Twitter Integration

[ZLoth]

Is the Twitter integration no longer supported after the migration?

[JayhawkCO]

It was a DOGE cut.

[Big John]

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I hope it's not lost on anyone how weirdly funny this is.

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[LilianaUwU]

Is the Twitter integration no longer supported after the migration?

Where's the problem?

[ZLoth]

Prior to the upgrade, I would post a list to the Twitter post in the Weather forum, and then the whole Tweet would open up.

[gonealookin]

Yes, the embedding of the tweets seems to be broken.  I sometimes used that feature with Caltrans District news or with NWS news in the Weather sub-sub-forum, because an included image or video posted directly in the forum comment.

Trying a NWS tweet with an image with both "x.com" and the manual change to "twitter.com":

https://x.com/NWSReno/status/1907488478658732173

https://twitter.com/NWSReno/status/1907488478658732173

See, those require the reader to click on the link, rather than having the tweet embed directly.

[Scott5114]

People still use Twitter?

Why?

[webny99]

...

Trying a NWS tweet with an image with both "x.com" and the manual change to "twitter.com":

https://x.com/NWSReno/status/1907488478658732173

https://twitter.com/NWSReno/status/1907488478658732173

See, those require the reader to click on the link, rather than having the tweet embed directly.

I actually prefer this. I'd rather not have a massive tweet automatically embedded in the body of the post, so I ended up using tinyurl.com to convert twitter links to normal links so that people can just click the link if they're interested.

[ZLoth]

People still use Twitter?

Why?

Mainly for updates from NWS. The feed is highly pruned from a few years ago.

[gonealookin]

People still use Twitter?

Why?

NDOT and Caltrans Districts are on there, and setting up those feeds is useful for road information in the Lake Tahoe area.  Plus National Weather Service info as mentioned above.  Also I travel to golf tournaments and each tournament has its own Twitter account for information about its event.  None of that has migrated to Bluesky.

Those feeds are all I use it for.  I have on a few rare occasions replied to some tweet but have never actually posted an original tweet myself.  I don't get bogged down in all the ranting and anytime I click on some subject under the "Now Trending" or whatever it is I instantly wish I hadn't.

[About requiring the reader to click on the link, rather than having the tweet embed directly]
 
I actually prefer this. I'd rather not have a massive tweet automatically embedded in the body of the post, so I ended up using tinyurl.com to convert twitter links to normal links so that people can just click the link if they're interested.

I can understand that, but the included image usually makes the point pretty well.  Leaving that out is similar to having a photo thread but not actually embedding the photo, just putting a link there, which makes a photo thread as interesting as dry toast.

[webny99]

[About requiring the reader to click on the link, rather than having the tweet embed directly]
 
I actually prefer this. I'd rather not have a massive tweet automatically embedded in the body of the post, so I ended up using tinyurl.com to convert twitter links to normal links so that people can just click the link if they're interested.

I can understand that, but the included image usually makes the point pretty well.  Leaving that out is similar to having a photo thread but not actually embedding the photo, just putting a link there, which makes a photo thread as interesting as dry toast.

That makes total sense for the photo threads, because the purpose of those threads is to share photos.

But sharing tweets isn't usually the main purpose of a thread/post, at least not for me. I suppose it could be, and in that case it being embedded is fine. But if it's not the most important part of whatever I'm saying, I would rather just have it as a link for reference.

[1995hoo]

People still use Twitter?

Why?

Because I regularly ride the Acela, I find the Amtrak alerts extremely helpful, and they tend to be more timely than the alerts pushed through their own app.

[vdeane]

NDOT and Caltrans Districts are on there, and setting up those feeds is useful for road information in the Lake Tahoe area.  Plus National Weather Service info as mentioned above.  Also I travel to golf tournaments and each tournament has its own Twitter account for information about its event.  None of that has migrated to Bluesky.

I have no idea why government agencies, corporations, celebrities, and the media continue to use Twitter.  At this point the site is nothing more than Elon's personal propaganda outlet.

[JayhawkCO]

NDOT and Caltrans Districts are on there, and setting up those feeds is useful for road information in the Lake Tahoe area.  Plus National Weather Service info as mentioned above.  Also I travel to golf tournaments and each tournament has its own Twitter account for information about its event.  None of that has migrated to Bluesky.

I have no idea why government agencies, corporations, celebrities, and the media continue to use Twitter.  At this point the site is nothing more than Elon's personal propaganda outlet.

I basically only keep my Twitter account alive for one particular person I follow. Everyone else of any note is on BlueSky. The only problem with BlueSky that I have is that the algorithm really, really wants me to give a shit about professional wrestling, despite me having put as many wrestling terms in the "I don't care about this" box in the moderation settings. Lately it's also tried to make me care about the newest season of Survivor, when I haven't watched that show since 2001.

[hbelkins]

NDOT and Caltrans Districts are on there, and setting up those feeds is useful for road information in the Lake Tahoe area.  Plus National Weather Service info as mentioned above.  Also I travel to golf tournaments and each tournament has its own Twitter account for information about its event.  None of that has migrated to Bluesky.

I have no idea why government agencies, corporations, celebrities, and the media continue to use Twitter.  At this point the site is nothing more than Elon's personal propaganda outlet.

I basically only keep my Twitter account alive for one particular person I follow. Everyone else of any note is on BlueSky. The only problem with BlueSky that I have is that the algorithm really, really wants me to give a shit about professional wrestling, despite me having put as many wrestling terms in the "I don't care about this" box in the moderation settings. Lately it's also tried to make me care about the newest season of Survivor, when I haven't watched that show since 2001.

And BlueSky is nothing more than liberal propaganda (the anti-Elon). I have a BlueSky account -- which is actually my second one, as the first one I started got banned within 24 hours.

Neither Twitter nor BlueSky are true free-speech platforms. They both still censor, although for totally different reasons. Twitter censors based on behavior, while BlueSky censors based on viewpoint.

I administer Facebook and Twitter accounts for work, but much prefer Facebook. Our Facebook account has long been 10x more popular than our Twitter account. This is different than most state transportation agencies, or at least it was 10 years ago, when Twitter was far more popular than Facebook with most agencies and their users/followers.

[JayhawkCO]

And BlueSky is nothing more than liberal propaganda (the anti-Elon). I have a BlueSky account -- which is actually my second one, as the first one I started got banned within 24 hours.

Neither Twitter nor BlueSky are true free-speech platforms. They both still censor, although for totally different reasons. Twitter censors based on behavior, while BlueSky censors based on viewpoint.

I am not a free-speech absolutist by any stretch, so having neither of them be true free-speech platforms doesn't bother me at all.

And saying that Twitter censors based on behavior is laughable. Soooooo much hate speech and so many threats on that platform go completely unaddressed.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on your perceptions of BlueSky.

[Scott5114]

NDOT and Caltrans Districts are on there, and setting up those feeds is useful for road information in the Lake Tahoe area.

Whoever runs NDOT's Reddit account (u/NevadaDOT) is hilarious. Sometimes they'll pop into threads where someone has photographed someone else doing something ridiculous on the road, and NDOT will roast them along with everyone else.

[english si]

I have no idea why government agencies, corporations, celebrities, and the media continue to use Twitter.  At this point the site is nothing more than Elon's personal propaganda outlet.

Because the other sites are just as bad? Bluesky has gangs of nonces running around requesting cheese pizza unsolicitated without moderation nor shame stopping them (but you dare yuck someone's yum, and you'll end up banned there!).

X is the same with out-and-proud racists (including those with left-wing coded racism who were actively ignored by the moderation when it was Twitter with jack in charge) just happily getting away with it as the site has decided not to moderate beyond community notes. The free speech meaning that Nazis and Tankies (the latter leftovers from when they were allowed to basically rule Twitter five years ago before Twitter banned a satire account for making a not-that funny joke and so Elon Musk threw far too much money into buying it to buy the site and reinstate them) spouting their hateful politics all over X.

LinkedIn is all sociopaths with no life outside work and dunking their face into ice water to help wake themselves up at 4:30.

Facebook is ads and minions memes (or was last time I was there, nearly a decade ago. They went to rot as soon as they let the general public in, rather than just those at universities). It's social media for people who don't really understand the internet as not being a private message board. I did a lot of muting people I actually really get on with in real life because they just constantly post shite (NB, not shitpoasting, which I quite like. But non-stop signalling of lazy, mainstream, vanilla opinions).

And they all sell as much data as they can get off you as possible, especially Facebook.

Maybe one of MySpace, Bebo, etc is alright but that's because no-one is there as it was passe 20 years ago. And so it's not a place to broadcast news. And it's the news function that makes it useful here (and why Governments, etc post there as well as on other sites who's iffy content is more to your liking). There still some gleams of goodness on those hell sites, partially for the same reasons that makes them hell sites and why people with voices post there (ie everyone and their dog are on there to hear).

It's little different to the stuff I get subjected to when I read pretty much any UK paper (which are much more coming from certain, known, viewpoints - like US cable news) - weirdos spouting odd and dangerous opinions. And those papers are heavily edited and censured, unlike social media. Seems to be a problem with humanity, rather than those websites specifically.

[LilianaUwU]

And BlueSky is nothing more than liberal propaganda (the anti-Elon). I have a BlueSky account -- which is actually my second one, as the first one I started got banned within 24 hours.

Neither Twitter nor BlueSky are true free-speech platforms. They both still censor, although for totally different reasons. Twitter censors based on behavior, while BlueSky censors based on viewpoint.

I am not a free-speech absolutist by any stretch, so having neither of them be true free-speech platforms doesn't bother me at all.

And saying that Twitter censors based on behavior is laughable. Soooooo much hate speech and so many threats on that platform go completely unaddressed.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on your perceptions of BlueSky.

Slurs go unchecked on Twitter but don't you dare call anyone cis. Bluesky is heaven on Earth compared to Twitter, though they have their own issues not getting rid of the transphobic trash (such as noted "just asking questions" clown Jesse Singal).

[freebrickproductions]

Unironically, I've found BlueSky to overall be a much more relaxing experience to browse than Twitter. I think partially because there's no primary algorithm that encourages fighting to farm engagement on the site (along with a much stronger culture of blocking).

[vdeane]

Slurs go unchecked on Twitter but don't you dare call anyone cis.

I would not be surprised if Musk's policies on Twitter are the reason why transphobia has become so mainstream in the past couple years.  He's basically turned that site into a mainstream 4chan.

[algorerhythms]

People still use Twitter?

Why?

Twitter used to be useful for service alerts from GRT, when the LRT is shut down for freezing rain... but the last time I tried checking it, Twitter insisted on showing the list out of order, so it would only show me service alerts from 2023, which were completely useless in 2025...

[gonealookin]

Twitter used to be useful for service alerts from GRT, when the LRT is shut down for freezing rain... but the last time I tried checking it, Twitter insisted on showing the list out of order, so it would only show me service alerts from 2023, which were completely useless in 2025...

That was one of the first changes Musk implemented.  You have to be logged in as a registered user to view anything coherent.  If you're not logged in and click on an account you get random ancient tweets, as you describe.

I didn't actually have an account with Twitter until he did that.  As I mentioned above I still find that the site has its limited uses, so I held my nose very tightly and registered.