&gt; There really needs to be an option that users can turn on to block all @ from people they don&#x27;t follow. Even temporarily, say for a period of a month at a time.<p>Get a blue tick :)<p>I have the worst source (I think I heard it on a podcast...) but I&#x27;m pretty sure that verified Twitter accounts get an extra notification option to prevent notifications or messages from non-verified users from appearing. It basically turns Twitter into a verified-users-only service where you never see the regular plebs.