Muuter

I hate hashtags. Now that you can mute via keyword/hashtag, this is an indispensible tool. Other use cases: * avoiding live twitter group chat * conference live-tweeters * social media "gurus" when they get a head of steam

I love muuter. I use it to say "hush" to live-tweeters who I don't want to drop forever...but just need a break. The new hashtag-based "SXSW Filter" mode is Pure Genius.

I love the idea behind Muuter; without it, you'd have to either bear with annoying "once in a lifetime" tweeting or unfollow people and remember to follow them back. I also use Muuter in "test mode": when I'm beginning to wonder if one particular user should be unfollowed, I muute them first just to see how my timeline looks without him and if I miss him...

Muuter is awesome. I use it in "person" mode, mostly when group-type accounts (e.g. @woot, @whitehouse) go crazy and start spamming every few minutes. I also use it in "keyword" mode, but less often, when too many people I follow are going nuts about something I don't care about. I do wish there was a way to filter *just* keyword-matching tweets without actually unfollowing, but I recognize the limitations imposed by the Twitter platform and Muuter is certainly the best way of dealing with it for now.