It legit kinda sucks that, right after I move on here, some drama happens, and now I can't talk to some of my friends because an admin decided that their server and community shouldn't talk with this one.

I'd normally just sigh and shrug it off, but some of my friends on the other side are people who built part of the existing network and its protocols.
@deadsuperhero I thought you could manually follow people regardless? I am still working out the "levels" of blocking TBH.
@hamishtpb So, there's "Silence", and "Suspend". The first just kinda stops stuff from showing up in timelines, except people you follow still show up in your Home timeline.

Suspend basically blocks everything from reaching the recipient.
@deadsuperhero Simple as that, huh? I will check my list but I think everything I blocked so far is for pretty legit reasons (mostly hate and sharing illegal material). I pretty much trust the big blocklists but I will keep an eye in case people are missing out on something. Not that I have a lot of users at the moment anyway 🤓