Is everyone on DU signed up on Twitter?

[kentuck]

I have never taken the time to sign up for Twitter. I never cared for it.

But now, there is so much that I cannot read on DU, because there is a link to Twitter and I am blocked .

I wish I was able to read all the great posts but I do now wish to join.

[msongs]

1. u are not missing much, loads of rumours and made up crap nt

[tenderfoot]

61. And many respected journalists, scientists, doctors, etc.

Oh but it's twitter, so they don't count.

[Scrivener7]

2. Nope.

[Bayard]

3. I'm not, and don't want to be

That reminds me--I need to get off Facebook.

[pwb]

4. Fuck twitter

We have great minds and thoughtful people right here. Like you. Twitter should come here IMO.

[question everything]

59. Could not have said it better (but I tried) Bravo!

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

87. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Really?

I don't have a Twitter account & i see those imbedded tweets.
On every device, in fact.

[SharonClark]

15. Me, too.

[Raine]

52. Same here nt

[mobeau69]

6. If you do, don't pick anything or anyone to follow. You'll get inundated with all kinds of shit.

I need to get out if I can figure out how!

[moonscape]

69. I follow lots of people but have never

tweeted so don’t have your problem. Am there just for info …

[Native]

7. I am, and I love it. And I follow a lot of DUers. I've been on it for years.

[Ohio Joe]

8. hmmm...

You do not have to be signed up to see/read them... There are some settings on browsers that can cause you not to see them though... What browser do you use?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

20. Correct ... having a twitter account or not doesn't affect what you see on DU (nt)

[Faux pas]

9. That's

a big NOPE for me.

[PXR-5]

10. Nope, not on any social media except

DU and an amateur astronomy forum.

[question everything]

63. May I ask the name of the astronomy forum? Spouse is one

[PXR-5]

73. The Sky Searchers

https://theskysearchers.com/index.php?sid=249b7e8a4fce90e8e17b9af9a81496eb

It's a great friendly forum, with a wide range of expertise, from beginner to professional.

[question everything]

79. Thanks. Did not do much astronomy in the past two years

between smoke coming all the way from the West Coast and Canada, and a (successful) open heart surgery...

[madaboutharry]

11. I joined to read the threads.

There are actually some interesting Twitter accounts.

I never intended to ever actually reply, but sometimes I can’t help telling Jim Jordan that he is unpatriotic and a moron.

[question everything]

65. And do you really believe that he, or others actually read and write them?

They have stuff to do this and who decide whether any merits bringing them to the owner's attention.

[emulatorloo]

12. Hell no!

[redstatebluegirl]

13. Nope it is more of a cesspool than FB.

[lpbk2713]

14. Never have.

And I think it's safe to say I never will.

But the links do open up for me and most often that's as far as I go.

[MuseRider]

16. I was but it just annoyed me.

I got rid of it during the Musk crap, it just did not seem worth all the time I spent clicking it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Nope

[SoonerPride]

18. I am. I have an all politics Twitter feed and a non-politics one.

If you want to join the 4600 followers of my political musings, follow me here:

https://twitter.com/RedStateResistr

And add your twitter handle below. I follow all DUers.

[Gore1FL]

19. When it gives you the choice to login or sign up, chose login and the close the login window.

Unless the post is age restricted, you can continue reading.

[Disaffected]

23. Yes, that works. Do you know of any way

to display all the replies to a tweet rather than the two or three at a time that show up now when "show more replies" is clicked?

[LeftInTX]

62. No, that's why I had to log in to twitter on Chrome after I ditched Firefox a few months ago

[Gore1FL]

75. Unfortunately, I do not.

That issue drives me nuts.

[Disaffected]

78. It's annoying alright.

Anyone have a solution??

[GoCubsGo]

81. There's an add-on called "Breakthrough Twitter Login Wall."

Just search for it on the main Firefox add-ons page. You'll still get the login pop-up, but it goes away after a few seconds, and you can read everything.

[FakeNoose]

21. I don't have a Twitter account but I can read the tweets that get posted here

Here's what I do: I right click on the tweet and I open it in an Incognito window. This allows me to see what's posted on Twitter (without their nag screen) and also I can scroll down and see the replies to the original tweet. I'm not allowed to post anything on Twitter, but that's fine.

If you are trying this on a cellphone, I don't know how you right-click. (It may not be possible.) On a computer of course it's a different story. Incognito windows are a feature of the Chrome browser, and perhaps a few newer browsers.

I really don't want to spend a lot of time on Twitter, but some DU posts would be useless if I couldn't get on there.

Another nice thing you can do in Chrome is you're allowed to right-click on the posted image, and open that image in a new tab or a new window. This allows you to see the full image (photo, graphic, article, etc.) separate from the tweet confinement. Many times the full image has a lot more to it than what is shown in the cropped version.

[sdfernando]

22. No, I'm not signed up on Twitter. Not of Facebook either. Don't want to be. /NT

[Deuxcents]

41. That's my answer, too

[Bev54]

24. I just signed up a week ago just for reading DU posts.

I have no intention of ever posting anything ever.

[beaglelover]

25. No, not signed up on Twitter.

[PJMcK]

26. Nope

Can't be bothered with trash.

Same with Facebook; I only use it to keep in touch with relatives who don't like the phone.

[kentuck]

27. I must be doing something wrong?

As soon as I pull up a Twitter link, a sign-up box covers the page and I cannot get into it or read it??

[Ohio Joe]

30. ahhh... Yes, that happens...

To get around it, click on 'sign up', the sign up box will have an 'X' in the upper right hand (or left hand, I forget) corner. Click it and the box closes and you can read some more... It will continue to pop up to annoy you for every few posts you browse though though. They really, really want you to sign up.

[Emrys]

28. I have a Twitter account, and I'm effectively invisible on it to other users.

I've created a couple of lists for myself which let me focus on particular areas of interest. I occasionally vote on Twitter polls or report accounts that have gone beyond the pale. Other than that, I've never tweeted, and my account is locked down as far as it can be, no follows, no followers.

Twitter can be a totally fantastic resource, and if I'm exposed to rubbish on it, it's largely my choice to go there - I mute accounts I don't want to hear from for various reasons, or at least whose tweets I don't want to see unless I deliberately choose to, which often reminds me why I muted them in the first place.

You don't need to have a Twitter account or be signed in to read tweets posted on DU - it's probably down to a setting in your browser or a browser add-on - for instance, I run Ghostery, and in the past I've had to allow Twitter's social media button or whatever in order to see tweets without clicking through.

[Sympthsical]

29. You're seriously missing almost nothing

It's mostly, "Random person who agrees with me agrees with me."

It's thrilling.

[IcyPeas]

31. Yes. all the worlds major news outlets have twitter feeds. a lot of news breaks there

there is even a January 6th Committee account. It's not all clickbait.

example:
https://twitter.com/January6thCmte





and..... there are cats

[W_HAMILTON]

32. If that "log in or sign up" pop-ups blocks you from viewing certain tweets...

...just click "sign up" and then click the "X" at the top to back out. That should let you go back to viewing them like normal.

I don't have a Twitter account, but I do read tweets that others post and sometimes view replies etc.

[samnsara]

33. i dont do facebook but i do do twitter

[orleans]

34. my daughter insisted i sign up on twitter

so i could just click on something she was talking about rather than her trying to explain it all to me

i like twitter a lot

i follow adam shiff, eric swalwell, jeff tiedrich, & i guess bette midler b/c i get her occasional tweets in my twitter feed. example: (she posted this yesterday)

[BlackSkimmer]

48. The only thing, is I'm not sure how true that tweet is. Are you?

Sadly, I can think of a few more than that on our side. My local mayor went to prison. Pat Cannon is his name. Blagojevitch did too, and there are others. Tony Navarrette’s charges are beyond horrid.

We shouldn’t lie about wrongdoing on either side.

[blogslug]

53. Most of the time

If one reads the comments on an incorrect tweet, there will be debunks in the replies.

[BlackSkimmer]

57. No doubt. But so many, especially a few here, think Twitter is the gospel.

It really is amazing.

[blogslug]

67. Twitter is a media platform

It is a communication and sharing tool. Anyone with a account can tweet and interact with others on Twitter. Some people lie on Twitter. Other people lie on other venues and platforms. Twitter is not a religion.

[BlackSkimmer]

68. I so agree.

I wish others were aware of that.

[hunter]

35. I have twitter blacklisted, removed from my personal universe...

... just like cable/satellite/broadcast television.

I don't see tweets, not even those embedded here on DU.

And just like that a lot of nonsense goes away.

[orleans]

82. that's too bad you don't see tiedrich's tweets--they're clever & funny commentaries on the news

of the day

[grumpyduck]

36. No.

No FB, TikTok, or any others.

DU and a couple of non-political chat rooms.

[H2O Man]

37. No, I never have.

Zero interest in it.

[Captain Zero]

77. It's Instagram I can't stand

I tried it. Don't like it. Doesn't make any sense to me. I was on Twitter several years before Facebook.

[H2O Man]

84. I don't have that, either.

My kids think I'm low-tech, and I suppose they are right. Never had or used a cell phone or credit card.

[hlthe2b]

38. I've never registered, but I am able to go the main tweet and follow down and I bookmark

internet links to some prominent Twitter users I like to read, like Laurence Tribe. Not quite sure what I'm being blocked from since I'm not registered, but it seems to work for me. I can't see all the responses for sure, but I'm usually able to follow a twitter stream.

[malaise]

39. No Facebook

No Twitter

[doc03]

40. Nope and it pisses me off when I am redirected to

Twitter on DU.

[Midnight Writer]

42. Not signed up, and do not currently see Twitter content on DU. Used to see it here, but not lately.

[Buns_of_Fire]

43. Try deleting everything in the URL from the "?" on (including the "?")

and hit "Enter". That seems to work for me.

[Celerity]

44. the same (url trimming, ie removing the ? and all after) goes for posting tweets here as well

[BlackSkimmer]

45. Nope.

Middle school nonsense.

But just read here, and DU Twitter fans will treat you to all the trash.

[48656c6c6f20]

46. I get 13 channels of shit on the TV to chose from

So there's that.

[Akoto]

47. I am. I use it to announce impending streams on my YouTube/Twitch channels. nt

[bamagal62]

49. Nope!

[blogslug]

50. I try to include text and images when I post a Twitter link

Sadly I can't do the same with Twitter video. But I do try to warn readers that the tweet I'm posting here contains video.

If you do join Twitter, keep in mind, you'll still need to be logged into it in order to "see" tweets posted on DU. I could be wrong about that but I don't think so.

[Raine]

51. NO and I don't want to but I can read anything on there

that a DU posts links to. 🤔

[PatSeg]

54. I only joined so I could view certain posts

It is not a place I hang out and I really don't like anything about Twitter.

I'd go ahead and sign up. It's not like you're committing to anything.

[LeftInTX]

64. That's how I am.

It's great for breaking news and reading certain posts.

I do tag elected officials from time to time, but it's almost always when their in session and legislation is pending.

[PatSeg]

86. I don't get the appeal at all

It is still hard to believe that Twitter ever took off. Such a bizarre concept, yet it has been successful. I don't "follow" people and have never engaged in a conversation there like I do here or on Facebook.

[Treefrog]

55. No.

[question everything]

56. F**ing NO!

Yes, it is annoying that posters instead of copying and pasting a comment send us to twits.

As I have said here many times: there are so many thoughtful, intelligently knowledgeable comments here that I appreciate reading. Twits are just farts with no thoughts behind them.

Worse, many here quote twits from names that I have no idea who they are and, therefore do not bother to read. Dan Rather is the exception.

Worse still, instead of giving the content of that hallowed twit: Bob Jones twits about recent rally, we get: twits of the night, or twit of the morning snack etc. So no, I don't bother opening any.

Now, when I am on my desktop iMac, clicking on a post will open the twit.

But with my iPad I have to click on the twit link to open, and on occasions my screen will freeze with the only options are to register or to login. I have to hit the back arrow and leave it at that.

End of rant.

[LeftInTX]

58. I do, but I never very very rarely post

I don't very little time on twitter

It's the best source of breaking news!
Reports can tweet faster than they can write a report.

[AngryOldDem]

60. No. Not on Facebook, either.

I can read tweets on Safari on my tablet, but not if I access Twitter through Google.

[Bettie]

66. I am

but before I was, I was still able to read tweets posted here.

[llmart]

70. Nope.

Outside of DU, I don't do so-called "social" media. From what I hear, most of it isn't very "social".

I don't have enough years left on this earth to waste any of it.

[NCLefty]

71. I'm not a member and read pretty much what I want there.

I think I have a workaround to their popup though.

[nolabear]

72. Yes. It makes me crazy but is the fastest source of info I know.

You have to learn to wade through the sewer without getting too much on you, but news, both official and extrapolatory, breaks fast and you get the gestalt of the important issues fast.

[DavidDvorkin]

74. Only the ones who are hip, cool, and with it

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I am: https://twitter.com/David_Dvorkin

[brooklynite]

76. It's been awhile since we've had a good "I hate X and so should you" thread...

Twitter handle @chrisbastianbkl
506 followers

[NNadir]

80. No. I remain uninterested in doing so. My entire social media life is DU. n/t.

[Fla_Democrat]

83. I thought we were suppose to avoid Twitter because of......

I thought we were suppose to avoid Twitter because of Elon Musk?

[ancianita]

85. Nope. I knew early on it could eat up my time. Too much noise, not enough signal.

On the other hand, why not? There are great tweeters out there.

I hope you've collected what would be an excellent list of tweeters from what DU'ers have posted.
If you followed them, you'll get up-to-date quality info.

[Tarc]

88. A lot of people make a separate, new email account just for social media

Use that for the login and nothing else.

[Victor_c3]

89. Nope

I’ve never had a Facebook, MySpace, instagram, tinder, Grindr, or an account on any of those social media platforms.

It seems like too much work for me. I don’t even line to text.

I’m going to get back to yelling at the kids to stay off my lawn and complaining about the youth today with their MePods and boomy boxes. I swear I’m 42 years old going on 80…