Me too!
So, I added the functionality for you. And you can help me test it.
But first, you may ask, "What's the problem with Twitter Search?". Easy: spam!
Let's take this twitter search as an example: coldfusion OR railo OR CFML OR OpenBD
I put it in HootSuite, and here's what I get:
As you can see, many tweets are spam, but there are also quite a few good ones in there. Sure, you can do some negative filters with the built-in Twitter search, but you only have a total of 140 characters for your positive and negative filters combined. That ain't gonna work.
Refynr gives you up to 20 negative filters! With Refynr Filters, you can enter your Twitter Search string (all positive if you want), and let Refynr help with the negative (Exclusion filters). The Refynr filters also can filter out usernames (no @ sign needed) and #hashtags. Here's my sample Refynr Filter List for the CFML search:
And here's what the results look like in the Refynr web app interface. Remember, there's a mobile version, too (via jQuery Mobile):
A special thanks to Matt Gifford for adding Twitter Search API capabilities to MonkehTweet (http://monkehtweet.riaforge.org/), which a great, easy-to-use CFC library for Twitter API interaction. I love it!
Want to test it?
- You'll need Refynr account. Sign up here: https://refynr.com/secure/signup.cfm. And connect to Twitter, and create a new Filter List with the Exclusions you want.
- Log in here: https://refynr.com/secure/login.cfm
- Use this URL to test with: http://refynr.com/secure/account/TwitterSearch.cfm?qTwitter=coldfusion%20OR%2...
- Note that, for now, the Filter List that you have connected to your Twitter account is the only one that affects your Twitter search on the above URL
Next up?
- I need to figure out how to best integrate it into the Refynr UI. Thoughts?
- I will make it so that you can have a Filter List applied separately from your Home Timeline, and another for your Twitter Search. And I need to figure how many Searches I should support
- Test and get feedback.
- Iterate. Get feedback. Iterate. Repeat...
