Requested Change to Keyword Alert System

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Requested Change to Keyword Alert System

Robin SimonBusiness Member
Lender · Austin, TX · Member since 2022 · 5k+ posts · 4k+ votes

Any chance that there could be an option added to exclude "Classifieds" post from the Keyword Alerts?  I like the keyword alerts notifications system to see conversations of interest, but its swamped with ad posts in Classifieds which I would prefer to filter out, since those are typically not confersation threads

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Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
1mo

Good idea. Yes, we'll make it happen.

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  • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
    Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
    1mo

    Good idea. Yes, we'll make it happen.

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  • Chris SeveneyBusiness Member
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    Investor · VA · Member since 2015 · 21k+ posts · 19k+ votes
    1mo

    I like this idea! 

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  • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
    Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
    1mo

    @Robin Simon it's ready:

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  • Michael Eskenasy
    Investor · Pacific Northwest · Member since 2026 · 538 posts · 309 votes
    1mo

    I’d actually push this one step further than just excluding Classifieds.

    The clean architecture would be:

    Keyword → Scope → Exclusions → Threshold → Delivery

    So when I create an alert, I could say:

    "DSCR"

    Include:
    Forums
    Specific categories
    Specific markets

    Exclude:
    Classifieds
    Marketplace/business posts
    Certain categories
    Specific words

    Then add one more useful layer: conversation threshold.

    For example, notify me only when:
    • it’s an actual discussion thread
    • the keyword appears in the original post, not just a signature
    • there’s a new substantive reply
    • I haven’t already been alerted to the same thread

    Then let delivery be:
    Immediate
    Daily digest
    Weekly digest

    That turns keyword alerts from a basic text-match feature into a proper signal filter.

    The Classifieds toggle fixes today’s problem. Building it this way prevents the next ten versions of the same problem.

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    • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
      Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
      1mo

      Yea I’ve considered saved search criteria with alerting to me a missing feature. We will take a stab at adding it, but that’ll take a bit longer due to the setting page needing more of an overhaul.

      Thanks for the suggestion!

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    • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
      Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
      1w

      @Michael Eskenasy I've added some features to this to be able to include by category and market.

      If people are posting content in signatures, flag that cause they should not be doing that and a moderator will remove it.

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    • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
      Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
      1w

      And as far as the other pieces go, you may want to connect up with the BiggerPocket's MCP for more intelligent alerting, if you're using AI.

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    • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
      Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 489 posts · 312 votes
      3d

      Just heads up we’re still working on this. You’ll notice we have a new Settings > Alerts page that gets us closer to your original request. Not quite there yet.

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