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I get almost a dozen spam mentions or mentions directed at a misspelled username everyday. That adds a lot of overhead to my usage that get old to the point where I don't even want to read my mentions steam anymore. Certainly less frequently than I used to.

I'm @derek on Twitter, so I have the same issue. If App.net ever got popular, these names would have the exact same issue. So, that's not a compelling reason to switch.

> Also, you don't get @mention notifications if you don't follow them

Most of the people I follow on Twitter I found in this way. An echo chamber is not what I go to Twitter for.

I'm assuming that "spam" is largely either @spam or follow-spam. Also, I suspect that blocking @mention after @mention gets a little old after a while.

It takes half a second to block, and how often do you actually have to block people? I block maybe 1 or 2 / week.