X (Twitter) Ghosts
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A Tweet finder Ghost searches public posts and replies on X with your search queries and keeps the ones that match your goal. Use it when people talk about their problem in public, such as small business owners complaining that payroll ran late again.
You don’t need to link an X account for the Ghost to scan. A linked account is only for acting on Finds.
The app still calls the platform “Twitter” in places. Pick Tweet finder when you create a Ghost.
Search queries
Each Ghost takes up to 15 queries. X’s own colon operators, such as from: and lang:, are rejected. Use the matching filter instead. See X search syntax.
The weekly estimate next to a query counts raw search results. Your goal and Match threshold decide how many become Finds.
Filters
Filters live under Set Global Filters for every query and Set filters for this query for one. A filter on a single query takes priority over the global one.
- Every true or false filter can also exclude. Set Is reply to false to drop replies.
- From user, Replying to and Mentioning user take a username without the @.
- Has tags means the post mentions other users.
- Is verified means the poster has a blue check from X Premium.
- In location(s) takes places from a fixed list of countries and US states.
- A Ghost you create automatically never sets Language(s) or In location(s). Add them yourself if you need them.
Note
Min followers, Min following, Min tweets and Can DM are applied after the search runs, so the weekly estimate ignores them.
Act on a Find
With an X account linked, you can reply, like, retweet, quote, follow or message from PitchGhost. Nothing is sent until you send it.
Replies and quotes take up to 280 characters, or 25,000 from an X Premium account. Messages take up to 10,000 characters.
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Search queries decide which posts your Ghost reads. Keep them broad, check them with the weekly estimate, and narrow them with filters.
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