diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5be4a9be6..dd0d84d9b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "icons:optimize": "svgo -f ./assets/icons"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@atproto/api": "^0.13.21",
+    "@atproto/api": "^0.13.27",
     "@braintree/sanitize-url": "^6.0.2",
     "@discord/bottom-sheet": "bluesky-social/react-native-bottom-sheet",
     "@emoji-mart/react": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/src/components/FeedInterstitials.tsx b/src/components/FeedInterstitials.tsx
index ec224eeae0..fd6eb30c68 100644
--- a/src/components/FeedInterstitials.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FeedInterstitials.tsx
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export function SuggestedFollowsProfile({did}: {did: string}) {
     <ProfileGrid
       isSuggestionsLoading={isSuggestionsLoading}
       profiles={data?.suggestions ?? []}
+      recId={data?.recId}
       error={error}
       viewContext="profile"
     />
@@ -222,10 +223,12 @@ export function ProfileGrid({
   isSuggestionsLoading,
   error,
   profiles,
+  recId,
   viewContext = 'feed',
 }: {
   isSuggestionsLoading: boolean
   profiles: AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileViewDetailed[]
+  recId?: number
   error: Error | null
   viewContext: 'profile' | 'feed'
 }) {
@@ -249,12 +252,20 @@ export function ProfileGrid({
       ))
   ) : error || !profiles.length ? null : (
     <>
-      {profiles.slice(0, maxLength).map(profile => (
+      {profiles.slice(0, maxLength).map((profile, index) => (
         <ProfileCard.Link
           key={profile.did}
           profile={profile}
           onPress={() => {
             logEvent('feed:interstitial:profileCard:press', {})
+            logEvent('suggestedUser:press', {
+              logContext:
+                viewContext === 'feed'
+                  ? 'InterstitialDiscover'
+                  : 'InterstitialProfile',
+              recId,
+              position: index,
+            })
           }}
           style={[
             a.flex_1,
@@ -282,6 +293,17 @@ export function ProfileGrid({
                     logContext="FeedInterstitial"
                     shape="round"
                     colorInverted
+                    onFollow={() => {
+                      logEvent('suggestedUser:follow', {
+                        logContext:
+                          viewContext === 'feed'
+                            ? 'InterstitialDiscover'
+                            : 'InterstitialProfile',
+                        location: 'Card',
+                        recId,
+                        position: index,
+                      })
+                    }}
                   />
                 </ProfileCard.Header>
                 <ProfileCard.Description profile={profile} numberOfLines={2} />
diff --git a/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx b/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
index 7bec14b9cc..78d86ab362 100644
--- a/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ export type FollowButtonProps = {
   logContext: LogEvents['profile:follow']['logContext'] &
     LogEvents['profile:unfollow']['logContext']
   colorInverted?: boolean
+  onFollow?: () => void
 } & Partial<ButtonProps>
 
 export function FollowButton(props: FollowButtonProps) {
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ export function FollowButtonInner({
   moderationOpts,
   logContext,
   onPress: onPressProp,
+  onFollow,
   colorInverted,
   ...rest
 }: FollowButtonProps) {
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ export function FollowButtonInner({
         ),
       )
       onPressProp?.(e)
+      onFollow?.()
     } catch (err: any) {
       if (err?.name !== 'AbortError') {
         Toast.show(_(msg`An issue occurred, please try again.`), 'xmark')
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 566edf69db..1c049ea818 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export function IS_PROD_SERVICE(url?: string) {
 export const PROD_DEFAULT_FEED = (rkey: string) =>
   `at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.generator/${rkey}`
 
+export const STAGING_DEFAULT_FEED = (rkey: string) =>
+  `at://did:plc:yofh3kx63drvfljkibw5zuxo/app.bsky.feed.generator/${rkey}`
+
 export const POST_IMG_MAX = {
   width: 2000,
   height: 2000,
diff --git a/src/lib/statsig/events.ts b/src/lib/statsig/events.ts
index 19bf06ba98..2888484aa9 100644
--- a/src/lib/statsig/events.ts
+++ b/src/lib/statsig/events.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,26 @@ export type LogEvents = {
       | 'ProfileHeaderSuggestedFollows'
       | 'PostOnboardingFindFollows'
   }
+  'suggestedUser:follow': {
+    logContext:
+      | 'Explore'
+      | 'InterstitialDiscover'
+      | 'InterstitialProfile'
+      | 'Profile'
+    location: 'Card' | 'Profile'
+    recId?: number
+    position: number
+  }
+  'suggestedUser:press': {
+    logContext: 'Explore' | 'InterstitialDiscover' | 'InterstitialProfile'
+    recId?: number
+    position: number
+  }
+  'suggestedUser:seen': {
+    logContext: 'Explore' | 'InterstitialDiscover' | 'InterstitialProfile'
+    recId?: number
+    position: number
+  }
   'profile:unfollow': {
     logContext:
       | 'RecommendedFollowsItem'
diff --git a/src/state/feed-feedback.tsx b/src/state/feed-feedback.tsx
index 02f98ad145..9c7358e7af 100644
--- a/src/state/feed-feedback.tsx
+++ b/src/state/feed-feedback.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {AppState, AppStateStatus} from 'react-native'
 import {AppBskyFeedDefs} from '@atproto/api'
 import throttle from 'lodash.throttle'
 
-import {PROD_DEFAULT_FEED} from '#/lib/constants'
+import {PROD_DEFAULT_FEED, STAGING_DEFAULT_FEED} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {logEvent} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {FeedDescriptor, FeedPostSliceItem} from '#/state/queries/post-feed'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function useFeedFeedback(feed: FeedDescriptor, hasSession: boolean) {
           encoding: 'application/json',
           headers: {
             // TODO when we start sending to other feeds, we need to grab their DID -prf
-            'atproto-proxy': 'did:web:discover.bsky.app#bsky_fg',
+            'atproto-proxy': 'did:web:algo.pop2.bsky.app#bsky_fg',
           },
         },
       )
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ export function useFeedFeedbackContext() {
 // place, we're hardcoding it to the discover feed.
 // -prf
 function isDiscoverFeed(feed: FeedDescriptor) {
-  return feed === `feedgen|${PROD_DEFAULT_FEED('whats-hot')}`
+  return (
+    feed === `feedgen|${PROD_DEFAULT_FEED('whats-hot')}` ||
+    feed === `feedgen|${STAGING_DEFAULT_FEED('thevids')}`
+  )
 }
 
 function toString(interaction: AppBskyFeedDefs.Interaction): string {
diff --git a/src/state/queries/suggested-follows.ts b/src/state/queries/suggested-follows.ts
index 22033c0a8c..0a2343150c 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/suggested-follows.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/suggested-follows.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function useSuggestedFollowsByActorQuery({
       const suggestions = res.data.isFallback
         ? []
         : res.data.suggestions.filter(profile => !profile.viewer?.following)
-      return {suggestions}
+      return {suggestions, recId: res.data.recId}
     },
     enabled,
   })
diff --git a/src/view/com/profile/FollowButton.tsx b/src/view/com/profile/FollowButton.tsx
index c2d76316e6..ff58dc9455 100644
--- a/src/view/com/profile/FollowButton.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/profile/FollowButton.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ export function FollowButton({
   profile,
   labelStyle,
   logContext,
+  onFollow,
 }: {
   unfollowedType?: ButtonType
   followedType?: ButtonType
   profile: Shadow<AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileViewBasic>
   labelStyle?: StyleProp<TextStyle>
   logContext: 'ProfileCard' | 'StarterPackProfilesList'
+  onFollow?: () => void
 }) {
   const [queueFollow, queueUnfollow] = useProfileFollowMutationQueue(
     profile,
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ export function FollowButton({
   const onPressFollow = async () => {
     try {
       await queueFollow()
+      onFollow?.()
     } catch (e: any) {
       if (e?.name !== 'AbortError') {
         Toast.show(_(msg`An issue occurred, please try again.`), 'xmark')
diff --git a/src/view/com/profile/ProfileCard.tsx b/src/view/com/profile/ProfileCard.tsx
index eab8611dd4..f710d7b4e7 100644
--- a/src/view/com/profile/ProfileCard.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/profile/ProfileCard.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ export function ProfileCardWithFollowBtn({
   noBg,
   noBorder,
   onPress,
+  onFollow,
   logContext = 'ProfileCard',
   showKnownFollowers,
 }: {
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ export function ProfileCardWithFollowBtn({
   noBg?: boolean
   noBorder?: boolean
   onPress?: () => void
+  onFollow?: () => void
   logContext?: 'ProfileCard' | 'StarterPackProfilesList'
   showKnownFollowers?: boolean
 }) {
@@ -206,7 +208,11 @@ export function ProfileCardWithFollowBtn({
         isMe
           ? undefined
           : profileShadow => (
-              <FollowButton profile={profileShadow} logContext={logContext} />
+              <FollowButton
+                profile={profileShadow}
+                logContext={logContext}
+                onFollow={onFollow}
+              />
             )
       }
       onPress={onPress}
diff --git a/src/view/screens/Search/Explore.tsx b/src/view/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
index 378ea59a4d..324339ebf1 100644
--- a/src/view/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
+++ b/src/view/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
+import {logEvent} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {cleanError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ type ExploreScreenItems =
       type: 'profile'
       key: string
       profile: AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileView
+      recId?: number
     }
   | {
       type: 'feed'
@@ -370,6 +372,7 @@ export function Explore() {
               type: 'profile',
               key: actor.did,
               profile: actor,
+              recId: page.recId,
             })
           }
         }
@@ -498,7 +501,7 @@ export function Explore() {
   ])
 
   const renderItem = React.useCallback(
-    ({item}: {item: ExploreScreenItems}) => {
+    ({item, index}: {item: ExploreScreenItems; index: number}) => {
       switch (item.type) {
         case 'header': {
           return (
@@ -524,6 +527,21 @@ export function Explore() {
                 noBg
                 noBorder
                 showKnownFollowers
+                onPress={() => {
+                  logEvent('suggestedUser:press', {
+                    logContext: 'Explore',
+                    recId: item.recId,
+                    position: index,
+                  })
+                }}
+                onFollow={() => {
+                  logEvent('suggestedUser:follow', {
+                    logContext: 'Explore',
+                    location: 'Card',
+                    recId: item.recId,
+                    position: index,
+                  })
+                }}
               />
             </View>
           )
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index da037040ce..c6939d7fb0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@
     tlds "^1.234.0"
     zod "^3.23.8"
 
-"@atproto/api@^0.13.21":
-  version "0.13.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/api/-/api-0.13.21.tgz#8ee27a07e5a024b5bf32408d9bd623dd598ad1cc"
-  integrity sha512-iOxSj2YS3Fx9IPz1NivKrSsdYPNbBgpnUH7+WhKYAMvDFDUe2PZe7taau8wsUjJAu/H3S0Mk2TDh5e/7tCRwHA==
+"@atproto/api@^0.13.27":
+  version "0.13.27"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/api/-/api-0.13.27.tgz#54d1172fbc4415d41089d2715a657052b26b60bc"
+  integrity sha512-IaZezARJSoFBxFvutGa+2hT0NiA+db6NpKkla2bRyv/SPinYViuqD5kaaPzc732yeE1uwUKQc4wwwlctYamFBQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@atproto/common-web" "^0.3.1"
-    "@atproto/lexicon" "^0.4.4"
+    "@atproto/common-web" "^0.3.2"
+    "@atproto/lexicon" "^0.4.5"
     "@atproto/syntax" "^0.3.1"
-    "@atproto/xrpc" "^0.6.5"
+    "@atproto/xrpc" "^0.6.6"
     await-lock "^2.2.2"
     multiformats "^9.9.0"
     tlds "^1.234.0"
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@
     uint8arrays "3.0.0"
     zod "^3.23.8"
 
+"@atproto/common-web@^0.3.2":
+  version "0.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/common-web/-/common-web-0.3.2.tgz#4cf78ad4d24fed801882f3d35afc39bceccdff51"
+  integrity sha512-Vx0JtL1/CssJbFAb0UOdvTrkbUautsDfHNOXNTcX2vyPIxH9xOameSqLLunM1hZnOQbJwyjmQCt6TV+bhnanDg==
+  dependencies:
+    graphemer "^1.4.0"
+    multiformats "^9.9.0"
+    uint8arrays "3.0.0"
+    zod "^3.23.8"
+
 "@atproto/common@0.1.0":
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/common/-/common-0.1.0.tgz#4216a8fef5b985ab62ac21252a0f8ca0f4a0f210"
@@ -283,6 +293,17 @@
     multiformats "^9.9.0"
     zod "^3.23.8"
 
+"@atproto/lexicon@^0.4.5":
+  version "0.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/lexicon/-/lexicon-0.4.5.tgz#4fcf3731193c674286e9e8d677bbab5dd530b817"
+  integrity sha512-fljWqMGKn+XWtTprBcS3F1hGBREnQYh6qYHv2sjENucc7REms1gtmZXSerB9N6pVeHVNOnXiILdukeAcic5OEw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@atproto/common-web" "^0.3.2"
+    "@atproto/syntax" "^0.3.1"
+    iso-datestring-validator "^2.2.2"
+    multiformats "^9.9.0"
+    zod "^3.23.8"
+
 "@atproto/oauth-provider@^0.2.10":
   version "0.2.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/oauth-provider/-/oauth-provider-0.2.10.tgz#f9820d7f82c33d3b74e81a75873f50e1e654b901"
@@ -452,6 +473,14 @@
     "@atproto/lexicon" "^0.4.4"
     zod "^3.23.8"
 
+"@atproto/xrpc@^0.6.6":
+  version "0.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@atproto/xrpc/-/xrpc-0.6.6.tgz#28f58270ef4a8056f7f718bd52512e74bcd3702f"
+  integrity sha512-umXEYVMo9/pyIBoKmIAIi64RXDW9tSXY+wqztlQ6I2GZtjLfNZqmAWU+wADk3SxUe54mvjxxGyA4TtyGtDMfhA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@atproto/lexicon" "^0.4.5"
+    zod "^3.23.8"
+
 "@aws-crypto/crc32@3.0.0":
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@aws-crypto/crc32/-/crc32-3.0.0.tgz#07300eca214409c33e3ff769cd5697b57fdd38fa"