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(4,796 posts) Tue Mar 21, 2023, 08:33 AM Mar 2023

Can admins automatically provide a notice to everyone posting a twitter "link" [View all]

that they should post the URL of the tweet, NOT the share?

For those of us who don't subscribe to Twitter, we can't see shares unless we login which means we would need to have an account.

And thanks to those who are smart enough to actually use the real links instead of the shares.

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Can admins automatically provide a notice to everyone posting a twitter "link" [View all] Wonder Why Mar 2023 OP

Isn't the "smart enough " comment unnecessary? dem4decades Mar 2023 #1

The way our software works is that if you paste the URL of the tweet into a post EarlG Mar 2023 #2

I may be confusing the link to the tweet with the "tweet" link at the bottom Wonder Why Mar 2023 #5

That could be it EarlG Mar 2023 #6

I have never subscribed or had an account at Twitter and I never have any trouble enough Mar 2023 #3

Confirming. I have never had an account on Twitter. No problems seeing twitter posts on DU or emulatorloo Mar 2023 #4