Lauren WeinsteinSo it seems like there's a pretty clear enhancement needed to the #Mastodon blocking paradigm. When a remote user (or the instance a remote user is on) is blocked system-wide by a local admin, any users on that local system who currently follow that now blocked user (or any other users on a now blocked instance), should be *notified* of this action, so they can determine if they wish to stay on that local instance given the policy decision of its admin. If they aren't informed, they cannot make informed decisions, and may simply assume remote users that they follow have stopped posting.
C.I sense a need for a #tool.
It should retrieve a list of the people you follow, and then check their origin instances for their latest post. If it doesn't show up (within a reasonable period of time) in your feed, you've detected silent blockage.
I wrote a small client using the #Mastodon API for posting my epic-length threads; most of this is easy. I don't remember seeing anything in the #API to find "messages in my feed from user X", but I wasn't looking for that either.