I think it's reasonable that you shouldn't be able to shout-out to someone that isn't following you. Also, I don't think you should be able to shout out to anyone until you've received a full hub-wheel. Good suggestions. It's not much of an issue now, but it definitely could be, easily.I just realized that ignoring and muting doesn't alter shoutouts. I suppose both should probably prevent them.
-Yes.
reposting this in public because it's worth saying as i suggested here, i would like to permit shout-outs from any account i've previously intentionally interacted with. that could be as minimal as me sharing one of their posts or replying to a comment by them. i believe it should not include them sharing or replying to one of my posts, because that's easy to do for them and involuntary for me.i think restricting shout-outs only to people that you follow is a bit extreme. there are a lot of people who i don't follow that i want to see shout-outs from.
Good point, I guess it would make sense if you had the ability to chose whether or not people that you don't follow can shout-out to you.