diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
index 6b8665dd8f..1dd771ebc8 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
@@ -10,15 +10,49 @@ library.add(
   faTimes
 )
 
-const SettingsModal = {
+const CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER = 1
+
+const UpdateNotification = {
   data () {
     return {
-      pleromaTanVariant: Math.random() > 0.5 ? pleromaTan : pleromaTanFox
+      pleromaTanVariant: Math.random() > 0.5 ? pleromaTan : pleromaTanFox,
+      showingMore: true,
+      contentHeight: 0
     }
   },
   components: {
     Modal
+  },
+  computed: {
+    pleromaTanStyles () {
+      return {
+        'shape-outside': 'url(' + this.pleromaTanVariant + ')'
+      }
+    },
+    shouldShow () {
+      return this.$store.state.serverSideStorage.flagStorage.updateCounter < CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER &&
+        !this.$store.state.serverSideStorage.flagStorage.dontShowUpdateNotifs
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    toggleShow () {
+      this.showingMore = !this.showingMore
+    },
+    neverShowAgain () {
+      this.$store.commit('setFlag', { flag: 'updateCounter', value: CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER })
+      this.$store.commit('setFlag', { flag: 'dontShowUpdateNotifs', value: 1 })
+      this.$store.dispatch('pushServerSideStorage')
+    },
+    dismiss () {
+      this.$store.commit('setFlag', { flag: 'updateCounter', value: CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER })
+      this.$store.dispatch('pushServerSideStorage')
+    }
+  },
+  mounted () {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.contentHeight = this.$refs.content.offsetHeight
+    }, 10)
   }
 }
 
-export default SettingsModal
+export default UpdateNotification
diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
index 5fd9eb9bfe..594f4c6b0e 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 @import 'src/_variables.scss';
+.UpdateNotification {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
 .UpdateNotificationModal {
+  --__top-fringe: 18em; // how much pleroma-tan should stick her head above
+  --__bottom-fringe: 80em; // just reserving as much as we can, number is mostly irrelevant
+  --__right-fringe: 8em;
+
+  font-size: 15px;
   /* Explanation:
    * Modal is positioned vertically centered.
    * 100vh - 100% = Distance between modal's top+bottom boundaries and screen
@@ -8,27 +16,90 @@
    *   bottom of the screen
    * - 50px - leaving tiny amount of space so that titlebar + tiny amount of modal is visible
    */
-  transform: translateY(calc(((100vh - 100%) / 2 + 5%)));
-  max-width: 90vh;
-  width: 30em;
   position: relative;
+  transition: transform;
+  transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
+  transition-duration: 500ms;
+
+  .text {
+    width: 40em;
+    padding-left: 1em;
+  }
 
   @media all and (max-width: 800px) {
     /* For mobile, the modal takes 100% of the available screen.
     This ensures the minimized modal is always 50px above the browser bottom bar regardless of whether or not it is visible.
    */
-    transform: translateY(calc(100% - 50px));
+    width: 100vw;
   }
-  .panel-body > p {
-    width: calc(100% - 10em)
+
+  @media all and (max-height: 600px) {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .content {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--__top-fringe));
+    margin-bottom: calc(-1 * var(--__bottom-fringe));
+    margin-right: calc(-1 * var(--__right-fringe));
+  }
+
+  .panel-body {
+    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
+  }
+
+  .panel-footer {
+    z-index: 22;
+    position: relative;
+    border-width: 0;
+    grid-template-columns: auto;
   }
 
   .pleroma-tan {
-    max-width: 20em;
-    max-height: 40em;
-    position: absolute;
-    right: -5em;
-    top: -10em;
-    z-index: 10;
+    object-fit: cover;
+    object-position: top;
+    transition: position, left, right, top, bottom, max-width, max-height;
+    transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
+    transition-duration: 500ms;
+    width: 25em;
+    float: right;
+    z-index: 20;
+    position: relative;
+    shape-margin: 0.5em;
+  }
+
+  .spacer-top {
+    min-height: var(--__top-fringe);
+  }
+
+  .spacer-bottom {
+    min-height: var(--__bottom-fringe);
+  }
+
+  .extra-info {
+    transition: max-height, padding, height;
+    transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
+    transition-duration: 500ms;
+    max-height: auto;
+    height: auto;
+  }
+
+  &.-peek {
+    transform: translateY(calc(((100vh - 100%) / 2)));
+
+    .pleroma-tan {
+      float: right;
+      z-index: 10;
+      shape-image-threshold: 0.7;
+    }
+
+    .extra-info {
+      max-height: 0;
+      height: 0;
+      display: none;
+      overflow: hidden;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
index e7118d8137..793966eba3 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
@@ -1,36 +1,56 @@
 <template>
   <Modal
-    :is-open="true"
+    :is-open="shouldShow"
     class="UpdateNotification"
-    :class="{ peek: modalPeeked }"
     :no-background="true"
   >
-    <div class="UpdateNotificationModal panel">
+    <div
+      class="UpdateNotificationModal panel"
+      :class="{ '-peek': !showingMore }"
+    >
       <div class="panel-heading">
         <span class="title">
           {{ $t('update.big_update_title') }}
         </span>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-body">
-        <p>
-          {{ $t('update.big_update_content') }}
-        </p>
-        <p>
+        <div class="content" ref="content">
+          <img class="pleroma-tan" :src="pleromaTanVariant" :style="pleromaTanStyles"/>
+          <div class="spacer-top"/>
+          <div class="text">
+            <p>
+                {{ $t('update.big_update_content') }}
+            </p>
+            <p class="extra-info">
+                {{ $t('update.update_bugs') }}
+            </p>
+            <p class="extra-info">
+                {{ $t('update.update_changelog') }}
+            </p>
+            </div>
+            <div class="spacer-bottom"/>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="panel-footer">
         <button
-          class="button-unstyled -link tall-status-hider"
-          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-        >
-          {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
-        </button>
-        {{ ' ' }}
-        <button
-          class="button-unstyled -link tall-status-hider"
-          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
-        >
+          class="button-default"
+          @click.prevent="neverShowAgain"
+          >
           {{ $t("general.never_show_again") }}
         </button>
-          </p>
-        <img class="pleroma-tan" :src="pleromaTanVariant"/>
+        <button
+          class="button-default"
+          @click.prevent="toggleShowMore"
+          v-if="!showingMore"
+          >
+          {{ $t("general.show_more") }}
+        </button>
+        <button
+          class="button-default"
+          @click.prevent="dismiss"
+          >
+          {{ $t("general.dismiss") }}
+        </button>
       </div>
     </div>
   </Modal>
diff --git a/src/lib/persisted_state.js b/src/lib/persisted_state.js
index c73a38ecf7..6d59c59552 100644
--- a/src/lib/persisted_state.js
+++ b/src/lib/persisted_state.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const saveImmedeatelyActions = [
   'markNotificationsAsSeen',
   'clearCurrentUser',
   'setCurrentUser',
+  'setServerSideStorage',
   'setHighlight',
   'setOption',
   'setClientData',
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index eacd554cfd..fc798ed60e 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import usersModule from './modules/users.js'
 import apiModule from './modules/api.js'
 import configModule from './modules/config.js'
 import serverSideConfigModule from './modules/serverSideConfig.js'
+import serverSideStorageModule from './modules/serverSideStorage.js'
 import shoutModule from './modules/shout.js'
 import oauthModule from './modules/oauth.js'
 import authFlowModule from './modules/auth_flow.js'
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ messages.setLanguage(i18n, currentLocale)
 
 const persistedStateOptions = {
   paths: [
+    'serverSideStorage.cache',
     'config',
     'users.lastLoginName',
     'oauth'
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ const persistedStateOptions = {
       api: apiModule,
       config: configModule,
       serverSideConfig: serverSideConfigModule,
+      serverSideStorage: serverSideStorageModule,
       shout: shoutModule,
       oauth: oauthModule,
       authFlow: authFlowModule,
diff --git a/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js b/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ebe17fd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { toRaw } from 'vue'
+
+const VERSION = 1
+const NEW_USER_DATE = new Date('04-08-2022') // date of writing this, basically
+
+const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS = 1000
+const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS_AND_RESET = 1001
+
+const defaultState = {
+  // last timestamp
+  timestamp: 0,
+  // need to update server
+  dirty: false,
+  // storage of flags - stuff that can only be set and incremented
+  flagStorage: {
+    updateCounter: 0, // Counter for most recent update notification seen
+    // TODO move to prefsStorage when that becomes a thing since only way
+    // this can be reset is by complete reset of all flags
+    dontShowUpdateNotifs: 0, // if user chose to not show update notifications ever again
+    reset: 0 // special flag that can be used to force-reset all flags, debug purposes only
+    // special reset codes:
+    // 1000: trim keys to those known by currently running FE
+    // 1001: same as above + reset everything to 0
+  },
+  // raw data
+  raw: null,
+  // local cache
+  cache: null
+}
+
+const newUserFlags = {
+  ...defaultState.flagStorage,
+  updateCounter: 1 // new users don't need to see update notification
+}
+
+const serverSideStorage = {
+  state: {
+    ...defaultState
+  },
+  mutations: {
+    setServerSideStorage (state, userData) {
+      const live = userData.storage
+      const userNew = userData.created_at > NEW_USER_DATE
+      const flagsTemplate = userNew ? newUserFlags : defaultState.defaultState
+      state.raw = live
+      console.log(1111, live._timestamp)
+      let recent = null
+      const cache = state.cache || {}
+      const cacheValid = cache._timestamp > 0 && cache._version > 0
+      const liveValid = live._timestamp > 0 && live._version > 0
+      if (!liveValid) {
+        state.dirty = true
+        console.debug('Nothing valid stored on server, assuming cache to be source of truth')
+        if (cacheValid) {
+          recent = cache
+        } else {
+          console.debug(`Local cache is empty, initializing for ${userNew ? 'new' : 'existing'} user`)
+
+          recent = {
+            _timestamp: Date.now(),
+            _version: VERSION,
+            flagStorage: { ...flagsTemplate }
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (!cacheValid) {
+        console.debug('Valid storage on server found, no local cache found, using live as source of truth')
+        recent = live
+      } else {
+        console.debug('Both sources have valid data, figuring things out...')
+        console.log(live._timestamp, cache._timestamp)
+        if (live._timestamp === cache._timestamp && live._version === cache._version) {
+          console.debug('Same version/timestamp on both source, source of truth irrelevant')
+          recent = cache
+        } else {
+          state.dirty = true
+          console.debug('Different timestamp, figuring out which one is more recent')
+          let stale
+          if (live._timestamp < cache._timestamp) {
+            recent = cache
+            stale = live
+          } else {
+            recent = live
+            stale = cache
+          }
+
+          // Merge the flags
+          console.debug('Merging the flags...')
+          recent.flagStorage = recent.flagStorage || { ...flagsTemplate }
+          stale.flagStorage = stale.flagStorage || { ...flagsTemplate }
+          const allFlags = Array.from(new Set([
+            ...Object.keys(toRaw(recent.flagStorage)),
+            ...Object.keys(toRaw(stale.flagStorage))
+          ]))
+
+          const totalFlags = Object.fromEntries(allFlags.map(flag => {
+            const recentFlag = recent.flagStorage[flag]
+            const staleFlag = stale.flagStorage[flag]
+            // use flag that is of higher value
+            return [flag, recentFlag > staleFlag ? recentFlag : staleFlag]
+          }))
+
+          console.debug('AAA', totalFlags)
+          // flag reset functionality
+          if (totalFlags.reset >= COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS && totalFlags.reset <= COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS_AND_RESET) {
+            console.debug('Received command to trim the flags')
+            const knownKeys = new Set(Object.keys(defaultState.flagStorage))
+            allFlags.forEach(flag => {
+              if (!knownKeys.has(flag)) {
+                delete totalFlags[flag]
+              }
+            })
+            if (totalFlags.reset === COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS_AND_RESET) {
+              // 1001 - and reset everything to 0
+              console.debug('Received command to reset the flags')
+              allFlags.forEach(flag => { totalFlags[flag] = 0 })
+            } else {
+              // reset the reset 0
+              totalFlags.reset = 0
+            }
+          } else if (totalFlags.reset > 0 && totalFlags.reset < 9000) {
+            console.debug('Received command to reset the flags')
+            allFlags.forEach(flag => { totalFlags[flag] = 0 })
+            // for good luck
+            totalFlags.reset = 0
+          }
+          console.log('AAAA', totalFlags)
+          state.cache.flagStorage = totalFlags
+        }
+      }
+      state.cache = recent
+      state.flagStorage = state.cache.flagStorage
+    },
+    setFlag (state, { flag, value }) {
+      state.flagStorage[flag] = value
+      state.dirty = true
+    }
+  },
+  actions: {
+    pushServerSideStorage ({ state, rootState, commit }, { force = false } = {}) {
+      console.log('PUSH')
+      const needPush = state.dirty || force
+      if (!needPush) return
+      state.cache = {
+        _timestamp: Date.now(),
+        _version: VERSION,
+        flagStorage: toRaw(state.flagStorage)
+      }
+      console.log('YES')
+      const params = { pleroma_settings_store: { 'pleroma-fe': state.cache } }
+      rootState.api.backendInteractor
+        .updateProfile({ params })
+        .then((user) => commit('setServerSideStorage', user))
+      state.dirty = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default serverSideStorage
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index 13d4e318e5..b6fb9746a8 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ const users = {
               user.muteIds = []
               user.domainMutes = []
               commit('setCurrentUser', user)
+              commit('setServerSideStorage', user)
               commit('addNewUsers', [user])
 
               store.dispatch('fetchEmoji')
@@ -534,6 +535,7 @@ const users = {
 
               // Set our new backend interactor
               commit('setBackendInteractor', backendInteractorService(accessToken))
+              store.dispatch('pushServerSideStorage')
 
               if (user.token) {
                 store.dispatch('setWsToken', user.token)
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index 7f831ed905..e6a87b63f1 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.bot = data.bot
 
     if (data.pleroma) {
+      if (data.pleroma.settings_store) {
+        output.storage = data.pleroma.settings_store['pleroma-fe']
+      }
       const relationship = data.pleroma.relationship
 
       output.background_image = data.pleroma.background_image