Twitter search operators
The twitter query can have operators that modify its behavior, the available operators are:
watching now containing both “watching” and “now”. This is the default
operator
“happy hour” containing the exact phrase “happy hour”.
love OR hate containing either “love” or “hate” (or both).
beer -root containing “beer” but not “root”.
#haiku containing the hashtag “haiku”.
from:alexiskold sent from person “alexiskold”.
to:techcrunch sent to person “techcrunch”.
@mashable referencing person “mashable”.
superhero since:2010-12-27
containing “superhero” and sent since date “2010-12-27”
(year-month-day).
ftw until:2010-12-27 containing “ftw” and sent before the date “2010-12-27”.
movie -scary :) containing “movie”, but not “scary”, and with a positive
attitude
flight :( containing “flight” and with a negative attitude.
traffic ? containing “traffic” and asking a question.
hilarious filter:links containing “hilarious” and linking to URL.
news source:twitterfeed containing “news” and entered via TwitterFeed
lang:en limit the result to tweets in English