snac has a new feature to mark accounts as "cool", which will notify you when they post(which I guess is like post notifications on Mastodon?) I'm going to incorporate it into my notify webhook script somehow.

I don't know how hackable the Mastodon source is, but someone smarter than me could probably make their own algorithm for snac that does what they want. Probably some way to put certain users' new posts at the top of your timeline when you log in.