A few days ago, I posted about some updates to the curation tool that were inspired by community feedback. In that post, I teased a few more features I wanted to add, and today, I'm excited to announce that the first and biggest of those features is now live: **more powerful, multi-part, and negative filtering!**

![Even More Toggles!](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/thecrazygm/23tSwiZSByP6rwsHfmjYXmqeBiRddFYQQRdNNNzA4TPbnLJ5YPKn42E2Cwgr7wJ5eWJdM.png)

This was one of the most requested features, and it adds a whole new level of control to how you can discover content.

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#### What's New?

Previously, you could only filter by a single author, tag, or community. Now, every major filter field (Authors, Tags, and Communities) supports multiple entries and negative filtering.

Here's how it works:

- **Multiple Entries:** You can now enter a comma-separated list of items. For example, you can search for posts from `alice,bob` to see content from either author.
- **Negative Filtering:** You can prefix any item with a minus (`-`) to _exclude_ it from the results. For example, a tag filter of `art,-nsfw` will show you posts tagged with `art` but hide any that are also tagged with `nsfw`.

You can, of course, combine these. A query for authors like `alice,bob,-charlie` would show posts from Alice or Bob, but explicitly exclude any posts from Charlie.

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#### How It Works (Under the Hood)

For those who are curious about the implementation, the application's backend now has a helper function that parses these comma-separated filter strings. When it receives a query string like `art,-nsfw`, it intelligently splits it into two lists: one for items to include (`['art']`) and one for items to exclude (`['nsfw']`).

These lists are then used to build a more complex and precise query that is sent to the database, allowing for the powerful filtering you now see on the front end.

This was a fun feature to implement, and it makes the tool significantly more useful for drilling down to find exactly the content you're looking for. I hope you all enjoy the new level of control!

Edit: Can be found at <https://thecrazygm.com/hivetools/pct>

As always,
Michael Garcia a.k.a. TheCrazyGM