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 · 458 posts · 292 votes
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Good idea. Yes, we'll make it happen.

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  • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
    Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 458 posts · 292 votes
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    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
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    I like this idea! 

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  • Aaron BreckenridgePro Member
    Technology · Dallas, TX · Member since 2022 · 458 posts · 292 votes
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    @Robin Simon it's ready:

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  • Michael Eskenasy
    Investor · Pacific Northwest · Member since 2026 · 538 posts · 301 votes
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    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 · 458 posts · 292 votes
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      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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