diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.stories.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc3f23b2179
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+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react-vite';
+
+import { accountFactory, accountFactoryState } from '@/testing/factories';
+
+import { HoverCardAccount } from './hover_card_account';
+
+const meta = {
+  title: 'Components/HoverCardAccount',
+  component: HoverCardAccount,
+  argTypes: {
+    accountId: {
+      type: 'string',
+      description: 'ID of the account to display in the hover card',
+    },
+  },
+  args: {
+    accountId: '1',
+  },
+  decorators: [
+    (Story) => (
+      <div style={{ padding: '20px', backgroundColor: '#f5f5f5', minHeight: '300px' }}>
+        <p style={{ marginBottom: '20px', color: '#666' }}>
+          Hover card examples - demonstrating Issue #35623 fix for moved accounts
+        </p>
+        <Story />
+      </div>
+    ),
+  ],
+} satisfies Meta<typeof HoverCardAccount>;
+
+export default meta;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+// Mock data for different account states
+const regularAccount = accountFactoryState({
+  id: '1',
+  username: 'alice',
+  acct: 'alice@mastodon.social',
+  display_name: 'Alice Johnson',
+  note: 'Frontend developer who loves building amazing user interfaces. Coffee enthusiast ☕',
+  followers_count: 1250,
+  following_count: 342,
+  statuses_count: 1840,
+  avatar: 'https://picsum.photos/200/200?random=1',
+  header: 'https://picsum.photos/600/200?random=1',
+  fields: [
+    { name: 'Website', value: 'https://alice.dev', verified_at: null },
+    { name: 'Location', value: 'San Francisco, CA', verified_at: null },
+  ],
+});
+
+const movedAccount = accountFactoryState({
+  id: '2',
+  username: 'bob_old',
+  acct: 'bob_old@mastodon.social', 
+  display_name: 'Bob Smith (Moved)',
+  note: 'I have moved to a new account. Please follow me there!',
+  followers_count: 890,
+  following_count: 156,
+  statuses_count: 420,
+  avatar: 'https://picsum.photos/200/200?random=2',
+  header: 'https://picsum.photos/600/200?random=2',
+  moved: accountFactory({
+    id: '3',
+    username: 'bob_new',
+    acct: 'bob_new@social.example',
+    display_name: 'Bob Smith',
+    followers_count: 950,
+    following_count: 180,
+    statuses_count: 45,
+    avatar: 'https://picsum.photos/200/200?random=3',
+    header: 'https://picsum.photos/600/200?random=3',
+  }),
+});
+
+const newAccount = accountFactoryState({
+  id: '3',
+  username: 'bob_new',
+  acct: 'bob_new@social.example',
+  display_name: 'Bob Smith',
+  note: 'This is my new account! Thanks for following me here.',
+  followers_count: 950,
+  following_count: 180,
+  statuses_count: 45,
+  avatar: 'https://picsum.photos/200/200?random=3',
+  header: 'https://picsum.photos/600/200?random=3',
+});
+
+export const RegularAccount: Story = {
+  args: {
+    accountId: '1',
+  },
+  parameters: {
+    state: {
+      accounts: ImmutableMap({
+        '1': regularAccount,
+      }),
+      relationships: ImmutableMap(),
+      meta: ImmutableMap({
+        locale: 'en',
+        emoji_style: 'unicode',
+      }),
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export const MovedAccount: Story = {
+  args: {
+    accountId: '2',
+  },
+  parameters: {
+    state: {
+      accounts: ImmutableMap({
+        '2': movedAccount,
+        '3': newAccount,
+      }),
+      relationships: ImmutableMap(),
+      meta: ImmutableMap({
+        locale: 'en',
+        emoji_style: 'unicode',
+      }),
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export const LoadingState: Story = {
+  args: {
+    accountId: '999',
+  },
+  parameters: {
+    state: {
+      accounts: ImmutableMap(),
+      relationships: ImmutableMap(),
+      meta: ImmutableMap({
+        locale: 'en',
+        emoji_style: 'unicode',
+      }),
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.tsx
index 67004b59c0d..a01907ec8af 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/hover_card_account.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export const HoverCardAccount = forwardRef<
   const account = useAppSelector((state) =>
     accountId ? state.accounts.get(accountId) : undefined,
   );
+  // Get the moved account data if this account has moved
+  // This allows us to show proper follow button for the new account
+  const movedAccount = useAppSelector((state) =>
+    account?.moved ? state.accounts.get(account.moved) : undefined,
+  );
   const suspended = account?.suspended;
   const hidden = useAppSelector((state) =>
     accountId ? getAccountHidden(state, accountId) : undefined,
@@ -99,18 +104,26 @@ export const HoverCardAccount = forwardRef<
               )}
             </div>
           ) : account.moved ? (
+            // Issue #35623: Show moved account notice instead of regular content
+            // This prevents following the old account and provides a link + follow button for the new account
             <div className='hover-card__moved-notice'>
               <FormattedMessage
                 id='account.moved_to_short'
                 defaultMessage='This account has moved to {acct}'
                 values={{
-                  acct: (
-                    <Link to={`/@${account.moved.acct}`}>
-                      <strong>@{account.moved.acct}</strong>
+                  acct: movedAccount ? (
+                    <Link to={`/@${movedAccount.acct}`}>
+                      <strong>@{movedAccount.acct}</strong>
                     </Link>
+                  ) : (
+                    <strong>@{account.moved}</strong>
                   ),
                 }}
               />
+              {/* Follow button that follows the NEW account, not the old one */}
+              {movedAccount && (
+                <FollowButton accountId={movedAccount.id} compact />
+              )}
             </div>
           ) : (
             <>
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 2b66da007e1..f1a137bb5ba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -11031,6 +11031,9 @@ noscript {
     text-align: center;
     font-weight: 500;
     color: $secondary-text-color;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 12px;
 
     a {
       color: inherit;