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Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:07 AM

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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