𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨.
Get on your Mastodon account. Search for the account (example: @Teri_Kanefield). When the search result shows up, click on it.
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Follow the account, if you don't already; this only works with followed accounts. Immediately to the right of the Follow/Unfollow button should be a bell like symbol. If you hover over the bell with your mouse cursor, you should get a text bubble that says "Notify me when @Teri_Kanefield posts". Click this bell ONCE.
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It will make a very subtle change in color on most instances, easy to miss. If you want to check if you did it right, hover over it a again (careful not to click) and you should get a text bubble that says "Stop notifying me when @Teri_Kanefield posts".
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Sadly, text bubbles are not captured in screen shots.
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