# Threads

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## Main filters 

| Filter                                           | Use                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| **keyword**                                      | Focus on all posts containing the keyword or the keyword prefixed with a #                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | <p><strong>car</strong><br>Will focus on posts containing the keyword or # car </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| "**exact expression"**                           | Focus on all the posts containing the exact expression : all the words of this expression, in this exact order.                                                                                                                                                                               | <p>"<strong>blue car"</strong> </p><p>It focuses on all the posts with the key-expression 'blue car' in it. <br><br>It doesn't search for the following content : <em>the blue auto and the yellow car</em>.</p>                                                                                                                                                      |
| **#keyword**                                     | Focus on all the posts containing a specific hashtag.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | **#car** It focuses on all the posts containing the hashtag #car. It won't search for the posts containing the keyword 'car' without a #.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **lang:**                                        | <p>Focus on posts in a specific language. xx = language abbreviation <br><br>The main languages are : <br>- fr : french <br>- en : english <br>- es : spanish <br>- ja : japanese <a href="https://help.visibrain.com/useful-documents/list-of-languages">Check the 64 languages list</a></p> | <p><strong>lang:en</strong> <br>It focuses on all the english speaking posts.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **contains:**&#x65;lement                        | <p>Focus on all the posts containing a sequence of characters. <br><br><em>WARNING: this filter is not case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                                       | <p><strong>contains:</strong>blog <br><br>Will focus on posts containing the mentionned letters, will for example take into account keywords such as: <em>blog, bloger, blogs ...</em></p>                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **!contains:**&#x45;lement                       | <p>Focus on a sequence of characters while being word case sensitive. </p><p></p><p><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                              | <p><strong>!contains:</strong>Gap </p><p></p><p>It focuses on all the posts containing the characters's list <strong>Gap</strong> while being sensitive to word case (only with a capital L). </p><p></p><p><em>This filter is very useful to focus on a proper noun for example the name of your brand).</em></p>                                                    |
| **full\_contains:**                              | <p>Combines <em>contains / link\_title\_contains / link\_description\_contains / quoted\_contains</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Focus on specific character sequence contained in posts, articles and reposts</p>                                                                                  | <p><strong>full\_contains:</strong>sport </p><p></p><p>Will focus on posts, articles, and quoted posts that contain the list of characters sport. Esport, parasport, watersports ... </p><p><br><em>This filter is very useful when you need to exclude data from all sources (posts / articles / quoted posts / replies)</em></p>                                    |
| **!full\_contains:**                             | <p>Combines <em>!contains / !link\_title\_contains / !link\_description\_contains / !quoted\_contains</em> </p><p></p><p>Focus on specific character sequence contained in posts, articles and reposts</p><p></p><p><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>              | <p><strong>!full\_contains:</strong>Ford </p><p>It focuses on all the posts containing the following characters : Ford, but taking the case letter (only capital F) and accents into consideration.</p><p></p><p>Example : it will not take in "afford"</p><p></p><p><em>This filter is very useful if you want to focus on a name, proper noun, or a brand.</em></p> |
| **emoji:**                                       | Focus on posts containing a specific emoji.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | <p><strong>emoji:joy</strong> <br>It focuses on all the posts containing the emoji "<em>joy</em>"😂</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **has\_emoji:** (true/false)                     | Focus on posts containing one or more emoji.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p><strong>has\_emoji:true</strong> <br>It focuses on all the posts containing at least one emoji.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **mention:**&#x75;ser                            | <p>Filter on all the posts mentionning another account <br><br><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                                                   | <p><strong>mention:</strong>barackobama.bsky.social<br><br>It is only searching for posts in which Barack Obama's account is directly mentioned.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **mention\_contains:**&#x75;ser                  | Filter on the posts mentioning accounts with a specific character sequence                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | <p><strong>mention\_contains:</strong>Tesco <br>It focuses on posts in which all accounts associated with Tesco (Tesco, Tesco news, Tesco mobile...) are mentioned.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **proximity:**                                   | Define a maximum distance between two or three keywords                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | <p><strong>proximity:</strong>"apple samsung"<strong>\~4</strong><br>Focus on posts containing <em>Apple</em> and <em>Samsung</em> distanced by 4 keywords max </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| <p><strong>char\_count:</strong><br>(\</>/=)</p> | Filter posts by the number of characters in a post.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | <p><strong>char\_count:</strong><50<br>Filters posts with fewer than 50 characters.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

## Threads-specific content filters

| Filter                                                                | Use                                                                                                  | Example                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>hashtag\_count:</strong><br>( > / < / = )</p>              | Allows you to sort Threads posts according to the number of hashtags they contain.                   | <p><strong>hashtag\_count:<10</strong><br>Filter on Threads posts that have less than 10 hashtags.</p>                                    |
| <p><strong>word\_count:</strong><br>( > / < / = )</p>                 | Allows you to sort Threads posts according to the number of words (excluding hashtags) they contain. | <p><strong>word\_count:>10</strong><br>Filters out Threads with more than 10 words.</p>                                                   |
| **mention:**                                                          | Allows you to filter publications that mention a user's name.                                        | <p><strong>mention:emmanuelmacron</strong><br>Filters out publications that mention the account @emmanuelmacron</p>                       |
| <p><strong>mention\_count:</strong><br>( > / < / = )</p>              | Allows you to filter publications that mention a certain number of users.                            | <p><strong>mention\_count:>10</strong><br>Filters out Threads that mention more than 10 accounts.</p>                                     |
| **mention\_contains:**                                                | Allows you to filter publications that mention the name of an account containing the word ‘green’.   | <p><strong>mention\_contains:green</strong><br>Filters out publications that mention the @ladygreenbio account but also @greenandbare</p> |
| **post:**                                                             | Allows you to identify a specific publication                                                        | <p>post: "10157039285687866"<br>Focuses on a specific post Threads thanks to the ID contained in its url</p>                              |
| <p><strong>sentiment:</strong><br>(neutral / positive / negative)</p> | Allows Threads posts to be sorted according to an identified sentiment                               | <p><strong>sentiment:negative</strong><br>Isolates all Threads that have been identified as negative.</p>                                 |
| **has\_medias:**                                     (true/false)     | Allows you to isolate publications containing media (articles, photos, videos, etc.)                 | <p><strong>has\_medias:true</strong> </p><p>Enables you to list publications relating to your subject that contain media.</p>             |

## Account Filters

| Filter                                              | Use                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **from:**&#x75;ser                                  | <p>It allows you to focus on all the posts and reposts that have been generated by @user's posts. </p><p></p><p><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                                           | <p><strong>from:</strong>bloomberg.com<br><br>It allows you to focus on all the original posts published by Bloomberg and all the reposts that have been generated by his posts. <br><br>We can also use @bloomberg.com as a shortcut.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **from\_contains:**                                 | <p>Focuses on posts made by accounts whose account-name contains a series of specific character sequence<br><br>Combines <em>username\_contains: / display\_name\_contains:</em></p>                                                                                                                                                   | <p><strong>from\_contains:</strong>news<br>Focuses on posts published by accounts that have the word <em>news</em> in their username or displayname</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **username\_contains:**                             | Focuses on posts made by accounts whose username contains a series of specific character sequence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | <p><strong>username\_contains:</strong>gov<br>Focuses on posts published by accounts that have the word <em>news</em> in their username</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **display\_name\_contains:**                        | It allows you to isolate the activity of the users whose the display name is a specific character sequence                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | **display\_name:**&#x44;ior It focuses on the activity of the users whose display name is "Dior".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **!display\_name\_contains:**                       | <p>It allows you to isolate the activity of users whose display name contains a specific character sequence<br><br><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                                        | <p>!<strong>display\_name\_contains:</strong>Media <br><br>It filters on the activity of users whose display name contains the sequence of characters Media<br><br>It allows you to find all the official accounts of big Media</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **profile\_contains:**                              | <p>Combines<br><em>bio\_contains / username\_contains/display\_name\_contains/</em> <br></p><p>Filter on the activity of users that have a specific character sequence in users' biography; display name or username, in order to identify communities.</p>                                                                            | <p><strong>profile\_contains:</strong>government <br>Will focus on the activity of accounts that the character sequence governement in their bio, username or displayname. <br><br><em>This will be very useful when looking to focus on the activity of a large group of users.</em></p>                                                                                                                                                                                |
| !**profile\_contains:**                             | <p>Combines <em>!bio\_contains / !screen\_name\_contains / !display\_name\_contains /</em> </p><p></p><p>Filter on the activity of users that have a specific character sequence in users' biography; display name or username, in order to identify communities. <br><br><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p> | <p><strong>!profile\_contains:</strong>Washington <br><br>Will focus on the activity of users that have the sequence of characters Washington in their bios, screen or display names and taking into consideration the capital W. <br><br>For example accounts for the Washington Post</p>                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **bio:**                                            | It allows you to focus on a keyword contained in biographies, in order to identify communities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | <p><strong>bio:journalist</strong> It focuses on the user's activity whose biography contains the word "journalist". It won't search for the word "journalists" or "journalistic". <br><br>It can be helpful if you want to identify users declaring a specific interest : </p><p></p><p><strong>bio:football</strong> <br>It will list all the users that have participated to the analyzed topic and that have mentioned the keyword "football" in their biography</p> |
| **bio\_contains:**                                  | It allows you to filter on a specific character sequence in users' biographies, in order to identify communities                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | <p><strong>bio\_contains:</strong>blog <br>It filters on users activity whose biography contains "blog". <br>It allows to increase the research : blog, blogging, blogger... <br><br>It can be helpful to identify users declaring a specific interest for something : <strong>bio\_contains:</strong>fashion <br><br>It will list all the users that have participated to the analyzed topic and that have mentioned fashion in their biography </p>                    |
| **!bio\_contains:**                                 | <p>It allows you to filter on a specific character sequence  in users' biographies, in order to identify communities. <br><br><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p>                                                                                                                                             | <p><strong>!bio\_contains:</strong>Total <br>It will list all the users that have participated to the analyzed topic and that have mentioned the brand Total in their biography (Total employees, trade unionist...</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <p><strong>verified:</strong><br>(true / false)</p> | Focus on users according to their verified status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | <p><strong>verified:true</strong> <br>Focus on the activity of verified accounts.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **followers\_count:** (\</>/=)                      | It allows you to sort users according to a certain amount of followers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <p><strong>followers\_count:>5000</strong> <br>It focuses on the activity of users having more than 5000 followers.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **author\_website\_contains:**                      | It allows you to filter on the activity of the users whose biography contains a website url with a specific character sequence sequence.                                                                                                                                                                                               | <p><strong>author\_website\_contains:twitter</strong><br>It focuses on the activity of all the users that have mentioned a website url containing <em>Twitter</em> in their biography.<br><br>It can be helpful to identify influencers with a Twitter account.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **country:**                                        | Focus on accounts according to their declared country                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p><strong>country:fr</strong> <br>Focus on the activity of accounts that are located in France.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **city:**                                           | Focus on accounts according to their declared city                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | <p><strong>city:</strong>paris <br>Focus on the activity of channels that are located in Paris.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

## Engagement filters

| Filter                                                  | Use                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Example                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>likes:</strong> <br>( > / < / = )</p>        | Focus on the posts with a defined number of generated likes                                                                                                                                                                                                    | <p><strong>likes:>30000</strong> <br>Filter on posts that have generated more than 30000 likes.</p>                                                                             |
| <p><strong>interactions:</strong> <br>( > / < / = )</p> | Focus on the posts with a defined number of generated interactions (liked, reposts, quoted and replies)                                                                                                                                                        | <p><strong>interactions:>30000</strong> <br>Filter on posts that have generated more than 30000 interactions.</p>                                                               |
| <p><strong>replies:</strong> <br>( > / < / = )</p>      | Focus on the posts with a defined number of generated replies                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <p><strong>replies:>1000</strong> <br>Filter on posts that have generated more than 1000 replies.</p>                                                                           |
| <p><strong>is\_reply:</strong> <br>(true / false)</p>   | It allows you to focus on all the posts that are replying to other posts.                                                                                                                                                                                      | <p><strong>mention:mybrand</strong> <strong>is\_reply:true</strong> <br>It focuses on all the posts that mention @mybrand, but that are also answering to @mybrand's posts.</p> |
| <p><strong>is\_quote:</strong> <br>(true / false)</p>   | Isolates threads that quote another thread                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | <p><strong>quoting:true</strong><br>Filters out threads that quote another thread</p>                                                                                           |
| **quoted\_post\_url:**                                  | <p>Allows you to isolate all threads quoting a specific post thread using its URL</p><p>Indicate the link to the post thread using this format: ‘<https://www.threads.net/t/C8NB29axpC9’> (remember to replace the /@user/post/ part of the link with /t/)</p> | <p><strong>quoted\_post\_url: ‘<https://www.threads.net/t/C9KKVXKqPXB’></strong></p><p>Filter on quotes from post threads with this ID: C9KKVXKqPXB</p>                         |
| **in\_reply\_to\_url:**                                 | <p>Allows you to isolate all replies to a specific post thread using its URL</p><p>Indicate the link to the post thread using this format: ‘<https://www.threads.net/t/C8NB29axpC9’> (remember to replace the /@user/post/ part of the link with /t/)</p>      | <p><strong>in\_reply\_to\_url: ‘<https://www.threads.net/t/C8NB29axpC9’></strong></p><p>Filter on replies from post threads with this ID: C8NB29axpC9</p>                       |

## Link filters

| Filter                                              | Use                                                                                                                                           | Example                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| <p><strong>has\_link:</strong> <br>(true/false)</p> | Isolate all the posts containing a link (articles, photos, videos...)                                                                         | <p><strong>has\_link:true</strong> <br>Focus on posts related to your subject that contain a link redirecting to an article.<br>Ideal if you want to focus on all the press coverage.</p>  |
| **domain\_contains:**                               | Isolate all the articles coming from a website whose name contains a specific character sequence                                              | <p><strong>domain\_contains:</strong>blog <br>Focus on links coming from a website whose domain contains "blog"</p>                                                                        |
| **url\_contains:**                                  | It allows you to isolate the articles whose URL contains a specific character sequence                                                        | <p><strong>url\_contains:</strong>scandal <br>Focus on the articles whose URL contains <em>scandal</em><br>It will take into consideration : <em>scandal, scandalize, scandals...</em></p> |
| **link\_title\_contains:**                          | Isolate articles whose title contain a specific character sequence                                                                            | <p><strong>link\_title\_contains:</strong>tax <br>Focus on articles whose title contains : <em>tax</em><br>It will take into consideration : <em>tax, taxi, taxing, taxpayer...</em></p>   |
| **!link\_title\_contains:**                         | <p>Isolate articles whose title contains a specific character sequence</p><p><br><em>WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive</em></p> | <p><strong>!link\_title\_contains:</strong>PSG <br>Focus on articles whose title contain <em>PSG</em> in caps</p>                                                                          |


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