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In reply to the discussion: Why are so many DU posts just links to twitter? This has increased greatly recently. [View all]tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)8. Because many journalists, writers and such post pertinent articles.
And people want to share them?
Now do The Hill, Politico and the Daily Mail.
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Why are so many DU posts just links to twitter? This has increased greatly recently. [View all]
erronis
Dec 2021
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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
amazing how much on twitter promotes trump and right wingers & it's all true of course nt
msongs
Dec 2021
#10
An additional couple of lines of text under the Tweet or Tube link would be a courtesy
Tetrachloride
Dec 2021
#16
My "problem" was a add-on "DuckDuckGo Privacy Blocker". It wouldn't allow the twitter image
erronis
Dec 2021
#18
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