x.com inks do not display in DU, you need to click on them and use the twitter.com ones

[Celerity]

The DU software does not auto imbed tweets from the x.con domain, unlike tweets from the twitter.com domain, which it does

also, please URL trim the '?' and everything after it (that is not just for twitter links)

example

Link to tweet

?s=20

will not display on DU

but if you click on it it yields a link that will display on DU

(snapshot)

(and ?s=20 should be trimmed off or else it displays)

here is what that yields

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Thank you... DUers please pay attention to this. If you hit the X-link it just stalls and stalls,

does not embed and is just irritating. By contrast, the Twitter link will both embed and can be followed (and will load) fairly efficiently if you wish to. Obviously, Musk has monkeyed with the programming to deter those not registered on "X."

[Celerity]

2. it is not from Musk's end, the DU software only auto-imbeds a few sites' links and certain images

twitter

youtube

vimeo

etc

and on vimeo you have to remove the

https:// part too



or it shows up too

so just paste in



which yields

vimeo.com/281921423

[hlthe2b]

5. No. I am saying the fact that the x-site on internet stalls and stalls and stalls--that IS MUSK

That is immaterial and totally apart from the issue with embedding on DU. But if you follow a x-link from DU, the same happens. THAT IS MUSK.

[Celerity]

11. I have not had the stalling issue happen other than maybe a very few times.

[Iggo]

6. I didn't know that about Vimeo. Thanks for the heads-up!

Last edited Sun Oct 8, 2023, 01:50 PM - Edit history (1)

[Celerity]

16. yw!

[Recycle_Guru]

3. or just stop going to Xitter and posting links

Threads is way better environment and has attained critical mass to be a great breaking news source with many of your favorite political and media contributors so posting

[Celerity]

7. no, and Threads also doesn't display on DU due to the DU software, plus Threads is banned in the EU

I refuse to cede the huge Twitter space to the RW

[Recycle_Guru]

8. Xitter is already overtaken by nazis (one of them now owns Xitter)

We don't need previews of Threads, but if DU admin decides to code for that--that would be great too.

EU has not blocked Threads. Meta team is trying to figure out how to release their product in EU which conforms to their privacy standards.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/06/why-has-threads-metas-answer-to-twitter-not-launched-in-the-eu

[Celerity]

9. I am blocked as of now from joining Threads (I live in Sweden), so yes, it is blocked in terms of

me posting on it

[Recycle_Guru]

10. got it. hope they figure it out

and can manage to make less billions by scraping every square inch if data somthey can comply amd get launched over there.

[JCMach1]

4. One more reason to dump Elon's mess permanently

[orthoclad]

12. The bigger question is

why are we monetizing Musk?

Advertisers see the number of clicks/views that his reich-wing sandbox gets. Every click empowers Musk.

There is a lot of inertia left on the site left from the bluebird "town hall" days, but those days are over. Traffic there empowers the Reich wing. People who we want to hear from still use the site, but they are only there because we are. If we leave, they'll follow.

I make a polite ask that people who quote the Musk site copy and paste content when possible, to reduce the empowerment of Musk. One click is better than hundreds.

The bluebird is gone, it's now a vulture.

Threads is also bad. After all, it was largely Zuckerthing and his pre-Meta-tated shenanigans that gave the electoral college to Trump, via the micro-targeted and illegal campaign of advertising conducted by Cambridge Analytica using personal data illegally harvested from Facebook. The plutocracy knows how to manipulate the game, and has the resources.

I would dearly love to see a "town hall" that is isn't owned lock stock and barrel by some billionaire asshole.

[Celerity]

13. Kicking for visibility

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Consider a repost on the Community Help page here...

Community Help (Forum): About This Forum
Statement of Purpose
Get help from your fellow DU members and share tips about DU, in a positive, supportive environment.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1256

❤️

[Celerity]

15. done, thanks

https://www.democraticunderground.com/125622703

[WarGamer]

17. Thanks!! Now I understand why they don't show up.