1. Basic Filtering of Tweets in Twitterrific

    After seeing Dan’s post on avoiding SXSW tweets in Firefox using Greasemonkey, I figured I’d share some tips for Twitterrific on the desktop, as there’s actually some seekrit things you can do to filter out tweets containing specific terms.

    Simply enter the following into the Terminal and hit return:

    defaults write com.iconfactory.Twitterrific tweetTextFilter -string "([sS][xX][sS][wW])"

    Upon restarting Twitterrific, the application will filter out any tweets containing the word or hashtag SXSW. If you’re wanting to have a number of options, enter multiple terms separated by a vertical line:

    defaults write com.iconfactory.Twitterrific tweetTextFilter -string "(please RT|RT please|@Scobleizer|Austin|[sS][xX][sS][wW]|#[sS][xX][sS][wW])"

    The one above is one that I’m using on the desktop (apart from the SXSW mentions) and I’ve used it previously to hide annoying Twitter competitions and the like. To filter out tweets with other terms, simply manipulate the expression in brackets to your needs. You can enter URLs, hashtags and the like to you needs, but be sure to remember that for now, the terminal command will overwrite the existing expression instead of adding things to it so you’ll need to enter the entire thing once again. I remain hopeful that the Icon Factory will add a UI for this functionality (even if it’s just a basic ‘exclude’ list). There’s plenty more options to tinker with via the Terminal if you read the Twitterrific 3.2 Read Me included with the Twitterrific download.

    Brief word from the lawyers: This is known to cause no damage to anything on your Mac. But you use it at your own risk and agree not to sue me ‘til kingdom come if your Mac starts killing kittens.

    Update for Tweetie Users: If you’re looking to filter tweets in Tweetie, you might want to take a look at this post from developer Loren Brichter.

    Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009

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