via assbach: "To add a term to be filtered out:
defaults write com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms -array-add "#followfriday"
Or specify a whole list of things at once:
defaults write com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms -array "#fb" "#followfriday"
To see your current filter terms:
defaults read com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms
To delete all the terms:
defaults delete com.atebits.tweetie-mac filterTerms"