To the 1000's of DUers that post tweets here... One simple easy tip:

[Pluvious]

For those that care, and would like to clean up your replies and posts made using Twitter links, note the DU interface has an odd quirk of displaying the URL's useless end tags (query string) right under the displayed tweet.

It's no big deal, I know, but it's also ugly and triggers us snowflakey IT types

You've all seen it 100's of times, it looks like: "?s=21" (or with a 19)

It's super easy to avoid this by just trimming off the "?s=19" found at end of the pasted URL when you make a post.

Peace friends.

Link to tweet

[violetpastille]

1. I thought you were going to say, "Don't"

And I was going to plus one you.

I killed my Twitter yesterday and I feel like I lost 15 pounds.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Really? I like it ! Instant news and no censorship

[LakeSuperiorView]

16. And I would have agreed heartily.

If I cared about Tweets, I would see them on Twitter. If one has something to say about a tweet, fine, post it and start a discussion by saying something.

People who mindlessly post tweets without comment... just retweet it and leave it on Twitter.

Just my $0.02 and I don't much care why anyone likes it. Last thing the world needs is Evangelical Twitter users...

[leftieNanner]

2. Thanks for the info

And for us grammar nerds, your last sentence should read "It's super easy to avoid this BY just..."

Love God's little verse there.

[Pluvious]

6. Wow

It's just amazing how you can proof read a dozen times and not see something so obvious !!

Lmao

Thank you friend (bows)

[leftieNanner]

7. Oh, I know what you mean

I wrote a gluten free cookbook and misspelled jalapeno (for a recipe for Fiesta Cabbage Salad). Badly.

Fortunately, a friend caught it before it went to final print.

[PJMcK]

3. Thank you

I find that most posts of tweets are redundant, ugly and somewhat unreadable. They’re also sloppy.

Thanks for your suggestion.

[Blecht]

4. Good PSA (nt)

[JHB]

5. Also applies to pictures and videos

For instance:
[h]ttps://images.dailykos.com/images/635340/story_image/1372.png?1548196470

displays as
?1548196470

^^^^^^^^
see that?


It's something that can be fixed with a little trimming.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. same way? just post and see what's showing, then delete? like ?1548196470

[JHB]

13. Yup. That's pretty much it: Preview, see what's showing...

..., which typically starts with a "?", and trim down the excess.

It happens with videos too. DU just doesn't recognize the "start at" time. So, for example, if you copy a YouTube URL to start at the 2:28 mark in the video, It'll show as:

?t=148

And it'll start playing right at the beginning, not at the time mark. That issue becomes important when someone posts a long video and doesn't realize it won't jump right to the part they're trying to highlight.


But like the OP said, it's not really a big deal most of the time. I'm in the habit of cleaning up the URLs from when I do the TOON posts.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Thanks !!! it irks me too

[oberliner]

11. Does that tweet mean that Bob Dylan is God?

[watoos]

14. He did get a Nobel Prize.

Thought it was a joke and wasn't going to show up, I think.

[CousinIT]

12. IT geek here...

...in URLs, anything after (and including the "?&quot usually isn't needed.

The crap following the ? is tracking info for website owners/managers (and sometimes somebody's account name or number or order number). Best to just delete it from the "?" to the end.

[William Seger]

15. Yep -- and I especially see them a lot in Breaking News links

If I remove the junk from a URL, I always check that the link still works