Blocked users should be excluded from the followers list of user profiles
Release notes
Problem to solve
A few years ago, I was being harassed by an individual outside of GitLab, that then went on to create a GitLab account to continue that harassment. This user followed me on GitLab at the time, and has since had their profile blocked/banned by the admins after I reported the user.
However, blocked users don't unfollow the users they had followed while the account was still active, so my followers page still shows the individual that was harassing me along with their username at the time. (Feel free to review my profile.)
See: https://gitlab.com/users/SethFalco/followers
Proposal
Blocked users should be hidden from the followers/following list, and excluded in the total count of followers a profile has.
They should appear again when or if the account is unblocked.
Intended users
I don't think there is any need to track metrics for this behavior.
Does this feature require an audit event?
I don't believe so.