My son asked me for a similar thing today. He was pointing out that it is inconvenient to have to go to someone's profile in order to access their stuff or send them acorns or what-have-you.
But my logic for him was that if we add links all over the place, then things start to get cluttered.
Making it so that you can be certain that ALL options are available on the profile page for the member, then you get accustomed to just clicking their name and you have full access to all their stuff.