It seems if either person blocks the other, then those posts and interactions are suddenly hidden from everyone.

I don't quite understand how or why #BlueSky works this way. 🤔

@taoeffect Then they thought deeper about it and decided they want things to work this way for safety, because it hides all those often negative interactions and prevents other people from joining in, reducing toxicity at the cost of hiding content.

A large part of the community loves it and they call it the "nuclear block". I personally hate it, which is why I added this workaround in Skythread, but it is what it is.