What would be great is if, instead of blocking someone who is problematic, I could put a "warning tag" on their account. Then whenever they tooted, the toot would be visibly flagged for me as being from a warning-flagged user.
I could also choose to hide all warning-tagged toots, if I wasn't in the mood for dealing with them.
Even better: people who follow me would see the warning tags as well (popup on toot: "user has been warning-tagged by Woozle Hypertwin [and 27 others you follow]").
@vahnj @noelle
I was thinking of this in two layers; the first layer would be strictly Note To Self, while the second layer allows sharing.
The second layer obviously needs to be checked for abuse possibilities, but my feeling is that it would be a very powerful tool.
We've had the benefit, so far, of early adopter vigor and being a niche community; as it grows, it becomess more worth attacking. Federation provides some defense, but we need more.