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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2022 02:31:38 JST FediTips has moved!

   If you see a padlock icon ? next to someone's name on Mastodon, this means they've got follow requests switched on.

   When you try to follow such an account, a follow request will be sent to the account owner who will have to manually approve your follow.

   To cancel a follow request, press the follow button again (it will have turned into a "Cancel follow request" button when the request was made).

   You can switch this feature on for your own account by going to Edit Profile > Require Follow Requests, tick the box and click "Save Changes". (To switch it off, untick and save.)

   People do this to restrict who can follow them, sometimes just to weed out spammers but sometimes because they only want certain kinds of accounts following them.

   If someone has specific requirements for their followers, they'll usually state them in their profile biog text. It's worth reading this before sending a follow request.

   #Mastodon #Profiles #Following

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2022 02:48:02 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • your friend Christian ?

     @Potassium

     Oh no, sorry :blobsad:

     I'm wondering if there's a federation issue? Your profile is blank when I view it within mstdn.social.

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     your friend Christian ? (potassium@lost-in-outer.space)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2022 02:48:19 JST your friend Christian ?

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     @feditips
     Even though I’ve had follow requests turned on for my account for years, I’m still surprised by how few people actually read my profile before sending me a follow request ?

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     your friend Christian ? (potassium@lost-in-outer.space)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2022 03:33:00 JST your friend Christian ?

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     • Nordnick :verified:

     @nick @feditips
     Yes, I’ve just made a new account because my Mastodon home for the past 4+ years (https://cybre.space) will be shutting down soon. That is what I’m talking about.

     (You can also tell I’m using a new account because I have “NEW ACCOUNT” in my name LOL)

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     Nordnick :verified: (nick@norden.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2022 03:33:01 JST Nordnick :verified:

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     • your friend Christian ?

     @feditips @Potassium
     From within norden.social it shows content. But it seems to be a New account... as of September 2022.