&gt;Simply do not follow these people if you don&#x27;t want to see &quot;abuse&quot;.<p>I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s the solution of abuse, or even the source - trolls on Twitters keep on making new accounts to @mention their &quot;targets&quot; with vitriol&#x2F;threats of violence&#x2F;etc. The attacked can keep on blocking these new accounts, but that&#x27;s it. By default the Notifications tab has everyone mentioning you - you can set that to &quot;People you follow&quot;, but then you can&#x27;t interact with your audience, which is the major feature of Twitter.<p>If I do, let&#x27;s say, science communication on Twitter, I want to be able to interact with every &quot;stranger&quot;.