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People have been asking for this for a while now, and since Twitter is President Cheetoface McShitgibbon's preferred method of communication we decided it was finally time to program our software to allow automatic embedding of Tweets.
How?
Simply enter the URL of the tweet into the body of your post, and our software will do the rest.
Where's the Tweet URL?
To find the URL, go to the tweet you want to embed and click the small drop-down arrow in the top-right. One of the options will say "Copy link to Tweet" -- grab that link and paste it into your post, and you should get the following result:
Link to tweet
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,925 posts)metroins
(2,550 posts)radical noodle
(8,579 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Thank you!
snacker
(3,626 posts)thank you.
LiberalFighter
(53,465 posts)LonePirate
(13,893 posts)seaglass
(8,177 posts)They_Live
(3,302 posts)"pouty face and scowl"
heh.
blogslut
(38,652 posts)Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! Thank you EarlG!
GeorgeGist
(25,426 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Thanks, Guys!
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)OxQQme
(2,550 posts)Cha
(305,385 posts)highplainsdem
(52,337 posts)here open.
Denzil_DC
(7,941 posts)I didn't realize at first, but the way it now works is fine for me, though not immediately obvious.
If you click on the displayed tweet, it should open up the actual tweet on Twitter in another tab (at least it does in Firefox).
Try it:
Link to tweet
highplainsdem
(52,337 posts)have to go back one page to get back to DU. Works the same with the link you posted as it did before.
All other links on DU open a new tab. And links to tweets used to.
BTW, I am using Firefox.
I do have one other quibble with the link. When I used to post links to tweets, you could tell from the link that appeared on DU that it was a particular page on Twitter -- so, for instance, I could post a link to the Twitter account, and a following link to a specific tweet. Now, with only the words "Link to tweet" appearing, you can't tell the links apart.
Denzil_DC
(7,941 posts)to control how you link to Twitter.
But I don't get "Link to tweet" if I just paste the DU Twitter URL in:
https://twitter.com/demunderground
It just displays it like any other non-image URL.
As opposed to the specific tweet URL:
Link to tweet
As for getting the tweet to open in another tab, how about middle-clicking on the link (around the inside margins of it seems to be the hot spot, or aim for the date stamp) rather than left-clicking? That opens it in a new tab for me.
Or right-clicking on the tweet's date stamp will bring up menu options, the first of which is "Open Link in New Tab".
boston bean
(36,486 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,941 posts)You'll need to either whitelist ("Trust Site" DU or allow the Twitter Button Social Media Tracker in order for this to work.
herding cats
(19,612 posts)This is a much needed upgrade!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)to share!
riversedge
(73,120 posts)riversedge
(73,120 posts)alright.
TDale313
(7,822 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)eppur_se_muova
(37,389 posts)Slow-loading tweets are causing the view to bounce all over the place. I wish people wouldn't embed so many tweets in one post that it takes that long to load.
Denzil_DC
(7,941 posts)If not, install a browser plugin like Ghostery - it'll stop the tweets displaying (unless you tell it to allow them) and just show a link instead.
eppur_se_muova
(37,389 posts)uppityperson
(115,869 posts)The address like this, can't see an arrow on my tablet
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/839108868584124417
herding cats
(19,612 posts)If so, mobile twitter, which twitter defaults to even in a mobile device's browser when one chooses not to use the app, doesn't appear to offer a work around for this issue that I'm aware of yet.
I'm about to try other browsers, and I'll let you know if I find one which one can emulate a none mobile environment. Until then, were reduced to moving to a non mobile device to embed tweets due to a flaw in the Twitter platform.
uppityperson
(115,869 posts)JudyM
(29,517 posts)Make7
(8,546 posts)In case you still were wondering how to get tweets to embed from your mobile device - although I don't know how easy or difficult editing text is on your device (usually it's pretty easy - I am posting this from my iPad).
I'm a little late to the party, but thought some mobile users might still happen upon this.
uppityperson
(115,869 posts)herding cats
(19,612 posts)Now you should just be able to click the menu, select "copy link to tweet", paste it here on DU and it will work. At least it does for me now.
Kablooie
(18,769 posts)But works fine on iOS Chrome.
Pluvious
(4,752 posts)Link to tweet
I'm using iPad Safari - you need to remove the "mobile." portion from the hostname, otherwise you get this:
https://mobile.twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/860460384360292352
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(9,265 posts)Blue_Tires
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VOX
(22,976 posts)There have been numerous "keepers" posted on Twitter that are insightful, witty and caustically anti-#45. Have been wanting to share more of those.
As always, thanks for your sterling effort, EarlG!
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