alexa: Alerts are the 'or' statements - you can choose 1, 2, or more and they are all independent of each other. The filters are 'and' statements - they stack ontop of each other and all of them must be satisfied before showing you an alert.
Think of the alerts as what you want to see, the filters as what you don't want to see, and the exchanges as where to find them.
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