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Twalala is a simple web application with some stream filtering so you can control what you see, and what you don't want to see. If their name confuses you, think of a kid sticking his fingers in his ears and saying "lalala!" to block out what someone else is saying. From their website:

Get ready to take control of your twitterstream. twalala is a client for Twitter that allows you to control what you see, and more importantly, what you don't see in your twitterstream...
Finally, Twitter with a mute button.

That's enough out of You!

Upon logging in, you'll see the familiar home stream, with all the people you follow. It is fairly light on features. You can load profiles by clicking on the username, or reply by clicking the large green @ button. The large red slash button is Twalala's main feature. Clicking it allows you to mute individuals who get too chatty in general.

You can just as easily unmute people on the settings page, available by clicking the gear in the upper right. Also in the upper right is the tweet box, shaped like a speech bubble.

Settings and Filters

Not only can you mute users with a click, you can filter out any words or hashtags you don't want to see. Think football is a waste of time? You won't have to hear your otherwise interesting friends braying like donkeys about some idiot in spandex missing a pass on Monday night, especially if they're making it easy on you by putting #nfl in every post.

You can also add exceptions to your filters, so you will still get the occasional tweet that you might care about. Maybe you want to hear about what ridiculous stuff T.O. is doing this week even though the rest of football updates bore you. Or by adding your own username, you can still see when people you've muted mention your name.

Support, Development and Alternatives

You can get a hold of team Twalala at their development blog or on Twitter @teamtwalala. The twitter account seems to be used for personal stuff as well, so maybe you can use Twalala to only receive relevant updates!

This app gets a 2/5, just because it isn't very convenient for the feature-set. If you like these features but want more out of your Twitter app, consider using TweetDeck, which can filter by text, hashtag, username, or the twitter app each person uses. And it does all of this for each stream you set up!