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How do I get this tweet into this forum

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s the black fly in your chardonnay <a href="https://t.co/xa76d0oP1o">pic.twitter.com/xa76d0oP1o</a></p>— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/705759248463089664">March 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Thank You.
 
I'm pretty sure it requires a special "plugin" but my experience with VB tells me that the more plug-ins you have the more your template is prone to breaking. I can totally understand why one would not want to install the mod.
 
I've asked about embedding tweets here before. I don't think it will ever happen.
 
azgreg said:
I've asked about embedding tweets here before. I don't think it will ever happen.
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Seems bizarre to me that this is not easy and common, but dang, I spent 15 minutes with google and I cant figure it out.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
How do I get this tweet into this forum

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s the black fly in your chardonnay <a href="https://t.co/xa76d0oP1o">pic.twitter.com/xa76d0oP1o</a></p>— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/705759248463089664">March 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Thank You.
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Here is the thread from last time it was brought up: http://www.debatepolitics.com/feedback-suggestions/217977-there-way-embed-tweets.html?highlight=tweets

Not much help unfortunately, no official word from Hugh(who along with Vague would probably have to do the implementation). I kinda think it is probably time to make the change to let people embed tweets on the board, but as I mention in the linked thread, both Hugh and Vague have real lifes and may not have the spare time to make the change.
 
Redress said:
Here is the thread from last time it was brought up: http://www.debatepolitics.com/feedback-suggestions/217977-there-way-embed-tweets.html?highlight=tweets

Not much help unfortunately, no official word from Hugh(who along with Vague would probably have to do the implementation). I kinda think it is probably time to make the change to let people embed tweets on the board, but as I mention in the linked thread, both Hugh and Vague have real lifes and may not have the spare time to make the change.
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But this is vbulletin..which is stock right? Seems like everyone who uses vbulletin should be able to do this unless for some reason that must be bizarre Twitter does not want to cooperate. There must be something that I dont understand.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
But this is vbulletin..which is stock right? Seems like everyone who uses vbulletin should be able to do this unless for some reason that must be bizarre Twitter does not want to cooperate. There must be something that I dont understand.
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OK, I am not a vbulletin expert, or even really a novice. I did learn a few things about it when I was a mod, but take this for what it is worth. If vbulletin has support built in, then it probably still has to be activated and computer **** done to it. If it is not, then it needs a plugin, which means getting the plugin(which may or may not cost money), plugging it in and getting it to work. This can be time consuming. Hopefully Hugh will see this thread and comment, as he actually knows what the **** he is talking about on something like this, which is more than I can really say.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Seems bizarre to me that this is not easy and common, but dang, I spent 15 minutes with google and I cant figure it out.
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What would be the advantage?
 
joG said:
What would be the advantage?
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There is a lot of cool stuff on twitter and the like, if this place is going to be really good we need to be able to use these places as easily as we use the likes of Politico and The Nation.
 
joG said:
What would be the advantage?
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It can be useful during elections, I've seen a lot of exit poll numbers being shared in tweets. Outside of election season, I'm not really sure how much benefit it'd be.
 
joG said:
What would be the advantage?
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For one thing, politicians use twitter as a means to communicate with people, making the tweets relevant to the purpose of the board.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
How do I get this tweet into this forum

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s the black fly in your chardonnay <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 't.co', '/xa76d0oP1o']);" href="https://t.co/xa76d0oP1o">pic.twitter.com/xa76d0oP1o</a></p>— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 'twitter.com', '/mattyglesias/status/705759248463089664']);" href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/705759248463089664">March 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Thank You.
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Hawkeye10 said:
I dont know vbulletin yet but there is a great image on Twitter on this

Twitter code 705759248463089664

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

If someone would be so kind as to PM me on how to do this much thanks.
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Wait a minute, the essential part of what you wanted to do was to capture the graphic Yglesias posted, and to do that all you do is right click on the image, open in a new tab and then copy the address. the sad part was u didnt link correctly to his tweet, you link to his twitter page.

this what you wanted:

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Gimmesometruth said:
Wait a minute, the essential part of what you wanted to do was to capture the graphic Yglesias posted, and to do that all you do is right click on the image, open in a new tab and then copy the address. the sad part was u didnt link correctly to his tweet, you link to his twitter page.

this what you wanted:
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You can also right click on image, save the image and then embed the image from your computer, which is surer and avoids broken links.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Wait a minute, the essential part of what you wanted to do was to capture the graphic Yglesias posted, and to do that all you do is right click on the image, open in a new tab and then copy the address. the sad part was u didnt link correctly to his tweet, you link to his twitter page.

this what you wanted:

CctcSuiUEAE9JoS.jpg
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YEP, that is the image that I was trying to put in a thread. Thanks.
 
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