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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 03:40:05 JST FediTips has moved!

   Have you tried following someone and it says "pending"?

   In theory this is meant to only happen when someone has manual follower approval switched on. If they have it switched on, there will be a padlock ? next to their name on their profile.

   However, "pending" may also happen if servers are overwhelmed and your request is in a long queue, or there is some kind of technical fault.

   Don't assume someone is rejecting your follow if you see "pending". They might not even know it is happening.

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     David Harlan (davidmharlan@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 03:42:23 JST David Harlan

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     @feditips

     a lot of times I see one that's said pending for a while, I withdraw the follow request and follow again, and it's immediately accepted. This mostly happened with follows I made around the huge waves of #TwitterMigration

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     Travler (travler@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 03:49:02 JST Travler

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     @feditips

     Saw that on Twitter

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     RachelA (ralsakkaf@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 04:22:15 JST RachelA

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     @feditips good to know

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     Rhonda Reger (rhondareger@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 12:59:42 JST Rhonda Reger

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     @feditips thanks for posting this info. I am new here and still trying to figure everything out.

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     Normal Guy Voted For Harris (normalguy@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 14:47:33 JST Normal Guy Voted For Harris

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     @feditips Thanks for the tips.