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EarlG

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2. We don't encourage or discourage the posting of tweets
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 03:52 PM
Dec 2021

People can post them if they want.

However: If you are only seeing a links to Twitter instead of actual tweets embedded in posts, we're not entirely sure why that might be the case. But some members have reported that content blocking scripts or extensions may prevent tweets from embedding properly, so if you are running something like that, it could be the cause.

Better that then time-wasting videos relayerbob Dec 2021 #1
+1000 Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #26
+1,000,000. Especially if I have to endure some vanlassie Dec 2021 #27
We don't encourage or discourage the posting of tweets EarlG Dec 2021 #2
Thanks, EarlG. My biggest issue is with posters not even bothering to add a sentence or two about erronis Dec 2021 #6
It looks like a Firefox add-on "DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials" was blocking the tweet content. erronis Dec 2021 #17
Twitter posts often clutter up the Discussion Forum Sugarcoated Dec 2021 #28
That's where a lot of breaking news is, with no paywall! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2021 #3
That's a good point! n/t femmedem Dec 2021 #7
yes Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #42
We'd rather be shallow than uninformed bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
"A thinking man's shallowness"! PatSeg Dec 2021 #19
I like the embedded tweets, because I don't have a twitter account Bev54 Dec 2021 #41
Yes, I'd rather read the tweets here PatSeg Dec 2021 #51
you shape your own twitter experience, you know Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #43
I don't spend much time there at all PatSeg Dec 2021 #52
what I am saying... Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #55
I'm not making assumptions about other people's experiences PatSeg Dec 2021 #56
:) moonscape Dec 2021 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author femmedem Dec 2021 #5
Because many journalists, writers and such post pertinent articles. tenderfoot Dec 2021 #8
DU is an amalgamation site. Twitter is a major source of breaking applegrove Dec 2021 #9
agree nt Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #44
amazing how much on twitter promotes trump and right wingers & it's all true of course nt msongs Dec 2021 #10
I do that all the time. Wait; I have an excuse. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #11
Although I often click on tweets posted here... NNadir Dec 2021 #12
Why not? Tommymac Dec 2021 #13
Like an item 3auld6phart Dec 2021 #14
I've not noticed a change. PTWB Dec 2021 #15
An additional couple of lines of text under the Tweet or Tube link would be a courtesy Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #16
Yes I agree PatSeg Dec 2021 #22
My "problem" was a add-on "DuckDuckGo Privacy Blocker". It wouldn't allow the twitter image erronis Dec 2021 #18
I don't mind Twitter posts. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #20
I have no problem with Twitter reposts, IF Pinback Dec 2021 #21
Well said PatSeg Dec 2021 #23
How will I know what to think TheProle Dec 2021 #24
Glad you found a way to get better about yourself today. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 #34
I'd love some content, please Wicked Blue Dec 2021 #25
I've just discovered twitter. But it is absolutely the way you can find Tomconroy Dec 2021 #29
yes, that's true Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #45
twitter is blocked on many workplace networks DBoon Dec 2021 #30
Am I in trouble with the DU judicial body or something? 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #31
Why are so many DU posts just links zuul Dec 2021 #32
Why are so many DU posts Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 #35
And why are others complaining about those who complain about others? nt Shermann Dec 2021 #36
I am NOT fed up with being sick and tired! Pinback Dec 2021 #50
It's beyond lately, back to 2016 the Trump effect. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #37
Because a lot of news breaks on Twitter mainer Dec 2021 #38
So DU is nothing more than a dumping ground for people's fav twits? erronis Dec 2021 #48
What do conspiracies about Twitter's leadership have to do with what is posted by people on DU? Renew Deal Dec 2021 #39
Probably nothing. But every DU post that is viewed goes into the twitter.com DB. erronis Dec 2021 #49
Blame Canada. Kaleva Dec 2021 #40
I prefer links to Twitter to one-line posts about what's on TV (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Dec 2021 #46
It's simple - global warming. hatrack Dec 2021 #47
DU is a superb (IMO) "news aggregator" for liberals librechik Dec 2021 #53
I'd tweet this post to make it meta, but I don't do Twitter. Efilroft Sul Dec 2021 #54
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