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highplainsdem

(52,964 posts) Fri May 17, 2024, 01:12 PM May 2024

EarlG, would it be possible to change DU's software so both x.com and twitter.com posts appear? Elon Musk has [View all]

now changed the links to x.com.

See this OP with a Sanders tweet that I just posted:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218957251

We'd need both x.com and twitter.com, I think, for all the tweets from before this change to continue to appear in those old threads.

Thanks in advance!

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EarlG, would it be possible to change DU's software so both x.com and twitter.com posts appear? Elon Musk has [View all] highplainsdem May 2024 OP

Let the bird die in peace. Voltaire2 May 2024 #1

Twitter still has value. See my recent posts sourced from Twitter, one of which got nearly 300 recs. highplainsdem May 2024 #4

If you change the "x" in the URL back to "twitter" after you paste it, the tweet will still appear 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #2

Yes, I know. If you see the post I linked to, I posted the link both ways. But it would be nice if the x.com highplainsdem May 2024 #3

We haven't actually seen confirmation that this is really happening yet EarlG May 2024 #5

The thread I linked to in the OP is that confirmation. The new x.com Twitter link is only a link there. I had to highplainsdem May 2024 #6

Nothing has changed as of yet EarlG May 2024 #7

Thanks for explaining! I hadn't realized they might be doing this to try to force you to buy access to highplainsdem May 2024 #8