@cmhobbs I would suggest getting a separate XMPP account, which you only use as an alternative !gnusocial feed reader ;) (and then have that feed show up with irssi-xmpp instead of generating a phone notification each time) cc: @jim @lnxw48
Maybe the !xmpp plugin should allow setting a specific resource to send to as well, then you wouldn't get the message to your phone at all (except with carbons enabled, but it shouldn't PING) and only to the specified XMPP client (again, like irssi-xmpp etc.)