OK, DU...is it helping that I am now posting text from tweets as well as the tweets themselves?

[Miles Archer]

This isn't really a thread for people who hate Twitter and don't want to see tweets in any form on DU.

This is a direct response to the folks who have said (to others, not me specifically) "I don't have Twitter" or "I can't see the tweets."

So I have been doing this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029158690

If you find this helpful, I'm happy to continue. If you don't, or no one cares, I'm going to go back to just posting the tweets themselves.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

[shraby]

1. I can read the tweets okay, just can't see any videos that go with them.

[Miles Archer]

9. I usually try to find the video on YouTube...

...sometimes the tweets make it out first, but it helps knowing that, so thank you. I'll do what I can do.

[Lochloosa]

16. Same. I can read tweets fine just can't watch videos

[shraby]

22. And thank you!

[CurtEastPoint]

2. I do that as well, as a courtesy to others.

[Hortensis]

23. Yes. Courtesy to others is nice. :) And twitter does have

many posts of value.

[bettyellen]

3. You can easily embed them, so why not also do that?

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

4. I like it, since

I'm not enthusiastic about clicking on blind tweets or links, and most of the time won't.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Miles Archer]

10. You're welcome

Thanks for the feedback, I will continue to do it.

[mhw]

5. I don't object Miles Archer. Its all worthy of discussion for anyone who wants to join in.

We see so much pass by on twitter, sometimes its eye opening to read how others like us go after the trump defenders.


No objection from me

[Denzil_DC]

6. It's a good idea to do it anyway.

Tweets can be deleted and Twitter can go down (it's happened a couple of times in the past few months, and when it does none of the linked tweets display on DU).

I don't think there's much you can do if the tweet relies on embedded video, though - I've tried digging around in Twitter's code, but there doesn't seem to be any way to isolate moving images so they can be posted as a working URL on DU.

[Lindsay]

7. I know there are some employers

who block twitter, so your posting the contents is helpful.

[Miles Archer]

11. I didn't realize that...

...I've been self-employed since 2001 so it's been a long time since anyone blocked what I do on the Web.

For that reason, and the other reasons listed here, I'll continue doing this.

[The_jackalope]

8. As a previous poster said, it helps if Twitter is blocked on your connection.

Generally I read the tweets themselves, but it doesn't hurt to have an extra 140 characters in the post.

[WhiteTara]

12. I'm grateful for posting the text of the messages

Thank you for your thoughtfulness!

[Miles Archer]

13. My pleasure, thank you for your reply.

[Shandris]

14. For me, personally, yes this makes a huge difference. Particularly on mobile.

I wish everyone did it. Thank you!

((My phone is SUCH a piece of trash. I'm not sure what it is, but every time I leave a site to another site on mobile, there's like a random 20% chance the entire browser will just shrug, give up, and turn itself off. It's INFURIATING! ))

[Miles Archer]

15. I hear you...

...I'm a Web Designer, so I have to make sure my sites are mobile-friendly, but I gave up mobile browsing LONG ago. Facebook can be especially irritating on mobile.

[DesertRat]

17. Good question, I've wondered the same thing

I'm on twitter, so I can see the tweets, but I'm not sure about those without twitter. Thanks for posting the question.

[Control-Z]

18. I would prefer the text came after the tweet.

I read the text and then the tweet only to find it's a repeat. It might be more obvious if the tweet came first. Not really sure, though.

[msongs]

19. useful content is always better than lazy redirects nt

[hurl]

20. Yes, thank you.

The fewer links I have to follow, the fewer risks to my machine. Plus, it's just more convenient.

[Atman]

21. Most excellent!

Thank you!