How to manage your flocks

-- Apart from managing your flocks online, you can interact with the service via direct messages. Read on to learn more.

 

Interacting via direct messages

You can interact with flok.li via direct messages on Twitter. To send a message to a flock, just send @2flk a direct message with the name of the flock followed by message. You can also send one of the commands listed below to do more with your flocks.

 

Note  If you're sending a message to Twitter via SMS, IM or the web update box, remember to add d 2flk before your flock name or command to indicate that it's a direct message.

 

Note  If you're sending the message to @2flk through the direct message web page on Twitter, you can leave off the d 2flk part.

Commands Send a direct message with the following commands to @2flk.

Note  You may receive a confirmation or info back via a return direct message.

Adding new flocks

To create a new flock, send a flock name with a plus sign prepended:

 

d 2flk +bros will create a flock 'bros'

 

Deleting flocks

To delete a flock, send a flock name with a minus sign prepended:

 

d 2flk -bros will delete a flock 'bros'

 

Sending messages to flocks

To send a message to a flock, send a flock name followed by a message:

 

d 2flk bros Game tmrw?

will send a message 'Game tmrw?' to all members of flock 'bros'

 

Adding friends to flocks

To add friends to a flock, send a flock name with a plus sign prepended, followed by a list of friends separated by a space:

 

d 2flk +bros jimmy mark eric paul

will add jimmy, mark, eric and paul to flock 'bros'

Note This will also create the flock 'bros' if it didn't exist before.

 

Removing friends from flocks

To remove friends from a flock, send a flock name with a minus sign prepended, followed by a list of friends separated by space:

 

d 2flk -bros mark paul

will remove mark and paul from flock 'bros'

 

Inquiring status

To inquiry the status, send a flocks name with a question sign prepended. The question sign alone will return the list of flocks:

 

d 2flk ?bros will return members of flock 'bros'

d 2flk ? will return list of flocks

 

Searching for followers Create new flocks and add your followers to them by searching the timeline for keywords.

Searching by keyword(s)

To create a new flock, send a flock name with a exclamation sign prepended:

 

d 2flk !tweetup tweetupsf

your followers who have mentioned 'tweetupsf' will be added to a flock 'tweetup'

Note This will also create the flock 'tweetup' if it didn't exist before.

Search Operators

Here are some search examples:

 

twitter search containing both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator

"happy hour" containing the exact phrase "happy hour"

love OR hate containing either "love" or "hate" (or both)

beer -root containing "beer" but not "root"

#haiku containing the hashtag "haiku"

from:twitterapi sent from the user @twitterapi

to:twitterapi sent to the user @twitterapi

place:opentable:2 about the place with OpenTable ID 2

place:247f43d441defc03 about the place with Twitter ID 247f43d441defc03

@twitterapi mentioning @twitterapi

superhero since:2011-05-09 containing "superhero" and sent since date "2011-05-09" (year-month-day).

twitterapi until:2011-05-09 containing "twitterapi" and sent before the date "2011-05-09".

movie -scary :) containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.

flight :( containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.

traffic ? containing "traffic" and asking a question.

hilarious filter:links containing "hilarious" and with a URL.

news source:tweet_button containing "news" and entered via the Tweet Button