diff --git a/frontend/ts/author-messages-element.ts b/frontend/ts/author-messages-element.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffde06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/ts/author-messages-element.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Author, Message } from "./message"
+import util from "./util"
+import { BatchTimer } from "./batch-timer"
+import { AdapterState } from "./adapter"
+
+export class AuthorMessagesElement extends HTMLElement {
+  static observedAttributes = [ "data-latest", "data-adapter", "data-target" ];
+
+  private _id: string | null = null;
+  private _adapter: string = "";
+  
+  private _messages: Message[] = [];
+  private _byAuthorTimer: BatchTimer | null = null;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.innerHTML = "<ul class='author_msglist'></ul>"
+  }
+  
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this._id = this.getAttribute("data-target");
+    this._adapter = this.getAttribute("data-adapter") ?? "";
+    const gateway = this.getAttribute("data-gateway") ?? "";
+    this._byAuthorTimer = new BatchTimer((ids: string[])=>{
+      let url = `${gateway}/api/adapters/${this._adapter}/fetch?entity_type=byAuthor`;
+      for (let id of ids) {
+        url += `&entity_id=${id}`;
+      }
+      util.authorizedFetch("GET", url, null);
+    });
+  }
+  
+  attributeChangedCallback(attr: string, prev: string, next: string) {
+    switch (attr) {
+      case "data-target":
+        if (!next) {
+          return
+        }
+        this._id = next;
+        if (this._byAuthorTimer) {
+          this._byAuthorTimer.queue(next, 100)
+        }
+        break;
+      case "data-latest":
+       let datastore = AdapterState._instance.data.get(this._adapter);
+        if (!datastore) {
+          console.log("no data yet, wait for some to come in maybe...");
+          return;
+        }
+        let msg = datastore.messages.get(next);
+        if (msg) {
+          // if _messages has this one, and this updated date is greater
+          const existingIdx = this._messages.findIndex(m=>m.id == msg.id && ((m.edited ?? 0) < (msg.edited ?? 0)));
+          if (existingIdx >= 0) {
+            this._messages[existingIdx] = msg;
+            // and update it in the dom
+           } else {
+            this._messages.push(msg);
+            // and insert in into the dom
+           }
+           console.log(JSON.stringify(this._messages));
+        }
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/ts/index.ts b/frontend/ts/index.ts
index d11a018..9e065bf 100644
--- a/frontend/ts/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/ts/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { SettingsElement } from "./settings-element"
 import { AdapterElement } from "./adapter-element"
 import { ThreadSummaryElement } from "./thread-summary-element"
 import { ProfileElement } from "./profile-element"
+import { AuthorMessagesElement } from "./author-messages-element"
 import {DatagramSocket} from "./websocket"
 
 function main()  {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function main()  {
   customElements.define("underbbs-adapter", AdapterElement);
   customElements.define("underbbs-thread-summary", ThreadSummaryElement);
   customElements.define("underbbs-profile", ProfileElement);
+  customElements.define("underbbs-author-messages", AuthorMessagesElement);
   
   util._("closeErr", util.closeErr);
   let settingsParent = util.$("settings_parent");
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ function main()  {
   if (profileParent) {
     profileParent.innerHTML = "<underbbs-profile data-adapter='honk' data-target='https://cafe.nilfm.cc/u/nilix'></underbbs-profile>"
   }
+  
+  let honksParent = util.$("honks_parent");
+  if (honksParent) {
+    honksParent.innerHTML = "<underbbs-author-messages data-adapter='honk' data-target='https://cafe.nilfm.cc/u/nilix'></underbbs-author-messages>";
+  }
 }
 
 main();
diff --git a/frontend/ts/message-element.ts b/frontend/ts/message-element.ts
index acc7bab..d34907e 100644
--- a/frontend/ts/message-element.ts
+++ b/frontend/ts/message-element.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,26 @@ import util from "./util"
 var _ = util._
 
 export class MessageElement extends HTMLElement {
-  static observedAttributes = [ "data-id", "data-adapter", "data-replyCt", "data-reactionCt", "data-boostCt" ]
+  static observedAttributes = [ "data-target", "data-latest", "data-adapter", "data-replyCt", "data-reactionCt", "data-boostCt" ]
   
   private _id: string | null = null;
-  private _adapter: any;
+  private _adapter: string | null = null;
   
   constructor() {
     super();
   }
   
   connectedCallback() {
-    this._id = this.getAttribute("data-id");
-    this._adapter = _("settings").adapters.filter((a: any)=>a.nickname == this.getAttribute("data-adapter"))[0];
+    this._id = this.getAttribute("data-target");
+    this._adapter = this.getAttribute("data-adapter");
     
     // grab message content from the store and format our innerHTML
   }
+  
+  attributeChangedCallback(attr: string, prev: string, next: string) {
+    switch (attr) {
+      case "data-target":
+        break;
+    }
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/frontend/ts/profile-element.ts b/frontend/ts/profile-element.ts
index 0311c2d..63581ed 100644
--- a/frontend/ts/profile-element.ts
+++ b/frontend/ts/profile-element.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { BatchTimer } from "./batch-timer"
 import { AdapterState } from "./adapter"
 
 export class ProfileElement extends HTMLElement {
-  static observedAttributes = [ "data-latest", "data-adapter", "data-target" ]
+  static observedAttributes = [ "data-latest", "data-adapter", "data-target" ];
   
   private _id: string | null = null;
   private _adapter: string = "";
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export class ProfileElement extends HTMLElement {
         }
         this._id = next;
         if (this._authorTimer) {
-        
           this._authorTimer.queue(next, 100);
         }
         break;
diff --git a/frontend/ts/settings-element.ts b/frontend/ts/settings-element.ts
index 6d06a81..d9d4c46 100644
--- a/frontend/ts/settings-element.ts
+++ b/frontend/ts/settings-element.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class SettingsElement extends HTMLElement {
         break;
       case "honk":
         const handle = (util.$("settings_newadapter_honk_handle") as HTMLInputElement)?.value ?? "";
-        const password = (util.$("settings_newadapter_honk_password") as HTMLInputElement)?.value ?? "";
+        const password = (util.$("settings_newadapter_honk_password") as HTMLInputElement)?.value || null;
         adapterdata = { nickname: nickname, protocol: proto.options[proto.selectedIndex].value, handle: handle, password: password };
         break;
     }
diff --git a/frontend/ts/websocket.ts b/frontend/ts/websocket.ts
index 8dbd829..a1a4208 100644
--- a/frontend/ts/websocket.ts
+++ b/frontend/ts/websocket.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export class DatagramSocket {
             const target = p.getAttribute("data-target");
             p.setAttribute("data-target", target ?? "");
           });
+          const feeds = document.querySelectorAll("underbbs-author-messages");
+          feeds.forEach(f=>{
+            const target = f.getAttribute("data-target");
+            f.setAttribute("data-target", target ?? "");
+          });
         }
       })
       .catch(e => {
@@ -53,9 +58,13 @@ export class DatagramSocket {
         }
       }
       console.log(store);
-      // now search for any components with this adapter and target
-      let targets = document.querySelectorAll(`*[data-adapter="${data.adapter}"][data-target="${data.id}"]`);
-      targets.forEach(t=>{
+      // go through each type of component and give it the latest if it's relevant to them
+      let profileTargets = document.querySelectorAll(`underbbs-profile[data-adapter="${data.adapter}"][data-target="${data.id}"]`);
+      profileTargets.forEach(t=>{
+        t.setAttribute("data-latest", data.id);
+      });
+      let byAuthorTargets = document.querySelectorAll(`underbbs-author-messages[data-adapter="${data.adapter}"][data-target="${data.author}"]`);
+      byAuthorTargets.forEach(t=>{
         t.setAttribute("data-latest", data.id);
       });
     }
diff --git a/models/msg.go b/models/msg.go
index 270be57..7cd893e 100644
--- a/models/msg.go
+++ b/models/msg.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Datagram struct {
 	Type     string  `json:"type"`
 	Target   *string `json:"target,omitempty"`
 	Created  int64   `json:"created"`
-	Updated  *int64  `json:"updated,omitempty"`
+	Updated  *int64  `json:"edited,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Message struct {