Part 5: Twitter
Twitter Advanced Search
- X (Twitter) is "The Town Square": People are loud, reactive, and expect immediate responses. This is where news breaks and complaints go viral.
- Best for: Competitor complaints, customer support, and spotting trends early.
X search rules
- Exact phrase (quotes): Use quotes for exact match of phrases in captions. Example: "easy chocolate cake recipe" returns videos containing that exact phrase
- Hashtag (#): Search hashtags. Example: #fitness finds videos tagged #fitness.
- Username (@): Search creators. Example: @charlidamelio finds that user’s profile/video content
- Tilde (~): Prefacing a term with ~ finds related or similar terms (synonyms). Example: ~pizza might include "pizza", "pizzas", "pizzeria" (Undocumented: reported to broaden search results.)