Basically means that for now I'd better not mess with blacklists? @blocktrades got back to me it. All's good. But, back to the question, once my follow list is restored, should I avoid blacklisting for the time being? TIA

Edit: Just to be clear, I wasn't doing anything with anyone else's custom-made blacklist. I mention it just in case I misunderstood you. I created a new list of my own (as instructed) and then added one person to it. That was the extent of my interaction, oh, and click "Accept" to the obligatory import of the hive.blog blacklist. Yes, that was an important click (the first of the three, as you can't do the latter two until you agree). But that's it.