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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.

Show threadDavid HarlanDec 4, 2022

@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

Show threadkatherine montaltoDec 4, 2022
@DavidMHarlan @feditips yes I recently had this happen to me too with someone who moved instances
Show threadDavid HarlanDec 4, 2022

@katherine_montalto @feditips

and that's one of the problems I have with those Twitter friend finders, is you get a lot of false positives of people you're already following, but it finds their old accounts after they've moved instances.

Show threadkatherine montalto
@DavidMHarlan @feditips I think in this case the person posted on their old instance that they were leaving and going to this new instance, with link and I followed even tho they probably brought me over from their other instance follow list. that's my guess
Dec 4, 2022 at 7:35pmWeb
Show threadDavid HarlanDec 4, 2022
@katherine_montalto @feditips