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I had the exact same problem. I solved it by redirecting users to their profile page upon login by adding the code below (which I found here: http://buddydev.com/buddypress/buddypress-trick-redirect-users-to-their-profile-on-login/) to functions.php

/*let us filter where to redirect */
 
add_filter("login_redirect","bpdev_redirect_to_profile",10,3);
 
function bpdev_redirect_to_profile($redirect_to_calculated,$redirect_url_specified,$user)
{
if(empty($redirect_to_calculated))
$redirect_to_calculated=admin_url();
 
/*if the user is not site admin,redirect to his/her profile*/
if(!is_site_admin($user->user_login))
return bp_core_get_user_domain($user->ID );
else
return $redirect_to_calculated; /*if site admin or not logged in,do not do anything much*/
 
}