🌏Global keyword settings

Settings that apply to every keyword at once

Global keyword settings apply to all keywords.

Use them to cut noise across your whole workspace.

Where to edit global settings

You have two ways to edit the same global settings:

1. From any keyword

   • Open Keyword settings for any keyword.

   • Edit the Global settings section at the very bottom.

   • Your changes apply to every keyword, not just to the one you opened.

2. From the main Settings page

   • Go to Settings in Octolens.

   • Open Global Settings.

Global settings are shared. Treat them like account-level filters.

If you want keyword-specific filtering, use the settings inside that keyword (like Negative terms).

How global settings interact with keyword settings

A post must pass both:

• Global filters

• The keyword’s own filters

This means global settings can only reduce results. They can’t expand them.

Global negative terms

Exclude posts that include these terms for all keywords.

• Matching: exact match

• Input: add one or more terms (comma-separated)

Example:

• Global negative terms: job, hiring, careers

Global negative authors

Exclude posts from these authors for all keywords.

• Matching: exact match and case sensitive

• Input: add one or more authors (comma-separated)

Example:

• Global negative authors: Octolens, OctolensHQ

Allowed subreddits (allowlist)

When set, Octolens will only include posts from these subreddits.

• Leave empty to include all subreddits (except those in Excluded subreddits)

• Format: r/<subreddit>

Example:

• Allowed subreddits: r/technology, r/startups

Excluded subreddits

Exclude posts from these subreddits for all keywords.

• Matching: exact match and case insensitive

• Format: r/<subreddit>

Example:

• Excluded subreddits: r/health

Global negative GitHub repositories

Exclude posts from these GitHub repositories for all keywords.

• Matching: exact match and case insensitive

• Format: owner/repo

Example:

• Global negative GitHub repositories: For-Hives/beswib, facebook/react