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Duplicate “Follow” Button Text in User Profile Hover Card

Art light on February 12, 2026

Description: While navigating the Dev.to feed, I noticed a UI inconsistency: the Follow button in the user profile hover card displays d...
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EmberNoGlow

I don't have this problem on:

  • Win10
  • Brave v1.85.120, 64-bit
  • Dark Reader extension

Is it possible that this is a specific issue with the version of Chrome?

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Art light

Good Question.
I also sometimes get this problem, I am not sure, but anyway this is bug🤣.

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Aryan Choudhary

That's true, I think I've seen it too once or twice but I think I ignored it lol. My best guess is that it might be a bug on certain configurations.

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Art light

Yes.
So I have sent it to support team.

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Ned C

Good catch. I've been noticing this too - the hover card seems to render the button text twice. Probably a Preact hydration issue where the server-rendered label and the client-side component both inject the text.

Nice bug report format by the way. Clear steps to reproduce, expected vs actual, and a screenshot. More bug reports should look like this.

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Art light

That’s a sharp observation — you explained the hydration issue really clearly, and that kind of root-cause thinking is impressive. And thank you for the kind words about the bug report format — I’m glad it was clear and structured well!

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Ned C

Thanks! Hydration mismatches are one of those things you start seeing everywhere once you know what to look for. Your bug report made it easy to pinpoint since you laid out the exact DOM structure. That kind of detail saves maintainers a lot of time.

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Art light

Appreciate that — I’ve learned that the fastest way to solve hydration issues is to make the DOM differences undeniable. If we can make the server and client output explicit, the root cause usually reveals itself quickly.

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Lucas Augusto Kepler

Nice bug catch man, and really good description

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Art light

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that! 🙌 I’m glad the description was clear — I’ve been trying to be more thorough so the team can move faster and fix things smoothly.