Ability to connect/add/follow others?

I am not sure if this request has been raised before (I cannot imagine it has not been), but would you please consider adding a 'follow' or 'favorite' feature which we could use to follow favorite reviewers?  Yes, I know that we are able to bookmark their profiles, but it would be nice if they knew they were followed.  While we're at it, perhaps a "hide" button for those we are not very interested in seeing (ahem ... prolific reviewers who never rate anything higher than a 3; those who use "woke" and "wokeism" ad-nauseum)?  I think these would be great features!  Not as far as reopening the comments section, but a way to connect.