Filter users by criteria
You can use filters to narrow down the users and posts you want to display.
Possible uses
- Display only users with a large/small number of followers
- Display only users with an FF ratio close to 1
- Exclude users you have followed in the past
- Exclude users who post advertisements/promotions
- Exclude users who post adult content
Using Quick Filters
You can narrow down results using predefined filters. You can also register frequently used conditions as quick filters.
- From the menu, click [Inbox], [Followers], or [Post Reactions].
- Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Check the desired items.
Using Advanced Filters
If you want to set custom conditions, use "Advanced Filters".
- From the menu, click [Inbox], [Followers], or [Post Reactions].
- Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Click [Advanced Filter].
- Click [Add Filter].
- Select the filter item you want to add.
- You can set multiple filters.
- Enter the filter conditions.
- Once you have finished entering the filters, click [Apply].
Checking the Number of Users After Filter Application
When you apply a filter with the "Followers" function, you can check the number of users after applying the filter and the number of users before applying the filter at the top of the screen.
It will be displayed in the format of Number of users after filter application / Number of users before filter application.
If the number of followers is 30,000 or more, the user count will not be displayed. For details, please refer to Functions not available for X accounts with many followers | Connecting your X (Twitter) account.
Saving Frequently Used Filters as Quick Filters
Frequently used filters can be saved as quick filters.
Saved quick filters can be called up with one click from the quick filter screen.
- Set "Advanced Filters".
- Click "Save this filter".
- Name the filter to be saved.
- It will be saved as a quick filter.
- Saved quick filters can be called up immediately from the quick filter screen.
Deleting Saved Quick Filters
- From the menu, click [Inbox], [Followers], or [Post Reactions].
- Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Click the "×" displayed to the right of the registered quick filter.
- Confirm the message and click [Delete].
Use Cases
Here are some examples of how filters can be used.
Only quick filters can be used in the SocialDog app.
When you want to run a campaign lottery
Utilizing AI-based automatic account classification filters
You can exclude "bot accounts," "adult accounts," "advertisement/promotional accounts," and so on.
Items marked with "(beta)" are automatically determined and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's unique algorithms. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be incorrect.
Excluding users containing specific text
To exclude users whose name, description field, or location contains specific keywords, set the following filters:
- All text [Does not contain]
When you want to increase followers
Follow users who are likely to follow back
By setting filters like the following, you can follow only those who are likely to follow you back:
- FF Ratio greater than or equal to: 0.7
- FF Ratio less than or equal to: 2
- Inactive: No
- Following: No
- Pending Follow Request: No
- Following count greater than or equal to: 100
- Post count greater than or equal to: 100
- Date followed: No record
Users who actively follow back after being followed will have their following count closer to their follower count.
Also, it's pointless to follow inactive people, so exclude them.
Exclude users who seem to have just started X (Twitter), with fewer than 100 following and fewer than 100 posts.
Exclude users you have followed before.
When you want to increase your FF ratio
Unfollow users who were not recently followed (not followed back, inactive)
To keep your following list clean, it is effective to unfollow users who have not followed you back or who are inactive.
You can unfollow users using the following functions:
- "Followers" → "Not followed back"
- "Followers" → "Inactive"
Users you have recently followed may still follow you back. It is recommended to sort by "Date followed: oldest first" and unfollow from the oldest, or to create a filter like the one below and not unfollow users you have followed within the last week.
X (Twitter) rules prohibit mass unfollowing ("follow churn") simply because a follow was not returned after you followed someone.
With the following settings, only users followed before 2016/12/16 will be displayed:
- Date followed before or on: 2016/12/16
Also, among inactive users, those with many followers may become active again, so it is possible to add a filter like the following:
- Follower count less than or equal to: 1000
Excluding Bot Accounts
The "Bot (beta)" filter allows you to specify whether to include or exclude bot accounts.
- Items marked with "(beta)" are automatically determined and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's unique algorithms. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be incorrect.
Excluding Adult Accounts
The "Adult" filter allows you to specify the filter strength (how much adult content is present).
List of Configurable Items in Advanced Filters
In Advanced Filters, you can set the following items:
| Filter Name | Description |
| All Text | User name (starting with @), display name, description, and location. |
| User Name | Name starting with @ (no need for @). Multiple names can be specified with commas (,). |
| Display Name | Not the user name (name starting with @). Multiple names can be specified with commas (,). |
| Description | Profile description |
| Location | Profile location |
| URL | Profile URL |
| Following Count | Number of users followed by the user |
| Follower Count | Number of users following the user |
| FF Ratio | FF Ratio (Follower Count ÷ Following Count). A higher FF ratio means more followers. Also, an FF ratio closer to 1 indicates a higher likelihood of following back. |
| Post Count | Number of posts by the user |
| List Count | Number of times the user is included in lists |
| Likes Count | Number of likes the user has given so far |
| Following | Whether you are following them |
| Followed By You | Whether you are being followed by them |
| In Protected List | Whether they are in SocialDog's protected list |
| Pending Follow Request | Whether there is a pending follow request |
| Date Followed | Date you followed them. "Empty" means "never followed before," and "Not empty" means "followed before." |
| Date Followed By You | Date they followed you. "Empty" means "never followed by them before," and "Not empty" means "followed by them before." |
| Blocking | Whether you are blocking them. It takes some time to retrieve the list of blocked users. |
| Muting | Whether you are muting them. It takes some time to retrieve the list of muted users. |
| Source of Follow | Which SocialDog feature was used to follow them |
| Source of Unfollow | Which SocialDog feature was used to unfollow them |
| Private Account | Whether it's a private account (also called a locked account) |
| Verified | Whether it's a verified account (whether it has a checkmark) |
| Inactive | Whether they are inactive (no posts for 30 days or more) The number of inactive days can be changed in settings |
| Default Image | Whether the user icon is still the default image |
| X (Twitter) Start Date | Date registered on X (Twitter) |
| X (Twitter) User ID (Numeric) | X (Twitter)'s internal numeric ID. |
| Bot (beta) | Whether the user is deemed highly likely to be a bot based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's unique algorithm |
| Adult Content (beta) | Whether the user is deemed to have a high number of adult posts based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's unique algorithm |
| Advertisement/Promotional Post (beta) | Whether the user is deemed to have a high number of advertisement or promotional posts based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's unique algorithm |
These are automatically determined and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's unique algorithms. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be incorrect.
The "Gender," "Age," and "Location" items were deprecated on 2024/5/20.
- Data prior to SocialDog registration is not acquired.
- If you follow and unfollow multiple times, the filter will apply to the date of all follow and unfollow actions.