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Well I used to agree with what you said until I realized spammers can't start to chip away at your brand and image on Twitter. One new tactic they've just started is using @replies to show up in your stream. Just recently I've had a sex toy company and a female escort service @ reply using my handle. While everyone knows I am not a sexual deviant (at least I hope they know that.), I don't think this is good for anyone's personal or company brand. One way I have found to combat this is by just blocking the persons account. Then the @ reply disappears. But once spammers figure this one and out these types of @ replies become rampant, how long will I have to spend blocking these people?