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The official Mastodon apps still do not indicate if an account has transferred to a new server. (The website, web app and third party apps do indicate this correctly.)

This means people using Mastodon through the official apps may attempt to follow the old accounts and just get an error message, without knowing why.

If you're comfortable using Github, you can vote for this to be fixed by giving thumbs up at these issues:

Android App
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/415

iOS App
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/517

Moved Accounts · Issue #415 · mastodon/mastodon-android

Moved Accounts seem to be searchable without the domain and also show up as a normal account. I think a new page should show up, telling the user what that means, and giving a stay here or go to ne...

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Jun 15, 2024 at 12:51pmWeb
Show threadNessie ArtemisJun 15, 2024
@FediTips The web app oddly enough has more features than official Mastodon app.
Show threadFedi.TipsJun 15, 2024

@squarenessie

It's because the web app has been around since 2016. The third party apps have been around for many years too. They're mature and full of features.

The official app store apps were only introduced in 2022 and are still missing lots of features. They were mainly released as new people were so used to Twitter, Facebook etc being so oriented around official app store apps, and assumed that was the only way to sign up.

Show threadStarbeamrainbowlabsJun 15, 2024

@FediTips I use @Tusky which I don't *think* has the same issue? Though I haven't tried it.

Either way, at first glance it sounds like a relatively easy fix - perhaps a good issue if you're a potential new contributor to open source looking for a place to start?

Show threadSalvo MiccichéJun 15, 2024
@FediTips done!