diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/link-store.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/link-store.hoon
index 44acf5f2af..34dc93e2ea 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/link-store.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/link-store.hoon
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@
 ::
 ::  scry-only paths:
 ::
+::
+::      (map path (set url))
+::    /unseen                               the ones we haven't seen yet
+::
 ::      (set url)
-::    /seen//some-path                      the ones we've seen here
+::    /unseen/some-path                     the ones we haven't seen here yet
 ::
 ::      ?
 ::    /seen/wood-url/some-path              have we seen this here
@@ -153,10 +157,13 @@
       ``noun+!>((get-discussions:do t.t.path))
     ::
         [%x %seen @ ^]
-      ``noun+!>((is-seen t.t.path))
+      ``noun+!>((is-seen:do t.t.path))
     ::
-        [%x %unseen *]
-      ``noun+!>((get-unseen t.t.path))
+        [%x %unseen ~]
+      ``noun+!>(get-all-unseen:do)
+    ::
+        [%x %unseen ^]
+      ``noun+!>((get-unseen:do t.t.path))
     ==
   ::
   ++  on-watch
@@ -235,12 +242,16 @@
   =.  by-group  (~(put by by-group) path links)
   ::  do generic submission logic
   ::
-  =^  cards  state
+  =^  submission-cards  state
     (hear-submission path [our.bowl page])
+  ::  mark page as seen (because we submitted it ourselves)
+  ::
+  =^  seen-cards  state
+    (seen-submission path `url)
   ::  send updates to subscribers
   ::
   :_  state
-  :_  cards
+  :_  (weld submission-cards seen-cards)
   :+  %give  %fact
   :+  :~  /local-pages
           [%local-pages path]
@@ -378,6 +389,12 @@
   %+  ~(put by *(map ^path submissions))  path
   submissions:(~(gut by by-group) path *links)
 ::
+++  get-all-unseen
+  ^-  (jug path url)
+  %-  ~(rut by by-group)
+  |=  [=path *]
+  (get-unseen path)
+::
 ++  get-unseen
   |=  =path
   ^-  (set url)
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/link-view.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/link-view.hoon
index eee487ea38..87814a424b 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/link-view.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/link-view.hoon
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         [%pass /discussions %agent [our.bowl %link-store] %watch /discussions]
         [%pass /seen %agent [our.bowl %link-store] %watch /seen]
       ::
-        =+  [%link-server-hook /tile '/~link/js/tile.js']
+        =+  [dap.bowl /tile '/~link/js/tile.js']
         [%pass /launch %agent [our.bowl %launch] %poke %launch-action !>(-)]
     ==
   ::
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
             ?=([%json %seen ~] path)
         ==
       [~ this]
+    ?:  ?=([%tile ~] path)
+      :_  this
+      ~[give-tile-data:do]
     ?.  ?=([%json @ @ *] path)
       (on-watch:def path)
     =/  p=@ud  (slav %ud i.t.path)
     ?+  t.t.path  (on-watch:def path)
-        [%tile ~]
-      [~ this]
-    ::
         [%submissions ~]
       :_  this
       (give-initial-submissions:do p ~)
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@
       =*  vase  q.cage.sign
       ?+  mark  (on-agent:def wire sign)
         %link-initial  [~ this]
-        %link-update   [~[(send-update:do !<(update vase))] this]
+      ::
+          %link-update
+        :_  this
+        :-  (send-update:do !<(update vase))
+        ?:  =(/discussions wire)  ~
+        ~[give-tile-data:do]
       ==
     ==
   ::
@@ -216,6 +221,23 @@
   |=  =action
   ^-  card
   [%pass /action %agent [our.bowl %link-store] %poke %link-action !>(action)]
+::  +give-tile-data: total unread count as json object
+::
+::NOTE  the full recalc of totals here probably isn't the end of the world.
+::      but in case it is, well, here it is.
+::
+++  give-tile-data
+  ^-  card
+  =;  =json
+    [%give %fact ~[/tile] %json !>(json)]
+  %+  frond:enjs:format  'unseen'
+  %-  numb:enjs:format
+  %-  %~  rep  in
+      (scry-for (jug path url) /unseen)
+  |=  [[=path unseen=(set url)] total=@ud]
+  %+  add  total
+  ~(wyt in unseen)
+::
 ::  +give-initial-submissions: page of submissions on path
 ::
 ::    for the / path, give page for every path
diff --git a/pkg/interface/link/tile/tile.js b/pkg/interface/link/tile/tile.js
index 5a486b6113..141b78b29b 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/link/tile/tile.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/link/tile/tile.js
@@ -6,7 +6,20 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 export default class LinkTile extends Component {
 
   render() {
-    const { props } = this;
+    const unseenCount = this.props.data.unseen || 0;
+
+    let displayUnseen = unseenCount <= 0
+      ? null
+      : <p
+          className="absolute green2"
+          style={{
+            bottom: 6,
+            fontWeight: 400,
+            fontSize: 12,
+            lineHeight: "20px"
+          }}>
+          {unseenCount > 99 ? "99+" : unseenCount}
+        </p>;
 
     return (
       <div className="w-100 h-100 relative ba b--black bg-white">
@@ -23,6 +36,7 @@ export default class LinkTile extends Component {
             width={48}
             height={48}
           />
+          {displayUnseen}
         </a>
       </div>
     );
@@ -30,4 +44,4 @@ export default class LinkTile extends Component {
 
 }
 
-window['link-server-hookTile'] = LinkTile;
+window['link-viewTile'] = LinkTile;