@helveticablanc @voxel @neauoire Don't think the account can be made private, not in the twitter sense, or at least I don't see how. You can make changes to make your account less visible, though.
A thing that might help is that you can block notifications from non-followers, or ppl you don't follow (in preferences>notifications).
@rek @voxel @neauoire Ahhh gotcha! So it doesn't really prevent spam as much as hides it! I'll try it out!