Questions tagged [twitter]

Twitter is a website which offers a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets. Questions relating to the Twitter website may be better off on Web Applications Stack Exchange.

Twitter is a website, which offers a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets.

Questions relating to the use of Twitter may be more appropriate to ask on our sister site Web Application Stack Exchange.

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What does akamaihd.net do?

I see twitter using scripts from akamaihd.net(using noscript). when i go to their website, it represents itself as a cloud company. does that mean twitter is using their cloud service to store tweets?
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Adblock-like plugin for hiding social sites' widgets, buttons, etc

I love Adblock plugins, and install them on a variety of browsers. They hide or remove ads, which take out a lot of clutter from sites. However, I was thinking, is there any Adblock-like plugin (the more cross-browser the better, currently using…
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Which twitter client can synchronize unread tweets?

Right now I'm forced to read all the tweets in a single client on a single device (TweetDeck on my Android phone). If I would switch to another device and/or client, I would need to search for the last unread tweet, which is sometimes complicated…
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How to redirect twitter URL's to mobile.twitter.com?

I like browsing with Javascript disabled, and Twitter does not work without Javascript. This means all the links people give to regular Twitter URL's break without Javascript installed. I'd like to redirect these url's to mobile.twitter.com, which…
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ERR_INVALID_CHUNKED_ENCODING from Chrome

when i type chrome://help/ in Chrome's address bar, i get Version 41.0.2272.101 m Google Chrome is up to date. but when i try to go to https://twitter.com i get on win8.1: This web page is not available Hide details The web page at …
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Chromium: how to block promoted content on Twitter? (uBlock Origin/uMatrix)

Using chromium on Debian with uBlock Origin and uMatrix how can we block Twitter's promoted content on my feed Is it possible to achieve this through uBlock Origin/uMatrix? is there any alternative? I have same problem on reddit.com, where I see…
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Hiding Twitter profile pics in Tweetdeck

Where in Tweetdeck is the option of not displaying people's profile pics and just displaying their name? Or should I look at another Twitter client for this?
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Can I get a new IP address? Is it legal?

Can I get a new IP address & is it legal to ask my ISP for one or try to get a new one myself, manually? I'm unsure if twitter blocked/blacklisted my IP address. I didn't break any rules. Only 1 person I follow, who didn't block me, their tweets…
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How to get a direct link to a twitter video?

How do I get a direct link to a video embedded in a tweet? For example, the video embedded in this tweet can be watched directly here. Note: I got the link from the Feedbro extension which can show an RSS-link feed of a twitter account. This is not…
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How do I pause a HashTag Feed in TweetDeck?

I'm using TweetDeck in both Google Chrome and with Adobe AIR. When a really hot HashTag Feed comes along, it looks like a high-speed train going by and I can't read anything. Is there anyway to pause the feed so that you can actually read the…
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Is there any Twitter app for Mac to update my status, no timeline?

I'm looking for a Twitter client for Mac that could just update my status, no need for timeline, mentions or groups support. Just an icon on the menubar and/or key combination that will give me a textbox to fill and send. TwitPic and bit.ly support…
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How to block annoying twitter search widget

this twitter search widget is popping up all around the internet. the animation is annoying me. newspapers think they are cool when they put this twitter widget next to their articles, but the animation distracts me from reading the article. it is…
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Add column to Tweetdeck for all tweets sent out

I currently have a column that contains a Twitter group/list containing only my twitter account. However, this doesn't capture the reply or retweets I send. They only contain basic original tweets. Is there a way to add a column to Tweetdeck that…
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How to read discussions on Twitter in a tree view?

Twitter’s desktop website uses “View other replies” links to open sub-branches of a discussion. This makes it very hard (for me) to follow a discussion, because I have to constantly move between the main discussion and its sub-branches (not to…
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How to get notifications from Twitter?

I have installed the Windows 10 and signed in the native Twitter App. Is it possible to get notification in Action Center when new tweet appears in my feed?
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