Test filtering in Tweetie for Mac
Enough people have asked recently (more wacky hashtags than usual?), so I'm pushing out a quick change to Tweetie for Mac that supports filtering. There's no UI (yet), so to use it you'll have to pop into the Terminal.
Download it here: http://d2fh6i8lncx8ya.cloudfront.net/tweetie_1.2.3.zip
In the Terminal, enter these commands (replacing the specific term you'd like to filter).
To add a term to be filtered out:
defaults write com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms -array-add "#followfriday"
Or specify a whole list of things at once:
defaults write com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms -array "#fb" "#followfriday"
To see your current filter terms:
defaults read com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms
To delete all the terms:
defaults delete com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms
You have to restart Tweetie after changing the list. Right now it filters *every* status that it sees... in your timeline, mentions, searches, other users recent updates, favorites... everything. Maybe it'd make more sense if it only filtered your timeline? I did this in 5 minutes, so something is probably wrong - tweet @atebits or @tweetie with your thoughts (I try to read everything). Once I get it "right" (and finish this other little project that I'm working on for the iPhone), I'll get an update out with a real UI.