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In reply to the discussion: Would you be amenable to a policy requiring "Twitter" in an OP Subject line? [View all]EarlG
(22,371 posts)27. Thanks
And "everybody wins" is kinda the plan
I'm well aware that tweets on DU are annoying to some, but obviously we have a lot of members who like them and I think the overall consensus is that we should not just straight-up ban them from the site.
So this seemed like a good compromise -- we allow people to continue to embed tweets, but also provide the ability to easily avoid clicking through to them, if that's what you prefer.
This system won't be able to notify you about tweets in replies, of course, but since OPs seem to be the main point of contention for most people, this should hopefully go a long way to improving things for folks who don't want to see them.
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Would you be amenable to a policy requiring "Twitter" in an OP Subject line? [View all]
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
OP
No, nor for one that would require "YouTube", "CNN", "blog", "relative" etc.
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2022
#1
when I click on and open the OP containing a Tweet, it automatically opens up the Twitter Account of
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#11
Oddly, its only twitter this happens with...everything else, I have to intentionally click
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#32
I noticed a few people do this in practice, which is great. But most don't unfortunately.
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#7
I have autoplay enabled on Twitter and no matter how I view a DU post with a Tweet, it only plays
Celerity
Oct 2022
#48
Apparently, we have different experiences. Did you see EarlGs post? A Win-Win solution in the works!
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#49
No Worries! You have not caused any additional pain.. it's been a hard process, and I've been
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#51
People constantly complain about tweets, yet they sure seem to respond to and rec a lot of them!
demmiblue
Oct 2022
#35
he is able to rejoin. and just in case you missed it, white supremacists rejoined as well.
msfiddlestix
Oct 2022
#56