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Global keyword settings apply to all keywords in your workspace. Use them to cut noise across your whole account without configuring each keyword individually.

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Where to edit global settings

You have two ways to access the same global settings:
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From any keyword

Open Keyword settings for any keyword, then scroll to the Global settings section at the very bottom. Your changes apply to every keyword, not just the one you opened.
2

From the main Settings page

Go to Settings in Octolens, then 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). See Keyword Settings.

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How global settings interact with keyword settings

A post must pass both global filters and the keyword’s own filters. This means global settings can only reduce results—they can’t expand them.

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Available global settings

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Global negative terms

Exclude posts that include these terms for all keywords.
  • Matching: exact match
  • Input: one or more terms (comma-separated)
Example: job, hiring, careers

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Global negative authors

Exclude posts from these authors for all keywords.
  • Matching: exact match and case sensitive
  • Input: one or more authors (comma-separated)
Example: Octolens, OctolensHQ

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Allowed subreddits (allowlist)

When set, Octolens will only include Reddit posts from these subreddits.
  • Leave empty to include all subreddits (except those in Excluded subreddits)
  • Format: r/<subreddit>
Example: r/technology, r/startups

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Excluded subreddits

Exclude Reddit posts from these subreddits for all keywords.
  • Matching: exact match and case insensitive
  • Format: r/<subreddit>
Example: r/health

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Global negative GitHub repositories

Exclude posts from these GitHub repositories for all keywords.
  • Matching: exact match and case insensitive
  • Format: owner/repo
Example: For-Hives/beswib, facebook/react