dict *markers_set(snac *snac, const char *home_marker, const char *notify_marker)
 /* gets or sets notification marker */
 {
-    xs_dict *data = NULL;
+    xs *data = NULL;
     xs_dict *written = xs_dict_new();
     xs *fn = xs_fmt("%s/markers.json", snac->basedir);
     FILE *f;
@@ -2882,19 +2882,21 @@ xs_dict *markers_set(snac *snac, const char *home_marker, const char *notify_mar
         data = xs_dict_new();
 
     if (!xs_is_null(home_marker)) {
-        xs_dict *home = xs_dict_new();
+        xs *home = xs_dict_new();
+        xs *s_tid = tid(0);
         home = xs_dict_append(home, "last_read_id", home_marker);
         home = xs_dict_append(home, "version", xs_stock(0));
-        home = xs_dict_append(home, "updated_at", tid(0));
+        home = xs_dict_append(home, "updated_at", s_tid);
         data = xs_dict_set(data, "home", home);
         written = xs_dict_append(written, "home", home);
     }
 
     if (!xs_is_null(notify_marker)) {
-        xs_dict *notify = xs_dict_new();
+        xs *notify = xs_dict_new();
+        xs *s_tid = tid(0);
         notify = xs_dict_append(notify, "last_read_id", notify_marker);
         notify = xs_dict_append(notify, "version", xs_stock(0));
-        notify = xs_dict_append(notify, "updated_at", tid(0));
+        notify = xs_dict_append(notify, "updated_at", s_tid);
         data = xs_dict_set(data, "notifications", notify);
         written = xs_dict_append(written, "notifications", notify);
     }
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 8c00961..d85c673 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -642,6 +642,17 @@ xs_html *html_user_head(snac *user, const char *desc, const char *url)
     else
         s_desc = xs_dup(desc);
 
+    /* show metrics in og:description? */
+    if (xs_is_true(xs_dict_get(user->config, "show_contact_metrics"))) {
+        xs *fwers = follower_list(user);
+        xs *fwing = following_list(user);
+
+        xs *s1 = xs_fmt(L("%d following, %d followers · "),
+            xs_list_len(fwing), xs_list_len(fwers));
+
+        s_desc = xs_str_prepend_i(s_desc, s1);
+    }
+
     /* shorten desc to a reasonable size */
     for (n = 0; s_desc[n]; n++) {
         if (n > 512 && (s_desc[n] == ' ' || s_desc[n] == '\n'))