LOL... Johns Hopkins FTW! "This is my body, I have to defend it!"

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[erronis]

1. Again, just a link to a tweet. Why aren't more of us asking for details without having to visit yet

another social media site? DU is already one.

I don't see many links posted to FB or instagram or tumblr or whatevr. Why is twitter given so much prominence?

I have a twit account but really don't want their new ownership to know every time I want to read a DU post.

Please add a bit of context to your post.

[demmiblue]

2. For most people, it appears on DU so you don't have to visit Twitter.

It is this Home Alone video clip with delta & omicron getting knocked out by vaccinations and boosters.




I don't do Instagram, Tumblr or FB so I can't chime in on that. I do know that videos from FB & Instagram do not show up on DU, but videos from Twitter do (for most people).

[paleotn]

3. I can see the video just fine without going to twitter.

Seems there's a plague of the Xmas cranks going around. Geez.

[Cetacea]

7. It's a real problem with a history here

It's not the first time members have complained about it. Mine seems to do it every few months. I suspect it occurs when browsers are updated.

[paleotn]

14. That makes sense.

[Renew Deal]

4. Your concern is noted.

[Cetacea]

5. It's been happening to me as well lately

And it's annoying AF. Pretty sure some security settings were changed somewhere. Then again, I'm using VPN

[Renew Deal]

6. Nothing has changed and nothing is wrong.

People could always post twitter links that were fully displayed on DU.

[Cetacea]

9. I suspect it has to do with browser updating

My own inability to see Tweet-related content seems to happen on waves. It's usually not an issue. This week it is, just after Firefox did an update.

[Renew Deal]

10. You can't see the actual tweets? You probably have strict blocking enabled

(blocking trackers)

Because I see block third party cookies and still see the tweets.

[Cetacea]

11. I think that is the problem. It shows up in Chrome

Firefox has been boasting about Security lately.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. I can see the tweet here.

[Cetacea]

12. Try a different browser or check your security settings

I've had the same problem (as have others) off and on. I just tried it on Chrome and it shows up just fine. It does not show up using Firefox. (they just did an update so I suspect their default is high security settings)

[erronis]

13. I did have a security block add-on which caused this. However, my main complaint is having to bring

in outside content (twitter, groper, etc.) in order to even decide if the content is worth reading.

When the browsers (and DU) allow automatic linkages of images from "trusted" sites like twitter, we (DU) are also allowing these outside sites to get way too much of our personal information - just for trying to understand a DU post.

IMHO, every reference to a non-DU site should involve the DU reader to positively acquiesce to their information being read by the external site.

While we all thing twitter.com is just a news site, it is mainly a harvester of people's information. Just like google, fb, apple, ...

Sorry for the rant in this response, but we are all acting like sheep. Me too.