whyblocked reminds you why you blocked someone. It is developed with Mastodon in mind, but can be used for other contexts, of course.

It has a text interface and uses a SQLite-database.

Usage

Example

$ whyblocked
This is whyblocked 0.4.1.
Type add, remove, view or details. Or just the first letter.
Type quit or q to quit the program.
: add
User or instance: @tastytea@soc.ialis.me
Blocked(b) or silenced(s): b
Reason: Too nice
@tastytea@soc.ialis.me added.
Add receipt? [y/n] y
URL: https://tastytea.de/
Receipt added.
Add receipt? [y/n] n
: view
 Blocked: @tastytea@soc.ialis.me because: Too nice
: details
User or instance: @tastytea@soc.ialis.me
@tastytea@soc.ialis.me is blocked, because: Too nice
Receipts:
  https://tastytea.de/
: remove
User or instance: @tastytea@soc.ialis.me
@tastytea@soc.ialis.me removed.
: view
: details
User or instance: @tastytea@soc.ialis.me
@tastytea@soc.ialis.me is not in the database.
: quit

Install

Dependencies

• C++ compiler (tested: gcc 6/7/8)
• cmake (at least 3.7)
• vsqlite++ (tested: 0.3.13)
• libxdg-basedir (tested: 1.2)

Compile

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install