Fake notification badges, but cleaner up UX

I recently updated Twitter and am pleased with the increased char limit and follow thread feature.
BUT I keep getting irrelevant notifications now. Call me crazy but I only want to be notified about things that have to do with me. People posting is a constant fact of life, so I resent getting notifications for that too. I feed false hope whenever I tap on my notifications and learn to my fury that Twitter is just notifying me that people are still posting. Not cool. Why cant I turn off this heinous bug?

Jayznzjdjd about X, v7.17.1