the users name works like a link already. example it says hugs from and then a list of names. just click on the persons name in that list and it brings you to their profile automatically. the same with posts. look to the left of a post and you see who wrote the post. click on their name and it automatically takes you to their profile.

the only time the name doesnt act like a link is if you are not logged in. you can read posts even when you are not logged in but in order to reply or see profiles you have to log in.

you can see who is hugging you by looking under the posts you have wrote.

I personally dont search my profile for hugs. it already lists how many hugs and thanks I have. I do though click on statistics and find all posts I have wrote so that I can go through the ones I posted before, to check to make sure Im not missing someones reply to me. in that process of rereading my own posts I can see who has hugged me because their name appears under the post where it says hugged by or thanked by. I personally dont see any reason to clutter up my profile with a bunch of names inside the how many people thanked or hugged me statistics when I can see that information under any posts I write. to me it means more to see the hugs and thanks under posts because it tells me who found that particular post helpful to them, or that someone has actually read that post..