diff --git a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
index 09a4b397bb..60b83e110d 100644
--- a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ const floatingMiddlewares = [
 const isTouchDevice = 'ontouchstart' in window || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0
 
 export function ProfileHoverCard(props: ProfileHoverCardProps) {
-  return isTouchDevice ? props.children : <ProfileHoverCardInner {...props} />
+  if (props.disable || isTouchDevice) {
+    return props.children
+  } else {
+    return <ProfileHoverCardInner {...props} />
+  }
 }
 
 type State =
diff --git a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/types.ts b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/types.ts
index a62279c96c..2fa0643838 100644
--- a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/types.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export type ProfileHoverCardProps = {
   children: React.ReactElement
   did: string
   inline?: boolean
+  disable?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation/index.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation/index.tsx
index a176d8129d..29019eff56 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation/index.tsx
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ function HeaderReady({
             size={32}
             profile={profile}
             moderation={moderation.ui('avatar')}
+            disable={moderation.blocked}
           />
           <Text
             style={[a.text_lg, a.font_bold, a.pt_sm, a.pb_2xs]}
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx b/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
index 83c61a4f2c..19e2cf8805 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ interface EditableUserAvatarProps extends BaseUserAvatarProps {
 
 interface PreviewableUserAvatarProps extends BaseUserAvatarProps {
   moderation?: ModerationUI
-  onBeforePress?: () => void
   profile: AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileViewBasic
+  disable?: boolean
+  onBeforePress?: () => void
 }
 
 const BLUR_AMOUNT = isWeb ? 5 : 100
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ export {EditableUserAvatar}
 let PreviewableUserAvatar = ({
   moderation,
   profile,
+  disable,
   onBeforePress,
   ...rest
 }: PreviewableUserAvatarProps): React.ReactNode => {
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ let PreviewableUserAvatar = ({
   }, [profile, queryClient, onBeforePress])
 
   return (
-    <ProfileHoverCard did={profile.did}>
+    <ProfileHoverCard did={profile.did} disable={disable}>
       <Link
         label={_(msg`See profile`)}
         to={makeProfileLink({