I know I'm a little slow, but at this point it seems like pretty much every author has some sort of online presence. That's something we can all use to support them in a way that just wasn't possible when they only sold their stuff through Japanese conventions and Japanese physical stores. It seems like the least I could do is make an effort to include links to their Pixiv/Fanbox/whatever.
I'm going to try and do that as much as I can in the future, and hopefully they see a positive impact from the English reading community.
@mish2001, absolutely there are people who are that dumb. There are plenty of idiots who will blindly side with the liar if they like them more than you without ever rationally considering the facts. I personally experienced people throwing me under the bus this way after someone lied about me without them ever considering whether what they were told about me was actually the truth or not.