iChannels Twitter search
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Search operators for Twitter search streams.
Overview
The iChannels social media manager, allows users to add streams from linked Twitter accounts. In addition to the account feeds, users can also save searches as streams. The search is configured to accept all of the operators used in Twitter's proprietary search.
Creating a search stream
iChannels > Your tab > Add a new stream >
The stream selector will show a list of all authorized social accounts. Clicking on a Twitter account will reveal the available streams for that account, i.e. user, feed, mentions and search.
In the 'search' field, add the search term and operator, e.g. #WorldCup2014 or @barrackobama
Press the '+' icon to add the stream
Search operators
| watching now | containing both “watching” and “now”. This is the default operator. | |
| “happy hour” |
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| love OR hate | containing either “love” or “hate” (or both). | |
| beer -root |
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| from:alexiskold | sent from person “alexiskold”. | |
| to:techcrunch | sent to person “techcrunch”. | |
| @mashable | referencing person “mashable”. | |
| superhero since:2015-07-19 | containing “superhero” and sent since date “2015-07-19” (year-month-day). | |
| ftw until:2015-07-19 |
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| movie -scary :) | containing “movie”, but not “scary”, and with a positive attitude. | |
| flight :( | containing “flight” and with a negative attitude. | |
| traffic ? | containing “traffic” and asking a question | |
| hilarious filter:links |
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| news source:twitterfeed | containing “news” and entered via TwitterFeed |