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tblue37

(64,979 posts)
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 12:11 PM Jan 2019

PSA: posting from Twitter to get the tweet, not just the link--

If you remove the word "mobile" and the period that follows it from your link, you will post the actual tweet, not just the link to the tweet.

Oh, and if you post from Medium, remove the @ from the link, so the link will go to the actual article, not just the site's homepage.

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PSA: posting from Twitter to get the tweet, not just the link-- (Original Post) tblue37 Jan 2019 OP
Kick for dissemination of useful info. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #1
I always do this... CurtEastPoint Jan 2019 #2
Sometimes the dropdown menu uses "embed tweet" instead. But a lot of people tblue37 Jan 2019 #4
Yeah I usually only get the Embed option on my iPad or iPhone underpants Jan 2019 #16
Appreciate the post tblue37.. HipChick Jan 2019 #3
Thank you! 2naSalit Jan 2019 #5
Here goes from "the least tech savvy" : testing testing:: UTUSN Jan 2019 #6
Go to the tweet and simply copy the URL in the address bar, without using the tblue37 Jan 2019 #7
Well, let's see,here goes (& you found somebody MORE/least-tech-savvy!1 UTUSN Jan 2019 #8
Whoa, it worked!1 with the leftover code below. Thanks for everything. UTUSN Jan 2019 #9
You are quite welcome. BTW, I don't know why you get leftover code at all. I never do: tblue37 Jan 2019 #11
Ta-da! nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #10
I just copied exactly the link for your posted tweet, but it didn't give me leftover code--nor did i tblue37 Jan 2019 #12
By now you know I'm the last with answers. I never removed (or saw) "mobile". Am on laptop? UTUSN Jan 2019 #13
Yay! Now you have 3 different ways--and one actually posts the tweet clean. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #14
I am guessing that many are using cellphones or tablets to post, and thus end up tblue37 Jan 2019 #15
Gosh, Kindle Fire HD8?!1 I only post on laptop, seldom on phone. But Kindle is HORRIBLE!1 UTUSN Jan 2019 #17
I manage. I spend most of my time reading, and when I copy-paste or post online, tblue37 Jan 2019 #18
thanks! you just helped me with something Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #19

CurtEastPoint

(18,549 posts)
2. I always do this...
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:09 PM
Jan 2019

click the dropdown top right of tweet (green arrow), then click copy link to tweet (red arrow) and paste it.

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
4. Sometimes the dropdown menu uses "embed tweet" instead. But a lot of people
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:51 PM - Edit history (2)

don't see the dropdown menu option. Removing the word "mobile" is clear for even the least tech savvy.

(IOW, with no "link to tweet" option. Could be "embed tweet" is the only choice on mobile devices.)

underpants

(182,274 posts)
16. Yeah I usually only get the Embed option on my iPad or iPhone
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:57 PM
Jan 2019

Which is what screws my posts up. At least they used to.


/photo/1

2naSalit

(86,054 posts)
5. Thank you!
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:31 PM
Jan 2019

It's a bit annoying to have to load all those tweets and comments and then a whole bunch of hidden garbage attaches itself to my hard drive that I have to remove whenever I leave the Intewebs.

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
6. Here goes from "the least tech savvy" : testing testing::
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:39 PM
Jan 2019

When I clicked on the down-carat in the tweet, it went to a menu containing "embed tweet" and clicking on that went to a window with a button, "COPY CODE" which is this (long something with no "mobile." in sight) :

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our friend Chuck Rosenberg blew my mind today- must watch: <a href="https://t.co/JhHtS3ebQL">https://t.co/JhHtS3ebQL</a></p>— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) <a href="


?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



**********ON EDIT: Well, it suceeded in posting the open tweet here, sandwiched between lines of (code?). Good enough for me, but this Least Tech Savvy dweeb will appreciate further instructions alone the lines of the o.p.!1













tblue37

(64,979 posts)
7. Go to the tweet and simply copy the URL in the address bar, without using the
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 01:56 PM
Jan 2019

dropdown menu at all. Then if the URL has the word "mobile" in it, remove it and the period after it once you've posted the URL.

If you are not using a mobile device, the URL you copy probably will do as is. (I assume a desktop would not have "mobile" in the URL in the first place.)

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
8. Well, let's see,here goes (& you found somebody MORE/least-tech-savvy!1
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:11 PM
Jan 2019

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1081242311051272192&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F100211628183






tblue37

(64,979 posts)
12. I just copied exactly the link for your posted tweet, but it didn't give me leftover code--nor did i
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:29 PM
Jan 2019

give me the long stuff you got:





The way I got this version was to right click on the tweet itself and then click "copy link address."

(That works for this posted tweet because you've already removed "mobile." )

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
13. By now you know I'm the last with answers. I never removed (or saw) "mobile". Am on laptop?
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:37 PM
Jan 2019

So now I'll follow these latest instructions ("right click" etc.) here: well, it did not give me "copy link address" --- it gave me the drop down, "Copy link to Tweet" which is this:






***********ON EDIT: Well, EUREKA, gave me no long code, just the clean link (one space I'm inserting: https://twitter. com/goldengateblond/status/1081242311051272192








tblue37

(64,979 posts)
15. I am guessing that many are using cellphones or tablets to post, and thus end up
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jan 2019

with the "mobile" problem. I use a small tablet (Kindle HD8).

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
17. Gosh, Kindle Fire HD8?!1 I only post on laptop, seldom on phone. But Kindle is HORRIBLE!1
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:00 PM
Jan 2019

I mean, it's great for reading long form, but for me it is HADES to just to navigate for web stuff, not to mention copying and pasting.






tblue37

(64,979 posts)
18. I manage. I spend most of my time reading, and when I copy-paste or post online,
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:50 PM
Jan 2019

it works well enough. My main complaints are that it forces Bing as the primary searchbengine, and I can't turn off the autocorrect, no matter what I do, so autocorrect turns my words into gibberish. Even when I proofread and correct, it often returns my words to gibberish before I post if I am not careful.

It just turned the "if" in the preceding sentence into %it, " and every time I write "of," it changes it to " if. " It does worse things with longer words.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,036 posts)
19. thanks! you just helped me with something
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jan 2019

I can't view twitter video, but I can unroll twitter threads in threadreaderapp if I can get the number at the end of the tweet link. That's been an unnecessarily convoluted process for me before.

In your post I finally noticed the little ">" at the bottom of the tweet image. That gives the link! Never noticed that thing before now.

You saved me some aggravation. Thanks!

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