I thought about this because I slowly understood your idea wasn't about the authors themselves, but you, as a reader, who wants to make sure they know you've read them. As not someone who curates, but someone who's a fan of their content.
Although I'm not making a dpoll out of it (you can!), I'll suggest this in the ecency discord.
Great, felipejoys 😃
But I can't make a dpoll because it's your idea :)