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getagrip_already

(17,624 posts) Thu Feb 9, 2023, 12:52 PM Feb 2023

Twitter links not showing content.. only links?

It seems any time someone posts a link to twitter, only the link appears and you have to click to see it.

Is this the result of the new api restrictions?

If it's a permanent thing, can people stop posting just the link? At least post a screenshot or the text from the post. I'm not clicking though every empty post to see what is behind them.

What we end up with a clicky subject and a mere link. A waste of time......

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Twitter links not showing content.. only links? (Original Post) getagrip_already Feb 2023 OP

They are loading after considerable delay for me. Might that be the case for you too? hlthe2b Feb 2023 #1

I don't see that, but I'm using chrome - not my phone.... n/t getagrip_already Feb 2023 #2

Loading for me Yonnie3 Feb 2023 #3

Last time it happened to me was because I was using Ghostery. demmiblue Feb 2023 #4

hlthe2b

(107,627 posts)

1. They are loading after considerable delay for me. Might that be the case for you too?

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 01:18 PM

Feb 2023

Not typical, but they do eventually load. And I notice because I don't want to give Musk any clicks.

getagrip_already

(17,624 posts)

2. I don't see that, but I'm using chrome - not my phone.... n/t

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 01:23 PM

Feb 2023

Yonnie3

(18,315 posts)

3. Loading for me

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 04:03 PM

Feb 2023

Windows 10 PC with Firefox

There is a pause before tweets load.

I just viewed https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217631491 which has five tweets linked and took about seven seconds to fully load.

demmiblue

(37,990 posts)

4. Last time it happened to me was because I was using Ghostery.

Reply to getagrip_already (Original post)

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 04:14 PM

Feb 2023

Maybe one of your extensions (like an ad blocker) is causing this.

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