Closes academicpages#1999

Author: rjzupkoii

assets/js/_main.js

@@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   $(".sticky").Stickyfill();
 
   var stickySideBar = function(){
-    var show = $(".author__urls-wrapper button").length === 0 ? $(window).width() > 1024 : !$(".author__urls-wrapper button").is(":visible");
+    const MINIMUM_WIDTH = 1024;
+
+    // Adjust if the follow button is shown based upon screen size
+    var width = $(window).width();
+    var show = $(".author__urls-wrapper button").length === 0 ? width > MINIMUM_WIDTH : !$(".author__urls-wrapper button").is(":visible");
+
+    // Don't show the follow button if there is no content for it
+    var count = $('.author__urls.social-icons li').length - $('li[class="author__desktop"]').length;
+    if (width <= MINIMUM_WIDTH && count === 0) {
+      $(".author__urls-wrapper button").hide();
+      show = false;
+    }
+
     if (show) {
       // fix
       Stickyfill.rebuild();