Chris Allison (@Chris_Allison) CMO of Centsports. just posted an article titled Welcome to the Hive Mind; Learn How to Search Twitter. He discusses searching on Twitter but what’s more interesting is the title. The closest thing we have to a collective consciousness is Twitter. That’s what makes searching Twitter so exciting. You can find things that are happening and those that happened. Because its real time, you can also find people who are near you or who were near you.
Being able to do advanced twitter search’s is required to tap into this Hive mind and Twitter search Operators are the language that you can use to talk to the Hive. Use with Hashtags and the Minus sign to filter, Use Near to find local tweets and connect with people and use Since and Until to watch time.
Here is a question that you can ask on Twitter? Who in NYC just tweeted. The search to use is near:NYC within:1mi
Show tweets near:
Within: 15101525501005001000 miles
:NYC within:1mi
1 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them.
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tweetncoffer: @wcgallego I have too many other shows to watch. I'm just saying it would be a nice alt to Leno. Oh, but Conan is Coming soon...what to do
iPhone: 40.764229,-73.986778
1 minute ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet ·
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Roz2010: http://twitpic.com/1wnpe - mommy taking my son to run errands, he scored some new shoes. converse high tops.
iPhone: 40.759254,-73.992653
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Roz2010: http://twitpic.com/1wnp1 - mommy taking my son to run errands, he scored some new shoes. converse high tops.
iPhone: 40.759254,-73.992653
4 minutes ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
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ESco09: @NoTTsTheManaGer lmao!
iPhone: 40.757511,-73.976707
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jadedid: On the train http://twitpic.com/1wnmk
iPhone: 40.753464,-73.998169
6 minutes ago from TwitterFon · Reply · View Tweet
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tweetncoffer: Any deals on Austin street in #foresthillsNY? Tweet back with the deets!
iPhone: 40.764229,-73.986778
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tweetncoffer: I didn't even make it 5 minutes watching Fallon before I fell asleep. That show is on too late for me.
iPhone: 40.764229,-73.986778
10 minutes ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
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ACEofthePACK: Listen to Pray For Me - Joe Budden.. He is Definitely one of the best doing it..
iPhone: 40.753952,-73.976837
12 minutes ago from TwitterFon · Reply · View Tweet
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silverph: @ChicMom at least you have a choice.
iPhone: 40.754971,-73.988190
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robbmonn: Pizzatown is the best. http://twitpic.com/1wn94
iPhone: 40.758334,-73.988064
16 minutes ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
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mandalatv: It sure knows how to snow out here.
iPhone: 40.753413,-73.990066
19 minutes ago from TwitterFox · Reply · View Tweet
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silverph: If I charge for every tech advice I give to friends and other people, I'd be rich by now.
iPhone: 40.754971,-73.988190
26 minutes ago from TwitterFon · Reply · View Tweet
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silverph: @kchohensee somone tweeted that 765t was disappointing. Any problems encountered?
iPhone: 40.754971,-73.988190
29 minutes ago from TwitterFon · Reply · View Tweet
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ESco09: @recession_proof when don't u let the tiger out the cage. That shit been roaming the street since 03 LOL
iPhone: 40.757511,-73.976707
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silverph: @technical_itch disappointing?? Why? I'm about to buy one today.
iPhone: 40.754971,-73.988190
33 minutes ago from TwitterFon · Reply · View Tweet
Some more examples:
twitter search
Finds tweets containing both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"happy hour"
Finds tweets containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hate
Finds tweets containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -root
Finds tweets containing "beer" but not "root".
#haiku
Finds tweets containing the hashtag "haiku".
from:alexiskold
Finds tweets sent from person "alexiskold".
to:techcrunch
Finds tweets sent to person "techcrunch".
@mashable
Finds tweets referencing person "mashable".
"happy hour" near:"san francisco"
Finds tweets containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco".
near:NYC within:15mi
Finds tweets sent within 15 miles of "NYC".
superhero since:2009-03-06
Finds tweets containing "superhero" and sent since date "2009-03-06" (year-month-day).
ftw until:2009-03-06
Finds tweets containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2009-03-06".
movie -scary :)
Finds tweets containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.
flight :(
Finds tweets containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.
traffic ?
Finds tweets containing "traffic" and asking a question.
hilarious filter:links
Finds tweets containing "hilarious" and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeed
Finds tweets containing "news" and entered via TwitterFeed
As an aside, Google is a hive mind too, but their data is often collected as a side effect of user action, whereas the majority of Twitter’s “thoughts” are genuinely created and intentionally produced- carrying on. ……
Putting It All Together:
I hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about what you can do with Twitter search. Here is an example of putting it all together using #inauguration, near:collegestation , since:2009-01-20, until:2009-01-20.
You can see the results here.
Note: Twitter’s servers went all crazy eyed when I did this search near Washington DC, my guess is they’re just overloaded. I went ahead and submitted a note via their help form so hopefully they’ll look into it. Either way, the power of the search remains the same; it’s only a matter of Twitter getting their servers more prepared for larger searches; when they do, you’ll be ready.
Happy searching, welcome to the hive mind.
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