Xie Lian's Big Naturals@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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