diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/application/ponder/feed.css' => 'e62615b6',
     'rsrc/css/application/ponder/post.css' => 'ebab8a70',
     'rsrc/css/application/ponder/vote.css' => '8ed6ed8b',
-    'rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css' => 'b4896815',
+    'rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css' => 'd8cb982b',
     'rsrc/css/application/projects/project-icon.css' => 'c2ecb7f1',
     'rsrc/css/application/releeph/releeph-core.css' => '9b3c5733',
     'rsrc/css/application/releeph/releeph-preview-branch.css' => 'b7a6f4a5',
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
     'phabricator-object-selector-css' => '029a133d',
     'phabricator-phtize' => 'd254d646',
     'phabricator-prefab' => '72da38cc',
-    'phabricator-profile-css' => 'b4896815',
+    'phabricator-profile-css' => 'd8cb982b',
     'phabricator-remarkup-css' => 'e8e5a324',
     'phabricator-search-results-css' => 'f240504c',
     'phabricator-shaped-request' => '7cbe244b',
diff --git a/src/applications/feed/builder/PhabricatorFeedBuilder.php b/src/applications/feed/builder/PhabricatorFeedBuilder.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/builder/PhabricatorFeedBuilder.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/builder/PhabricatorFeedBuilder.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   private $stories;
   private $framed;
   private $hovercards = false;
+  private $noDataString;
 
   public function __construct(array $stories) {
     assert_instances_of($stories, 'PhabricatorFeedStory');
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function setNoDataString($string) {
+    $this->noDataString = $string;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
   public function buildView() {
     if (!$this->user) {
       throw new Exception('Call setUser() before buildView()!');
@@ -76,6 +82,20 @@
       $null_view->appendChild($view);
     }
 
+    if (empty($stories)) {
+      $nodatastring = pht('No Stories.');
+      if ($this->noDataString) {
+        $nodatastring = $this->noDataString;
+      }
+
+      $view = id(new PHUIErrorView())
+        ->setSeverity(PHUIErrorView::SEVERITY_NODATA)
+        ->appendChild($nodatastring);
+      $null_view->appendChild($view);
+    }
+
+
+
     return id(new AphrontNullView())
       ->appendChild($null_view->render());
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleFeedController.php b/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleFeedController.php
--- a/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleFeedController.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleFeedController.php
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     $builder = new PhabricatorFeedBuilder($stories);
     $builder->setUser($viewer);
     $builder->setShowHovercards(true);
+    $builder->setNoDataString(pht('To begin on such a grand journey, '.
+      'requires but just a single step.'));
     $view = $builder->buildView();
 
     $feed = phutil_tag_div(
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/profile/profile-view.css
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   max-width: 640px;
 }
 
+.phabricator-project-feed .phui-error-view {
+  margin: 12px 0;
+}
+
 .device-phone .phabricator-project-feed {
   padding: 0 12px;
   width: auto;