@frayoshi Oh! Yes, sorry for skipping that scenario, but yes, people with a strict follow policy can be followed that way too. Then you just subscribe to them to see their public-only toots.
It's a Qoto-specific feature, by the way. :) Check our About page to see what extra features Qoto has to offer.
hmm... i was thinking more about when people enable the option to 'accept' follow requests @trinsec and they don't because, who know.. they only want specific people, but they don't necessarily want to block you