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(825 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2018, 02:23 PM Apr 2018

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE STOP POSTING LINKS TO TWEETS !!!!! [View all]

Paste the content of the tweet PLEASE.

Many of us cannot go to a linked tweet so we see:

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BOMBSHELL ! Something extraordinary just happened!!1 OMG!!!

Link To Tweet

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And that is it. No way to find out what happened.

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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE STOP POSTING LINKS TO TWEETS !!!!! [View all] TBA Apr 2018 OP

I agree Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #1

BUT POST THE LINKS TOO RandomAccess Apr 2018 #15

Yes, please be thorough and post both links for those who enjoy Twitter. StrictlyRockers Apr 2018 #20

+1000 nt lillypaddle Apr 2018 #58

If you post the RIGHT LINK to it, it shows the LIVE TWEET in the post. You can click on the tweet... Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #63

I'm not the one who needs that info RandomAccess Apr 2018 #70

Does that post the entire live tweet in the DU post? nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #72

Yup RandomAccess Apr 2018 #73

BUT if you are using a mobile device, remove the word "mobile" and the period tblue37 Apr 2018 #80

fake news, lies, rumours, gossip, innuendo. twitter, what's not to love? nt msongs Apr 2018 #2

+1,000 SergeStorms Apr 2018 #28

No kidding! BlueJac Apr 2018 #35

I am very involved with a real discussion of Bernie efhmc Apr 2018 #39

and an overabundance of "reliable sources" C Moon Apr 2018 #46

Lots of DUers are on twitter lillypaddle Apr 2018 #59

The OPs point is GeorgeHayduke Apr 2018 #79

If you go back and look lillypaddle Apr 2018 #83

Not if you follow the right people nini Apr 2018 #75

Like a request for folks to post a sentence or two context for videos, that is not likely to happen hlthe2b Apr 2018 #3

This is a good question, and what needs explaining muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 #11

Twitter blocked at work KatyMan Apr 2018 #14

Thanks - I hadn't heard that was common (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 #25

It can be if they're on a tablet or a phone Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #40

Because DU is my lunchtime activity and my employer blocks twitter. TBA Apr 2018 #12

ahh... I see. Can you read them on your cell phone? hlthe2b Apr 2018 #18

If posting on DU is my lunchtime activity NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #22

+1000 superpatriotman Apr 2018 #4

And stay off your lawn too, right? malchickiwick Apr 2018 #5

I dislike links without any accompanying information...try not to be lazy folks pecosbob Apr 2018 #6

CLICK ON THIS LINK ! left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #7

DOWN WITH THREEKS! FORKS FOREVER! (nt) HuskyOffset Apr 2018 #24

Kinda fed up with it myself GusBob Apr 2018 #8

Any chance they could publish it in my local paper, too Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #9

but many people read DU at work KatyMan Apr 2018 #16

Don't read it at work. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2018 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author KatyMan Apr 2018 #21

Not sure where you work, KatyMan Apr 2018 #26

I have the same problem but then someone here mentioned this link PRETZEL Apr 2018 #10

I have no problem with links to tweets. I don't understand why others do. Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #13

Because people read DU at work and twitter is blocked KatyMan Apr 2018 #17

Amen! Staph Apr 2018 #27

Thank you! n/t KatyMan Apr 2018 #30

While we're at it, how about people who post "Did you see what Rachael just said? Awesome!" Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #50

Yes! ⬆⬆[b]THIS⬆⬆ raven mad Apr 2018 #56

this crazycatlady Apr 2018 #65

That really makes me crazy nini Apr 2018 #77

I'm not big on Twitter comments in general Sugarcoated Apr 2018 #23

I believe I posted this before Sugarcoated Apr 2018 #29

There's a really good tweet about that jberryhill Apr 2018 #31

Seconded. DetlefK Apr 2018 #32

It's a pita when the same msg is repeated three times in the same OP. lpbk2713 Apr 2018 #33

No kidding! kag Apr 2018 #62

Yes, drives me crazy too gristy Apr 2018 #81

Maybe you can explain how to post the content of a tweet or tweets. Blue_true Apr 2018 #34

Copy & paste works just fine csziggy Apr 2018 #52

And clicking/viewing a twitter link on DU will record a lot of activity about you. erronis Apr 2018 #36

If it's difficult to copy text from Twitter, then Wednesdays Apr 2018 #48

Yes, please post content (text / image(s)). Saves all readers time. Write for readers, please. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #37

Yes this is a discussion forum GusBob Apr 2018 #44

Or post both IronLionZion Apr 2018 #38

sorry. but no BadGimp Apr 2018 #41

I post the link AND the content, and it's my intention to continue to do both. n/t Miles Archer Apr 2018 #42

Posters who do that are too lazy to do it properly. Twitter info is just useless clickbait anyway. PSPS Apr 2018 #43

Safari on iPhone wont show tweets but.., Kablooie Apr 2018 #45

Can we have a Tweet Forum/group and maybe a front page section of just 'top tweets of the day' TalenaGor Apr 2018 #47

Get with the technology.... HipChick Apr 2018 #49

PLEASE if the tweet includes a link to an article - POST that link - and some information csziggy Apr 2018 #51

I want Twitter to go away permanently... vi5 Apr 2018 #53

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESSOR... First Speaker Apr 2018 #54

Why can't people go to a linked tweet? oberliner Apr 2018 #55

because many people at work have blocked content Locrian Apr 2018 #76

And no humming or whistling a tune unless you're prepared to tell everyone who the band is, LanternWaste Apr 2018 #57

Because of MATH! ornotna Apr 2018 #60

Usually the tweet shows in the post. They're doing the link wrong if the tweet doesn't show. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #61

If the workplace blocks twitter, Ms. Toad Apr 2018 #66

I post links to tweets. You can click on the tweet & it'll take you to the original in twitter. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #68

Just so you are aware, Ms. Toad Apr 2018 #69

I know. Workplace blocking things is a drawback to trying to do social media on employer's equipment Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #71

Tweets may not display for a few reasons, and they usually have nothing to do with poster error. Denzil_DC Apr 2018 #67

There are at least two good reasons always to copy and paste the content of a tweet Denzil_DC Apr 2018 #64

+1,000,000!!!! - n/t Locrian Apr 2018 #74

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! COLGATE4 Apr 2018 #78

Tough! gristy Apr 2018 #82