When did this "link to tweet" stuff start on DU?

[Orrex]

I mean, I know that it's because Resident Chump tweets like a methed-up howler monkey, but it seems like 25% of the posts I see lately contain nothing but link to tweet.

These posts are worthless to me and, I suspect, to others, because every one of the links is blocked by my workplace filters.

Is it impossible to quote the actual text of the tweet? It's not as though they're lengthy diatribes, after all.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Workplace filters

Yep - me too. Can't see them so I trash them.

[pinboy3niner]

2. DU announcement Jan.24...

You can now embed Tweets directly into DU posts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10138150

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Embedded tweets are more aesthetically pleasing.

[Orrex]

15. Sure, if they display

Otherwise, not so much!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. 11. I will embed and quote from now on. Thanks for the heads up.

[Orrex]

18. I saw and appreciate that!

That's why you got the instead of the

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Quoting is good for the search engines too. Makes phrases more popular.

Like "minority President",

"So-Called Ruler Of The US" = SCROTUS

etc.

[NewJeffCT]

34. same for me

I can't see the linked tweets because I'm in the office.

[Orrex]

13. Thanks--I totally missed that.

Doh!

[yuiyoshida]

54. I LOVE them!

Link to tweet

[Blues Heron]

3. Yep, also for archive purposes

The text should be copied and pasted into the post along with the link to the tweet. For future reference or if the tweet gets deleted.

[DetlefK]

5. Embedding links was enabled on DU about 1-2 weeks ago.

I see the "link to tweet" only for a few seconds while the page is still loading.

[Mrs. Overall]

6. I don't have filters, so I see images, but posters should also cut/paste the tweet as text

so that everyone, regardless of filters, can see the actual tweet.

[kcr]

9. Yes, because link to tweet works better for me

My browser doesn't render embedded tweets.

[demmiblue]

12. Good point!

I am going to revise my just posted OP!

[madokie]

7. Rec

[Pachamama]

8. Don't know but find it annoying and wish Skinner & Earlg would require a photo of the tweet or that

there be a completely separate category on DU for discussions of Trumps tweets and/or "tweets" could be placed, because I have no desire to see these links and I have actually found it slows the loading even on my IPad. I also refuse to ever tweet and I feel like while we want to know what the Little man in the White House is spewing, I don't want to have to as a result be giving Twitter promotion.

[Orrex]

14. Maybe a subforum, like Video & Multimedia?

Since the format is consistent and specific, it would make sense to group them together.

[csziggy]

32. Better than a scren image of the tweet is to quote the text of it

Then the reader can cut & paste if they want to.

I do like having the link to the tweet - if people are going to refer to tweets - so I can go to the source. At the source I can gauge the reliability of the tweeter, see the reaction they are getting and follow links they might have posted to sources of their own.

While I don't like Twitter as a source, right now it is what many are using as a way to exchange information and views. Being able to get to the original source is a vast improvement over people quoting them without context - or worse, posting a screen shot with no source information other than a Twitter handle which is useless unless the reader has a Twitter account of their own.

Most of the tweets I've seen posted here as links are NOT to Twitler's tweets. Most are commentary or sarcasm. For instance, George Takei and John Fugelsang have both been posted here, among others.

[jehop61]

40. Thank you

Those of us who don't use Twitter find it annoying. A separate group for tweets would let those who enjoy them have tweeets, and those who don't can avoid them.

[JNelson6563]

10. Oh, just one of many unfortunate changes here...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I will embed and quote from now on. Thanks for the heads up.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. Yep that's all I see too.

Will not display on my browser. Possibly because I have security things going on.

It's so annoying I mostly don't click on the "link to tweet" to see what the post is about and move on to something else.

[rickford66]

19. I was about to complain also.

I glad others have spoken up. Also, it's probably just me, but many Tweets don't make sense anyway. No text, just some hashtag things.

[cab67]

20. Copying the text is important, but so is embedding the link.

If only to maintain a connection to the original tweet for attribution.

[IronLionZion]

21. Bookmark them for later

and view it at home. Same with many videos and the pic of the day is also blocked for me.

[Orrex]

27. Often with a vid there's a hint about the content

If the poster can't bother with at least a several-word summary, it's not worth bookmarking.

Same thing for the tweet-links. There are dozens of them every day, many of which are probably redundant and/or not terribly interesting. But the inability to see them creates a false sense of importance.



Thanks for the tips, though--I appreciate you taking the time to consider it.

[Denzil_DC]

22. Some ad blockers etc. will stop the tweet displaying.

I use Ghostery on Firefox, and had to whitlelist the Twitter social media button to get them to work.

For those who're finding the display of Twitter posts here annoying, installing a browser plugin like that could be a solution.

Me, I love the fact it's so easy to post stuff from Twitter now - on occasion there's been no other source for certain information, so I've had to do some annoyingly time-consuming copy-and-pasting and formatting to make the text resemble a tweet, and it also means it's possible to give access to Twitter-embedded gifs and videos that were near impossible to display here before now. In those cases, a text quote like you want wouldn't work, obviously.

[pintobean]

23. Thanks for the tip

[Denzil_DC]

24. You're welcome.

Before I read EarlG's announcement, the "Link to Tweet" stuff was driving me moderately crazy!

[Orrex]

28. I can usually view them from home...

but I do most of my DU browsing from my workplace, where I can't add filters or plugins, alas.

[Denzil_DC]

37. Well, using such plugins in the way I suggest would just stop the display of the tweet,

leaving the link intact, so it's not a solution for your issue anyway.

If I have time, I'll try to remember to add a text transcript whenever I quote a tweet, but often they include graphics (and sometimes it's only the graphics I'm interested in), so there's no getting round that for you folks who access DU at strict workplaces, I'm afraid.

[heaven05]

26. sometimes

they don't even show...this is BS, but what's a DUer to do but post an objection...which I am doing with you.

[Orrex]

29. I might mention it in ATA

There's a small backlog there now, and this is arguably a low-priority issue, so I'll wait a bit.

[heaven05]

50. okey dokey

back atcha

[pangaia]

30. You shouldn't really be DUing at work......should you?

[Orrex]

33. YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!!!!1!!

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[pangaia]

35. LOL !!!!!!!!!!

[Denzil_DC]

42. You went where I didn't dare ...

There are few upsides to being self-employed, but this is one of them!

[pangaia]

43. I learned that for 43 years.

Of course one of the downsides was double FICA payments..

[Denzil_DC]

45. 43 years!

Well done, you. I'm at the stage where, when I'm touting for work, I have to downplay my experience by a decade or so to avoid prospective clients thinking they're dealing with Methuselah.

[pangaia]

46. The day a couple years ago when I sold the business to my one employee,

the instant I had the check in my hand all the pressure was gone !


So you have that to look forward to.

[Denzil_DC]

48. I wish!

I'll work till I drop - family partnership, totally tied to our individual skills, so it'll end with us.

[avebury]

47. That is what cell phones are for.

[mainstreetonce]

31. Please copy what the tweet says

Or summarize in your own words

It is so annoying to have to click on tweets to find out if the post is worth time reading.

[blogslut]

36. I will include the text of the tweet from now on.

Before embedding tweets was enabled on DU, I used to include a link to the tweet along with the text, which I formatted with the "excerpt" tag and if there was an image I copy/pasted its URL into the excerpt.

I'm sorry for upsetting so many people. I was just excited because embedding actual tweets is so much easier and looks better.

I neglected to understand that those who cannot see embedded tweets have script blockers or other filters. I too have this problem with some animated gifs, linked from image-sharing sites. They freeze up my computer unless I immediately right-click/view image.

I'll do better.

[Orrex]

38. Thanks for your consideration!

I don't think anyone's at fault here--it's a potentially great new feature with a few minor growing pains.

[Denzil_DC]

41. I don't mind the tweet display at all, but vast gifs in sig lines used to drive me crazy.

I just disabled display of sigs in my account in the end - I miss out on a bit of color, but I definitely don't miss waiting an age for a page to load just because one or two posters whose comments I may not be interested in anyway have massive, slow-loading gifs in their sig lines.

[bettyellen]

51. Same, had to disable those- some were too darned much

[Denzil_DC]

52. Yeah, I mean, three in one sig line, in one case.

There aughtta be a law!

[radical noodle]

39. Alt agencies for one thing

Some of the agencies have had to resort to tweeting because trump is controlling what goes on their websites. It's one of the best ways of getting information quickly now. Tweeting wasn't in my universe at all, until the election. Now it almost seems necessary to keep up.

[TexasProgresive]

44. Tweets weren't displaying for me either

I had to tell Adblock to allow it-

[melman]

49. Not only that

But who really cares what some person tweeted? I know where to find twitter if I need it.

[WhiteTara]

53. Around the same time the use of

apostrophes were discontinued.

[MineralMan]

55. So, your workplace doesn't want you on Twitter?

Shocking! They want you to work when you're on the job? Outrageous!

[Orrex]

56. Yes, shocking that some employers allow their workers downtime

They really need to brine up their whips and get cracking.

[MineralMan]

57. Well, I don't know.

I've been self-employed since 1974.

[Orrex]

58. No, you don't know

But thank you for your condescension and smug, judgmental tone.


Much appreciated.