conor.A great thing about Mastodon is that unfollowing and even blocking other users is considered a normal, day-to-day action, rather than a "last resort" as it was on the Birdsite. It's taking me some getting used to but I certainly feel more free to do it here. This is only a website, it's more that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. Mental well-being is way more important.
bazzargh@conor a friend blocked someone harassing a person he followed. Next thing, sealions from the harasser's server start hassling my friend for the block! But he'd never spoken to any of them... Mastodon notifies the other server when you block individuals, which is _not great_ if that whole server is a hive of scum and villainy and their admins are complicit in harassment. I prefer to mute individuals, or block servers.
trendless@trendless @conor I linked in the thread to the code that sends the notification to the other server. It is trivial for the admin to monkeypatch the handler on the receiving side or even just share logs, and would explain how multiple users from that server became aware of this block (when there had been no conversation involving the blocker).