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Post by Stevyn » Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:51 am

Twitter Advanced search

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Want to see what
@Liz_ORiordan
's been tweeting about?

Just type in the search bar:

from:Liz_ORiordan

Want to see tweets to
@LondonAllergy
?

to:londonallergy

Combine these to see their interactions:

from:Liz_ORiordan to:londonallergy

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Keywords will keep your search results on topic.

Want to find what
@kathevans2
has been saying about vaccinations?

from:kathevans2 vaccinations

But what if you want to exclude tweets about measles?

Just add - to the search term:

-measles

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Find tweets that are popular.

You can set a minimum number of retweets, faves, or replies:

min_retweets: x
min_faves: x
min_replies: x


@OrthopodReg
has been paving the way for culture change, but what if we want his most popular tweets?

from:orthopodreg min_faves:1000

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Filter by a specific type of tweet

Sometimes you might want only tweets with images or links in them:

filter:links
filter: images
filter:media

Want to find that graphic by
@DrLindaDykes
on DNACPR?

from:drlindadykes dnacpr filter:images

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Find tweets from a particular time period.

Add a date filter:

since:
until:

Do you remember
@doc_bipolar
sharing about her new blog but can't find the link?

from:doc_biopolar since:2022-03-01 until:2022-04-08 filter:links

Remember to use the format YYYY-MM-DD

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Find tweets by location.

Add a city and a distance if you want local info.

near:X within:10mi

If you want to hear more from Glaswegians then you just add the location tag into the search.

near:Glasgow wellington

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The TL;DR of how you can search:

• from:twittername
• keyword1 OR keyword2
• min_faves:2000
• min_retweets:2000
• filter:links
• filter:images
• until:YYYY-MM-DD
• since:YYYY-MM-DD
• near:location within:15mi
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