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In reply to the discussion: Dear DU Tweeters: a subject line and a blue link are useless to me. Please paste the content... [View all]JHB
(37,159 posts)35. It's supposed to appear, but sometimes it doesn't
It can vary by the settings people have, and other factors. Some people read DU on systems that block Twitter, so they don't see anything. Sometimes an update to the browser or on Twitter will cause an issue where there hadn't been one previously. And I think something displays differently for people who don't have Twitter accounts, but I can't test that because I do.
Copying the text into an "excerpt" box, or giving a brief description lets people get the gist of it without relying on display features that aren't as universal as you might think.
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Dear DU Tweeters: a subject line and a blue link are useless to me. Please paste the content... [View all]
Hekate
Jun 2020
OP
Thank you. It annoys me to actually have to go to twitter, and now it freezes my computer
niyad
Jun 2020
#4
Wrong, at least in some instances. On Mon, I could see the tweets in the OP's. On Tues, I
niyad
Jun 2020
#22
I just click on the little twitter logo in the uppe right corner and the message pops up.
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#15
Then, I think, I get another, larger logo and click on that to get the tweet, IIRC...
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#50
here are some i've tweeted lately (i'll try to remember to copy the message from now on)
orleans
Jun 2020
#16
I DO NOT have a twitter account, but I can see them and I post many. Here is how to do it
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#39
Up until Tues, I could see the embedded links. Then I couldn't, and actually had to go to Twitter.
niyad
Jun 2020
#30
If you want help with this problem, I think you're going to have to supply some information.
Denzil_DC
Jun 2020
#36
Chances are, it's twitter trying to more efficiently monetize the content.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2020
#52
FWIW - Often they are just slow loading and reloading the page can pop them in here
Lucinda
Jun 2020
#42