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ProfessorGAC

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2. I Have An Account. . .

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:42 AM

Feb 2017

. . .but i don't care for Twitter. That being said, i think the biggest complaint about them can be addressed by copying & pasting the tweet in the body of the post for people looking in from systems that block Twitter.

I can see the tweets themselves, so it's not for me, but most of the complaints seem to be about not having any way to know what the tweet is even about, because it doesn't display for them.

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I like embedded tweets, and yes I can still discuss the content [View all] boston bean Feb 2017 OP

I agree with you though I refuse to become a part of the twitter revolution AuntPatsy Feb 2017 #1

I Have An Account. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #2

You read my mind. Here is the best way, IMHO, to do this to make everyone happy! CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #4

Excellent illustration. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #24

Why, Thank You! CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #25

Thank you. Activists, organizers and protestors also use it to communicate things to octoberlib Feb 2017 #3

I'm not on Twitter yet but I love the new embedded tweets Cha Feb 2017 #5

I like them also get the red out Feb 2017 #6

Would you like them if you couldn't click on any of them? Orrex Feb 2017 #7

Fix your computer so you see the embed. Not sure what else to say. boston bean Feb 2017 #8

Many of us work in large corporations JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #14

Not wishing to sound brutal, but how do they feel about your browsing DU at work? n/t Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #17

Not sure that that's any of your concern, honestly Orrex Feb 2017 #28

No, it's not any skin off my nose. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #29

Your nose notwithstanding, it's a matter of basic functionlity Orrex Feb 2017 #35

I'd be dead set against a separate forum for them. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #37

Yeah, to that end, you & I are basically on the same page Orrex Feb 2017 #47

It's fine - it's a news aggregator JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #36

Any employer that blocks those sites is worth working for! Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #40

Ha! JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #45

Sounds to me like you have a good case for asking your employer for Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #49

No one's asking them not to enjoy the functionality Orrex Feb 2017 #27

Because it is your computer that isn't allowing the embed. It isn't DU or Twitter. boston bean Feb 2017 #30

I think we can all be happy with just copying the text of the tweet OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #38

I am not happy with that, because first it is difficult to copy and past text from a tweet. boston bean Feb 2017 #42

first, I am not arguing we should take away this functionality OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #50

Might work better if people weren't calling DU a twitter wasteland, or something to that effect. boston bean Feb 2017 #51

well yeah OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #53

Testing copy paste OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #48

The thing is, Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #58

" ... that you were opening an effectively wothless OP" lillypaddle Feb 2017 #10

Orrex, you said on another thread that workplace filters stopped you seeing embedded tweets. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #15

Because no one's asking you to censor your online experience in any way Orrex Feb 2017 #26

They are doing that. It is your computer that is not allowing the complete embed and instead boston bean Feb 2017 #31

Um. Oh. Orrex Feb 2017 #33

You think people are doing that just to piss people off, huh? LOL boston bean Feb 2017 #39

Well, probably not specifically to piss them off... Orrex Feb 2017 #46

Time and convenience would be one issue. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #34

I believe it was via a conversation with you the other day I realized this was an issue. herding cats Feb 2017 #55

Thanks--that's quite helpful. boston bean also helped clarify the issue for me. Orrex Feb 2017 #57

Agree nt lillypaddle Feb 2017 #9

At worst, they're something I simply ignore LanternWaste Feb 2017 #11

Twitter's great for a number of things. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #12

My work network blocks it JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #13

People are posting a link that embeds. Some people see the embed others may see boston bean Feb 2017 #16

It's like crack for news junkies riverwalker Feb 2017 #18

Yup. It can also give you some interesting insights into the mentality of journalists, etc. n/t Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #20

I DO too... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #23

I also like embedded tweets Gothmog Feb 2017 #19

Yep.Me too! Lucinda Feb 2017 #21

They don't seem to bother me. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #22

I like embedded tweets too, and frogmarch Feb 2017 #32

No Twitter, no Trump. I hold the platform responsible for the fall of western civilization. malchickiwick Feb 2017 #41

Twitter is just another contributor to the dumb-ing down of America snooper2 Feb 2017 #43

Actually Twitter has kept me well informed. boston bean Feb 2017 #44

Exactly. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #54

Funny, sarcastic wit are all a big plus!!! boston bean Feb 2017 #56

I don't use Twitter. I don't visit Twitter. MineralMan Feb 2017 #52