diff --git a/files/classes/user.py b/files/classes/user.py
index 47f665a83..f0fbcbd94 100644
--- a/files/classes/user.py
+++ b/files/classes/user.py
@@ -478,6 +478,13 @@ class User(Base):
 			or_(and_(UserBlock.user_id == self.id, UserBlock.target_id == other.id), and_(
 				UserBlock.user_id == other.id, UserBlock.target_id == self.id))).first()
 
+	@property
+	@lazy
+	def all_twoway_blocks(self):
+		return [x[0] for x in g.db.query(UserBlock.target_id).filter_by(user_id=self.id).all() + \
+			g.db.query(UserBlock.user_id).filter_by(target_id=self.id).all()]
+
+
 	def validate_2fa(self, token):
 
 		x = pyotp.TOTP(self.mfa_secret)
diff --git a/files/helpers/alerts.py b/files/helpers/alerts.py
index 5cb50806b..761f15d9b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/alerts.py
+++ b/files/helpers/alerts.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def NOTIFY_USERS(text, v):
 	notify_users = set()
 
 	for word, id in NOTIFIED_USERS.items():
-		if word in text and id not in notify_users:
+		if word in text:
 			notify_users.add(id)
 
 	if FEATURES['PING_GROUPS']:
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@ def NOTIFY_USERS(text, v):
 
 
 	names = set(m.group(2) for m in mention_regex.finditer(text))
-	for user in get_users(names, graceful=True):
-		if v.id != user.id and not v.any_block_exists(user):
-			notify_users.add(user.id)
+	user_ids = get_users(names, ids_only=True, graceful=True)
+	notify_users.update(user_ids)
 
 	if SITE_NAME == "WPD" and 'daisy' in text:
 		admin_ids = [x[0] for x in g.db.query(User.id).filter(User.admin_level >= PERMS['NOTIFICATIONS_SPECIFIC_WPD_COMMENTS']).all()]
 		notify_users.update(admin_ids)
 
+	notify_users = set([id for id in notify_users if id not in v.all_twoway_blocks])
+
 	return notify_users - bots - {v.id, 0}
 
 
diff --git a/files/helpers/get.py b/files/helpers/get.py
index 2dc3210fa..e8d05f240 100644
--- a/files/helpers/get.py
+++ b/files/helpers/get.py
@@ -60,13 +60,19 @@ def get_user(username:Optional[str], v:Optional[User]=None, graceful=False, incl
 		user = add_block_props(user, v)
 	return user
 
-def get_users(usernames:Iterable[str], graceful=False) -> List[User]:
+def get_users(usernames:Iterable[str], ids_only=False, graceful=False) -> List[User]:
 	if not usernames: return []
 	usernames = [sanitize_username(n) for n in usernames]
 	if not any(usernames):
 		if graceful and len(usernames) == 0: return []
 		abort(404)
-	users = g.db.query(User).filter(
+
+	if ids_only:
+		users = g.db.query(User.id)
+	else:
+		users = g.db.query(User)
+
+	users = users.filter(
 		or_(
 			User.username.ilike(any_(usernames)),
 			User.original_username.ilike(any_(usernames))
@@ -76,6 +82,9 @@ def get_users(usernames:Iterable[str], graceful=False) -> List[User]:
 	if len(users) != len(usernames) and not graceful:
 		abort(404)
 
+	if ids_only:
+		users = [x[0] for x in users]
+
 	return users
 
 def get_account(id:Union[str, int], v:Optional[User]=None, graceful=False, include_blocks=False) -> Optional[User]: