private function filter_item($entry)
 {
     // first, lets get an array of all actice mods
     $needles = reclaim_core::modNameList();
     // we don't want twitter to filter itself
     if (($key = array_search('twitter', $needles)) !== false) {
         unset($needles[$key]);
     }
     // and now lets check if the tweet source matches any of the mod names
     // this should filter out instagram, yelp, youtube, etc.
     if (parent::strpos_array($entry['source'], $needles)) {
         parent::log('filtered a tweet because of this source: ' . $entry['source']);
         return true;
     } else {
         return false;
     }
 }