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@feditips

When I look at some profiles, I see no Follow button at all. Why is that?

@Leisureguy

Is this in search results or on the actual profile page?

Sometimes the follow buttons are missing on the search results (I assume due to a bug) but when you click on the profile it will show the follow button there.

@feditips

It is the actual profile page. — oh, this is odd: I was going to do a screengrab and show you an example, but the profiles that lacked the follow button yesterday now have it back.

Maybe it was just a transient glitch.

FediTips has moved!

@Leisureguy

Just out of interest, what do you use to view your account? The website? A mobile app? A desktop app?

@feditips I use the Advanced Web Interface in my browser (Vivaldi) on my notebook computer (Macbook Air M1). The browser and macOS are current version.

@Leisureguy

Okay... sounds like a transient glitch then. Hopefully never comes back, but if it does, would be interesting to hear!

By the way, if it does come back can you check if it happens in the non-advanced interface? I'm wondering if this is an advanced-only bug.