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   Xie Lian's Big Naturals (xieliansbignaturals@blorbo.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 13:09:35 JST Xie Lian's Big Naturals

   • Hamykia

   @Hamykia There's also the option of *hashtagging* the author's name! That way, the author can follow the hashtag if they want (and get the posts in their feed), or they can block it if they want. It's not perfect because of how federation works, and I'm sure many people don't scroll through their entire feeds, but I thought it was a cool option when I first saw it explained.

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 13:09:34 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     • Hamykia

     @xieliansbignaturals
     @Hamykia
     Oh I just assumed that the poll meant hashtagging. I always hashtag authors in my recs. That way they can follow the hashtag if they want, but otherwise not. Also it's good for tracking recs of non-fediverse authors

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     Hamykia (hamykia@gaypirates.club)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:54:35 JST Hamykia

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     • Chicken :cqlgusu:

     @lookitmychicken @xieliansbignaturals also a good point. I keep finding fanfic authors on Mastodon that I didn't know were here.

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 04:59:53 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     • Hamykia

     @Hamykia
     @xieliansbignaturals
     It's a struggle to find fic authors' fediverse accounts, if you're not already following them.

     When reccing on Twitter, I used to search for the fic URL, and that would usually turn up the author's promo post, if they had one. Then I'd quote-tweet their promo with my rec.

     Here, I can't quote-post or search for URLs, so I've mostly given up on trying to find author promos. Hashtagging the author name is not a perfect solution, but it's grown on me over time.