diff --git a/include/contact_widgets.php b/include/contact_widgets.php
index bf3a869583..4dab6a53e8 100644
--- a/include/contact_widgets.php
+++ b/include/contact_widgets.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function common_friends_visitor_widget($profile_uid) {
 	$cid = $zcid = 0;
 
 	if(can_write_wall($a,$profile_uid))
-		$cid = local_user();
+		$cid = remote_user();
 	else {
 		if(get_my_url()) {
 			$r = q("select id from contact where nurl = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index a67b3d9e34..b7c4ccc71e 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function count_common_friends($uid,$cid) {
 		intval($cid)
 	);
 
+//	logger("count_common_friends: $uid $cid {$r[0]['total']}"); 
 	if(count($r))
 		return $r[0]['total'];
 	return 0;