Questions tagged [twitter]
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 280-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them.
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How to search within a Twitter user's likes
In Twitter, is there an operator that allows you to search within a user's likes? Perhaps something like likes:username or list:username/likes etc.?
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How to view my sent tweets? [duplicate]
Why can't I see my tweets? My profile says I sent 46 (and I did), but when I click on Tweets, I cannot see them and Twitter says:
Send your first Tweet!
Why is that?
(one of my tweets is from ...
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Why is my Twitter Page in Arabic?
My Twitter page shows up on Google searches in a language I assume is Arabic, and Arabic is the default language when I log in. I have tried to change it back to English in settings, but it changes ...
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If A blocks B on Twitter (preventing B from seeing A's tweets), can B block A so that A can't see B's tweets?
If A blocks B on Twitter (preventing B from seeing A's tweets), can B block A so that A can't see B's tweets?
Where is the option to block somebody after they have blocked you?
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Twitter bookmarklet is unavailable [closed]
Due to Buffer.com browser extension not allowing you to unshorten links when sharing on Twitter (they use their own shortener buff.ly unless you purchase a paid plan: https://faq.buffer.com/article/...
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How to recover a Twitter account from an old colleague?
In 2013 I had a Volunteer created a Twitter account for my soccer club and now he no longer works for the club. I have tried to reach out but no answer. How can I now get access to my Twitter ...
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How to disable Twitter Analytics?
Is there a way to turn off Analytics for a Twitter account again, once enabled? Twitter Help pages didn't provide any answer.
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Twitter file size limit for audio & video
We can upload audio & video directly to Twitter.
Can someone help me know what the file size limitation is for each?
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Search tweets and filter by maximum number of replies
I'm searching popular recent tweets with some keywords and I want to filter out the noisy ones (those with a lot of drama). Matching tweets with a lot of replies or by verified users tend to be ...
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How Can I Get Rid of the "This Person" Follows Tweets?
My Twitter feed gets filled with random tweets about "this or that person follows" and I get random tweets that I don't want. I'd rather have my feed filled with people I follow and not have to scroll ...
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How 'AND' and 'OR' can be combined in advanced twitter search operators?
I want to find tweets including one of these three possibility in search results:
"AAAA" and "BBBB"
or
"AAAA" and "CCCC"
or
"AAAA" and "BBBB" and "CCCC"
I mean that AAAA should be in tweets ...
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Twitter: list of people I am following that do not follow me back!
I know there are a lot of unfollow tools out there, but what I need is a way to sort out a list of the people I am following that do not follow me back.
I then want to add those in a private list, so ...
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Twitter: where can I see my "liked" Moments?
When I "like" (or fav) a twit on Twitter, I can see it in my "Liked" tab. But if I "like" a moment, where are they saved? I haven't been able to find it anywhere in Twitter's UI.
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Can't find someone's tweets
I searched tweets by advanced search but some accounts' tweets don't appear. Why?
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Is there any way to check many tags' popularity on Twitter?
Say I want to compare two tags, like
#Friday #Wednesday
My attempt is to make a search and see how many tweets we got in the last 24 hours.
But this is very slow.
Is there any tool to check a lot ...
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Twitter URL shortening not deterministic?
These two Twitter shortened URLs
https://t.co/A8taVSsehm
https://t.co/eA7EpUqmgJ
both refer to the same target URL:
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/audi-chef-rupert-stadler-...
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How to check who uploaded an image on Twitter using just link to the image?
I came across this embedded tweet but after checking for page source and all I couldn't find the Twitter profile of the person who uploaded it.How can I see who uploaded an image using Twitter?
I ...
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How can I automatically upload Facebook Live Videos to Twitter?
I recently started a new Daily Video project where I upload a Facebook Live Video every day. I would like to auto-sync these to my Twitter account.
I already have an ifttt recipe that syncs my ...
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How do I view replies to tweets?
I cannot figure out how to view some replies to tweets. Please correct any incorrect statements I'm making:
In the screenshot below, a tweet was made by George, and there were 2 replies (I know ...
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How to create tweets with square website image cards?
Twitter's advertiser creative specifications says that "1:1 aspect ratio is not available to self serve advertisers at this time.", suggesting that this is only possible in promoted tweets. but I have ...
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How can I get Twitter videos to continue playing even after their tab has lost focus?
One feature that I really like on Facebook is that I can start a video playing and then do other things. I can switch to a different tab and I will continue to listen to the video's audio playing ...
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Twitter stuck on an endless redirect loop due to the new GDPR pop up (Chrome)
About a week ago Twitter would no longer let me log in on their site due to a popup which caused an infinite redirect loop. I have tried Mobile mode and TweetDeck so far but none of these worked for ...
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How can I stop getting Twitter notifications about things that have nothing to do with me?
I have been getting notifications (i.e. the Notifications link on the top with the little bell next to it has a number) when someone that I follow retweets a photo from someone else. This interaction ...
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How to open tweet-embedded YouTube in new tab directly?
I often see tweets that have embedded YouTube videos without an actual link to them in the text contents. Example: https://twitter.com/SCSsoftware/status/996772457125240832
My followees mostly ...
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Search Twitter for Tweets Containing Polls
I'm trying to figure out a way to use Twitter Advanced Search to find only tweets containing polls.
Ideally, there should have been a designated filter operator like filter:polls but it doesn't exist....
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Meaning of speech bubble in desktop Twitter?
In the Twitter desktop version, what does a speech bubble mean under your tweet?
I thought it might mean "there are replies to your tweet". But when I click on the tweet, nothing shows up.
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How to verify a Twitter account?
Someone asked me to help him verify his Twitter account, how to do that? So that there's a blue tick next to his name.
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Does twitter notify other people who liked the same tweet?
I have recently liked a tweet from someone's likes (the tweet is by a third party). Does Twitter notify them that I liked it?
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Tweet with image: how to make it show up on Facebook
When I post a tweet with an image and I share it on Facebook, the image does not get shared, only the text. To see the image you have to click on the link and see it on Twitter. Is there a way to show ...
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Log out of Twitter account on another device [duplicate]
My Twitter was logged in on my iPad before and I forgot to log out. Since it is now confiscated due to some issues, I wasn't able to log out from that device. What can I do to log ...
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Chrome tab for Twitter shows new tweet count; any way just to show notification count?
When I have Twitter open in desktop Chrome, the tab label will display a counter of all of the new tweets in my feed. This isn't at all helpful since I'm not interested in re-checking Twitter every 30 ...
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Why isn't this tweet from one user that's retweeted by another user showing up in the first user's Twitter timeline?
I really don't use Twitter much and am still struggling with some of its quirkiness. I'd like to know why a particular tweet from a user doesn't show up in the user's own timeline.
Let's call him "...
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Google Chrome always shows Twitter mobile view
I have been looking at twitter.com in Google Chrome browser, Version 64.0.3282.186 (Official Build) (64-bit). I use a number of extensions, all enabled except as noted:
BehindTheOverlay 0.1.3
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Can a Twitter URL specify how many pages or entries to show?
Right now, the link
https://twitter.com/itunescarddeals
will show the first page of content, and when the user scrolls down, then Twitter will add more content to the end of the page.
Is there a ...
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How to know Twitter accounts that linked to my phone number?
I have Twitter account linked to my phone number, every thing OK, but when I try to sign-in to Twitter using my phone number instead of email or username I get this message:
We found more than one ...
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How do I disable the "interesting tweet" notification type on Twitter?
In the past, I would get Twitter notifications when someone liked or retweeted a tweet, or started following me. If I hadn't visited Twitter for a while after, I'd get an e-mail saying there were ...
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After posting I can't see my tweet on timeline
After posting a tweet from computer or phone, I can't see in Tweets but I can see it in Tweets & Replies.
Any solution for this?
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Is there a way to get an email from Twitter if and only if someone tweets at me?
I see that there's a setting on Twitter's "Settings" page that allows me to receive emails from Twitter "When you have new notifications". The problem is that most of my notifications are for accounts ...
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Twitter: Alert me only based on keywords in tweets? [duplicate]
Is there a way to only be alerted when keywords you've chosen are in the tweet of the person you are following?
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How do I see list of people who follow me AND another person?
I'm shocked that it's so hard to find the answer to this question:
How can I see which people following me also follow [some other person]?
Twitter uses this precise relationship to determine who ...
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Exclude retweets when two feeds in one timeline
Looking for a solution to a twitter search query. I have two feeds (A and B) in a single timeline. I want to only exclude B's retweets of A to help reduce any duplication. Is this possible?
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Can tweets be seen on my timeline after I've been blocked
If after an exchange of tweets someone blocks me on Twitter, can others still see his tweets on my timeline? Or are they removed from my timeline altogether? If there are others in the conversation, ...
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How can you recover DMs you had with a profile that has been deleted on Twitter?
So, there's this friend of mine and we used to talk through direct messages on twitter sometimes, but a little while ago this person deleted their profile and the conversation doesn't show up on my ...
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Remove Preview Image when Posting a Link on Twitter
If I do a post on Twitter and include a link, a preview of this linked page shows as a preview image on the post. On Facebook you can just remove this using the dropdown menu of the post - I can't see ...
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Twitter Moments does not adhere to user's language/country settings while abroad
I'm currently abroad in Japan and while my overall Twitter language is still English, when I click the Moments tab all the moments are in Japanese. My settings are using English for the language and ...
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Is there any way in Twitter for your replies to other users not appearing in your timeline?
Time ago, when you replied to another user it didnt appear in your timeline, not at least in the "tweets" section of your timeline (it appeared in tweets and replies if I recall correctly) . But now ...
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How do you read Twitter in order?
I'm trying to catch up on old unread tweets, but when I query Twitter using the Advance search screen with from date A to date B the tweets come back not in order. The order is not random yet not ...
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How to access geolocation data of a tweet?
I want to see the geolocation data of my previous tweets. Unfortunately, I didn't find the way to do it. Is it possible, and how?
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Has the Twitter search syntax silently changed?
So for the last few weeks I've been performing the following search:
#MyHashTag filter:images
And it has worked perfectly. Until yesterday/today when it stopped and displays zero results. Additional ...
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Will I be able to get retweet/likes notifications from ones who turn off my retweet?
I'm conscious that, if ones turn off my retweets, will I be able to get the the notification if they still retweet me, like if they still follow my twitter account or if they added me to their list.
