>I have someone in my Twit Filter, but I'm seeing their messages and face. Both which are annoying to me. Is something broken or do I not understand the functionality? Does it matter that I did not renew my PUTM? It appears to be a feature available to everyone.

You were right. When we released that option to all members, after I put it in the account setup for all members, I forgot to adjust the code to release it in production as well for all members. Now it does. It should be ok.