diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/directory.html b/bookwyrm/templates/directory.html
index 9323752f..6f8bc3e4 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/directory.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/directory.html
@@ -11,6 +11,90 @@
         {% trans "Directory" %}
     </h1>
 </header>
+
+{% if not request.user.discoverable %}
+<div class="box has-text-centered content" data-hide="hide-join-directory"><div class="columns">
+    <div class="column">
+    <p>
+        {% trans "Make your profile discoverable to other BookWyrm users." %}
+    </p>
+    <form name="directory" method="POST" action="{% url 'directory' %}">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        <button class="button is-primary" type="submit">Join Directory</button>
+        <p class="help">
+            {% url 'settings-profile' as path %}
+            {% blocktrans %}You can opt-out at any time in your <a href="{{ path }}">profile settings.</a>{% endblocktrans %}
+        </p>
+    </form>
+    </div>
+    <div class="column is-narrow">
+        {% trans "Dismiss message" as button_text %}
+        <button type="button" class="delete set-display" data-id="hide-join-directory" data-value="true">
+            <span>Dismiss message</span>
+        </button>
+    </div>
+</div></div>
+{% endif %}
+
+<div class="notification content">
+    <h2 class="columns is-mobile mb-0">
+        <span class="column pb-0">Filters</span>
+
+        <span class="column is-narrow pb-0">
+            {% trans "Show filters" as text %}
+            {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with text=text controls_text="filters" icon="arrow-down" class="is-small" focus="filters" %}
+            {% trans "Hide filters" as text %}
+            {% include 'snippets/toggle/close_button.html' with text=text controls_text="filters" icon="x" class="is-small" %}
+        </span>
+    </h2>
+
+    <form class="hidden mt-3" id="filters" method-"get" action="{% url 'directory' %}" tabindex="0">
+        <div class="columns">
+            <div class="column is-flex">
+                <div class="box is-flex-grow-1">
+                    <legend class="label">{% trans "User type" %}</legend>
+                    <label class="is-block">
+                        <input type="radio" class="radio" name="software" value="bookwyrm" {% if not request.GET.sort or  request.GET.software == 'bookwyrm' %}checked{% endif %}>
+                        {% trans "BookWyrm users" %}
+                    </label>
+                    <label class="is-block">
+                        <input type="radio" class="radio" name="software" value="all" {% if request.GET.software == 'all' %}checked{% endif %}>
+                        {% trans "All known users" %}
+                    </label>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="column is-flex">
+                <div class="box is-flex-grow-1">
+                    <legend class="label">{% trans "Community" %}</legend>
+                    <label class="is-block">
+                        <input type="radio" class="radio" name="scope" value="local" {% if request.GET.scope == "local" %}checked{% endif %}>
+                        {% trans "Local users" %}
+                    </label>
+                    <label class="is-block">
+                        <input type="radio" class="radio" name="scope" value="federated" {% if not request.GET.sort or request.GET.scope == "federated" %}checked{% endif %}>
+                        {% trans "Federated community" %}
+                    </label>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="column is-flex">
+                <div class="box is-flex-grow-1">
+                    <label class="label" for="id_sort">{% trans "Order by" %}</label>
+                    <div class="select">
+                        <select name="sort" id="id_sort">
+                            <option value="suggested" {% if not request.GET.sort or request.GET.sort == "suggested" %}checked{% endif %}>{% trans "Suggested" %}</option>
+                            <option value="recent" {% if request.GET.sort == "suggested" %}checked{% endif %}>{% trans "Recently active" %}</option>
+                        </select>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <button class="button is-primary">{% trans "Apply filters" %}</button>
+    </form>
+    {% if request.GET %}
+    <a class="help" href="{% url 'directory' %}">{% trans "Clear filters" %}</a>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
+
 <div class="columns is-multiline">
     {% for user in users %}
     <div class="column is-one-third">
@@ -23,25 +107,27 @@
                     <div class="media-content">
                         <a href="{{ user.local_path }}" class="is-block mb-2">
                             <span class="title is-4 is-block">{{ user.display_name }}</span>
-                            <span class="subtitle is-6 is-block">@{{ user|username }}</span>
+                            <span class="subtitle is-7 is-block">@{{ user|username }}</span>
                         </a>
                         {% include 'snippets/follow_button.html' with user=user %}
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
-                {% if user.summary %}
                 <div class="content">
+                {% if user.summary %}
                     {{ user.summary | to_markdown | safe | truncatechars_html:40 }}
+                {% else %}&nbsp;{% endif %}
                 </div>
-                {% endif %}
             </div>
             <footer class="card-footer content">
+                {% if user != request.user %}
                 <div class="card-footer-item">
                     <div class="has-text-centered">
-                        <p class="title is-6 mb-0">{{ user.shelfbook_set.count }}</p>
-                        <p class="help">{% trans "books shelved" %}</p>
+                        <p class="title is-6 mb-0">{{ user.mutuals }}</p>
+                        <p class="help">{% trans "followers you follow" %}</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                {% endif %}
                 <div class="card-footer-item">
                     <div class="has-text-centered">
                         <p class="title is-6 mb-0">{{ user.status_set.count|intword }}</p>
@@ -65,3 +151,7 @@
 </div>
 
 {% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+<script src="/static/js/localstorage.js"></script>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/directory.py b/bookwyrm/views/directory.py
index cc21baf2..94137d94 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/directory.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/directory.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """ who all's here? """
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+from django.db.models import Count, Q
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.views import View
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
@@ -19,14 +21,40 @@ class Directory(View):
         except ValueError:
             page = 1
 
+        # filters
+        filters = {}
+        software = request.GET.get("software")
+        if software == "bookwyrm":
+            filters["bookwyrm_user"] = True
+        scope = request.GET.get("scope")
+        if scope == "local":
+            filters["local"] = True
+
         users = models.User.objects.filter(
-            discoverable=True,
-            bookwyrm_user=True,
-            is_active=True,
-        ).order_by("-last_active_date")
+            discoverable=True, is_active=True, **filters
+        ).annotate(
+            mutuals=Count(
+                "following",
+                filter=Q(
+                    ~Q(id=request.user.id), following__in=request.user.following.all()
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        sort = request.GET.get("sort")
+        if sort == "recent":
+            users = users.order_by("-last_active_date")
+        else:
+            users = users.order_by("-mutuals", "-last_active_date")
+
         paginated = Paginator(users, 12)
 
         data = {
             "users": paginated.page(page),
         }
         return TemplateResponse(request, "directory.html", data)
+
+    def post(self, request):
+        """ join the directory """
+        request.user.discoverable = True
+        request.user.save()
+        return redirect("directory")