Filter users by criteria

Supported Social Platforms

X (Twitter)

Supported Plans

FreePersonalProfessionalBusinessEnterprise

You can use filters to narrow down the users and posts you want to display.

Use Cases

• Display only users with more/fewer followers
• Display only users with an F/F Ratio close to 1
• Exclude users you have followed in the past
• Exclude users posting advertisements or promotions
• Exclude users posting adult content

Using Quick Filters

You can filter by predefined criteria. You can also save frequently used conditions to Quick Filters.

1. From the menu, click Inbox, Followers, or Tweet Activities.
2. Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Check the desired items.

Using Advanced Filters

To set conditions freely, use "Advanced Filters".

1. From the menu, click Inbox, Followers, or Tweet Activities.
2. Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Click [Advanced Filter].
4. Click [Add Filter].
5. Select the filter item you want to add.
   1. You can set multiple filters.
6. Enter the filter conditions.
7. Once you have finished entering the filters, click [Apply].

Confirming the Number of Users After Filter Application

When applying filters to the "Followers" feature, you can see the number of users after applying the filter and the number of users before applying the filter at the top of the screen.

It is displayed in the format: Number of users after filter / Number of users before filter.

tip

If you have 30,000 or more followers, the number of users will not be displayed. For details, please refer to Functions unavailable for X (Twitter) accounts with many followers｜Connect X (Twitter) account.

Saving Frequently Used Filters as Quick Filters

Frequently used filters can be saved as Quick Filters.

Saved Quick Filters can be recalled with a single click from the Quick Filter screen.

1. Set up an "Advanced Filter".
2. Click "Save this filter".
3. Name the filter to be saved.
4. It will be saved as a Quick Filter.
5. The saved Quick Filter can be immediately recalled from the Quick Filter screen.

Deleting Saved Quick Filters

1. From the menu, click Inbox, Followers, or Tweet Activities.
2. Click [Filter] in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Click the "x" displayed to the right of the registered Quick Filter.
4. Confirm the message and click [Delete].

Use Cases

Here are some examples of how to use filters.

tip

Only Quick Filters are available on the SocialDog app.

For Campaign Sweepstakes

Utilize AI-based automatic account classification filters

You can exclude "Bot Accounts," "Adult Accounts," "Promotional/Advertisement Accounts," etc.

Items marked with "(beta)" are automatically judged and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's proprietary algorithm. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be inaccurate.

Exclude users containing specific text

To exclude users whose name, description, or location contains specific keywords, set the following filters:

• All text [Does not contain]

To Increase Followers

Follow users likely to follow back

By setting filters like the following, you can follow only those who are likely to follow you back.

• F/F Ratio greater than or equal to: 0.7
• F/F 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 tend to have a following count closer to their follower count.

Also, it's unproductive to follow inactive users, so exclude them.

Exclude users who seem new to X (Twitter), with less than 100 followers and less than 100 posts.

Exclude users you have followed before.

To Improve F/F Ratio

Unfollow users not recently followed (not followed back, or inactive)

To keep your following list clean, it is effective to unfollow users who haven't followed you back or are inactive.

You can unfollow using the following features:

• "Followers" -> "Not Following You Back"
• "Followers" -> "Inactive"

Users recently followed might still follow back. We recommend unfollowing by sorting "Date Followed (oldest first)" or creating a filter like the one below to avoid unfollowing users you followed within the last week.

X (Twitter) rules prohibit mass unfollowing after not being followed back, known as "follow churn."

With the following setting, only users followed before December 16, 2016, will be displayed:

• Date Followed before: 2016/12/16

Additionally, for inactive users with many followers, there is a possibility they may become active again. Therefore, you can also apply 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 judged and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's proprietary algorithm. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be inaccurate.

Excluding Adult Accounts

The "Adult (beta)" filter allows you to specify the strength of the filter (how much adult content is present).

List of Configurable Items in Advanced Filters

Advanced Filters allow you to set the following items:

Filter Name	Description
All text	User ID (starting with @), Name, Description, Location.
User ID	The name starting with @ (do not include @). Multiple IDs can be specified with commas (,).
Display Name	The user's display name, not the User ID (starting with @). Multiple names can be specified with commas (,).
Description	The profile description.
Location	The profile location.
URL	The profile URL.
Following Count	The number of users the user is following.
Follower Count	The number of users following the user.
F/F Ratio	Followers-to-Following Ratio (Follower count ÷ Following count). A higher F/F Ratio indicates more followers. A ratio closer to 1 indicates a higher likelihood of following back.
Post Count	The number of posts by the user.
List Count	The number of lists the user is included in.
Likes Count	The total number of likes the user has given.
Following	Whether you are following the user.
Followed By You	Whether the user is following you.
In Protected List	Whether the user is in SocialDog's Protected List.
Pending Follow Request	Whether a follow request is pending for the user.
Date Followed	The date you followed the user. Setting to "empty" means "never followed before," and "not empty" means "followed at some point."
Date Followed Back	The date the user followed you back. Setting to "empty" means "never followed back," and "not empty" means "followed back at some point."
Blocking	Whether you are blocking the user. Retrieving a list of blocked users may take some time.
Muting	Whether you are muting the user. Retrieving a list of muted users may take some time.
Source of Follow	Which SocialDog feature was used to follow the user.
Source of Unfollow	Which SocialDog feature was used to unfollow the user.
Private Account	Whether the account is private (also known as a locked account).
Verified	Whether the account is verified (has a checkmark).
Inactive	Whether the account is inactive (no posts for 30 days or more). The number of inactive days can be changed in settings.
Default Image	Whether the user's icon is still the default image.
X (Twitter) Start Date	The date the user registered on X (Twitter).
X (Twitter) User ID (Numeric)	The internal numeric ID of the user on X (Twitter).
Bot (beta)	Whether the user is likely a bot, based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's proprietary algorithm.
Adult Content (beta)	Whether the user frequently posts adult content, based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's proprietary algorithm.
Promotional/Advertisement Posts (beta)	Whether the user frequently posts advertisements or promotions, based on analysis of their posts and SocialDog's proprietary algorithm.

Items marked with beta

These are automatically judged and estimated by AI, which has been trained using SocialDog's proprietary algorithm. As this is an automated judgment by machine, the results may sometimes be inaccurate.

"Gender," "Age," and "Residence" items were abolished on May 20, 2024.

Regarding "Date Followed" and "Date Followed Back"

• Data prior to SocialDog registration is not acquired.
  • Reference: Acquiring data before connecting your SNS account
• If you have followed and unfollowed multiple times, the filter will apply to the date of all follow and unfollow actions.