How to filter tweets on your iPhone

Posted by Linda Seid Frembes on February 19, 2012 in Social Media

Screenshot of Tweetagora.

If you’re even a casual user of Twitter, you probably notice how hard it is to keep up with tweets in your stream. Twitter is like jumping on and off a moving train; you just have to enjoy the view for the time you’re on. But for some people (myself included) I hate to miss tweets from people I really, really like if they happen to get lost in the tweet deluge while I’m not looking.

A great desktop solution for filtering tweets is the global filter function on Tweetdeck. It allows you to filter out people or words from social media sources so that you can tailor your stream as necessary. However, it was frustrating to me that Tweetdeck doesn’t offer the global filter in their iPhone app. I’m a pretty loyal user when I find something I like so I didn’t want to search for another solution.

Then, I stumbled on the TweetAgora app that allows you to mute keywords, people, and automated tweets from Foursquare check-ins, Ping.fm, Paper.li, GetGlue, etc. The list is quite extensive. The free version offers limited filtering, but the premium version (currently $4.99) gives you unfettered options of filtering, muting, slicing, and dicing your mobile Twitter stream to your heart’s content.

Linda Seid Frembes

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Linda Seid Frembes is a former freelance writer who previously covered technology and market trends for trade magazines in the professional audiovisual industry. She now works as a web content producer for a Boston media entity. Follow her on Twitter at @TenPixels. (Note: Frembes.com content does not reflect the views or opinions of any clients or employer. Content is solely the views and opinion of the author.)

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