This (accidental, temporary) blocking also hit me. It even cut me off from my spouse! (Fortunately, she's right across the breakfast table.)
Is there any way to reconnect (or even enumerate) these severed connections? Nobody on either end was notified.
@trinsec @freemo @stux
QT: https://qoto.org/@trinsec/110264801634018839
Qoto has a little workaround where you can 'keep' those connections from your end. Follow _and_ subscribe to them. If there's a brief (accidental) suspension, you're still seeing them via subscription. They won't be following you anymore, of course. But at least you could see who you're not following anymore (as the follow icon won't be colored).
I'm contemplating doing that to all I follow. :P You won't be seeing stuff double or anything that I've seen.
@peterdrake you could script it using Mastodon.py. First you’ll need an instance of the Mastodon class set up with your credentials - mine is called qoto in the below snippet. Then loop over your followers, get each’s id, and call the following internal function (since Mastodon.py doesn’t know about QOTO’s nonstandard subscribe feature):
qoto._Mastodon__api_request('POST', f'/api/v1/accounts/{id}/subscribe').@peterdrake I did it manually. But the way I did it was going to my profile, click on 'Following', and then just click on the subscribe buttons of everyone in that list down there (except those on Qoto, I skip those as that's not necessary, unless Freemo manages to fuck up something royally with this codebase. :D)
@peterdrake @trinsec @freemo @stux The only thing you can do to really is make sure to join an instance that does its best to not perform unnecessary instance blocks. That's the #1 thing I look for in new instances.
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In this case it was a foreign instance that blocked us accidentally.
@freemo @peterdrake @trinsec @stux Instances that rarely block tend also not to block other instances accidentally
@realcaseyrollins @peterdrake @trinsec @stux
Yes but the issue isnt that QOTO accidentally blocked someone.. the issue was someone accidentally blocked us. So even though QOTO doesnt block at all it is still an issue for us.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com @peterdrake @trinsec Yup.. it creates a lot of mess.. 
Working on the solution to not let it happen again 
QOTO is a STEM-exclusive instance. Its common for people to be on here and separate from their friends or family on other instances.
@peterdrake
Sadly no, as you've noticed even accidental suspensions cause harm to the users of both instances.
@trinsec @stux