Dear DU Tweeters: a subject line and a blue link are useless to me. Please paste the content...

[Denzil_DC]

33. I don't have problems seeing tweets on DU even on Windows XP

and using the last XP-supported release of Firefox. (I have a newer laptop that runs Windows 10, but still use my old one quite often.)

I mention this because an operating system update is likely a red herring here, desirable as it might be for other reasons.

More likely supects would be, as you say, browser version, and particularly any blocking add-ons. For example, I use Ghostery on both my XP and W10 laptops (invaluable in speeding up Internet use as it blocks ads etc. that can often be slow to load and stop a whole page displaying). I did have problems ages ago with Ghostery blocking the display of tweets on DU, but it was easily solved by whitelisting a social media button in the settings.

I do habitually paste the text and any pastable images when I post tweets. Then someone occasionally complains, "Why is the same text repeated, IT'S ANNOYING," so there's no satisfying everybody!

Doing this is a good idea anyway, as tweets are sometimes deleted, so at least we have a record of what was posted if that happens.

Also, sometimes Twitter is temporarily unavailable, in which case all you'll see is "Link to Tweet" until the problem clears. That may confuse the situation when folks are trying to troubleshoot.