Exact match filters help you collect more relevant content in your Walls.io sources by preventing partial-word matches. If you only want posts that contain a full word or hashtag, you can wrap that filter term in double quotes to avoid unrelated matches.
What exact match filters do
Exact match filters are useful when you want to collect posts that contain a full word, but not other words that happen to include the same characters.
Let's say that you create a new Twitter source using the hashtag #pets , but you're only interested in cats and dogs, so you add two filters: cat and dog . That way only posts that have the hashtag #pets as well as either cat or dog will appear on the wall.
But what if someone is writing about their pet raccoon, which is constantly causing catastrophes in their flat? You now have a wall full of raccoon-related pictures, which makes you sad, all because the word catastrophe includes the characters cat .
This is where exact matching comes in.
How to apply an exact match filter
Open the source you want to edit.
Go to the filter settings for that source.
Enter the word you want to match in double quotes, for example
"cat".Save the source and monitor incoming posts to confirm that the filter behaves as expected.
So in the example above, if you replace cat with "cat" you will not get any post about catastrophes or catching anymore, but only posts where the exact word cat can be found in the post text.
🔎 Please note: Changes to source filters only affect future posts. If unwanted posts are already visible on your wall, hide them manually in Moderation.
In case you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact the support team via the chat or support@walls.io!