Imagine having to explain this to your insurance company with no video

[red dog 1]

Link to tweet

[TommieMommy]

1. Wow 😲 mom is strong. The babies are so cute

[Think. Again.]

2. Would you be kind enough to consider warning in your titles that your posts are X views please?

I know you post quite a lot of fun little X videos, but some of us trying to avoid giving musk's company any unecessary revenue through viewing anything posted on his X platform.

Thanks.

[Silent Type]

4. Seriously? If you don't click on it, Musk gets nothing.

[JoseBalow]

5. That's incorrect. He benefits from the traffic generated by the embedded widget

[Silent Type]

7. How much? Virtually nothing.

[JoseBalow]

8. More than nothing...

Not "nothing"

The embedded widgets DU allows to be displayed here generate traffic which twitter, and Elon, benefits from.

[Think. Again.]

9. Yes, which is why I'm asking for a warning the posting title....

...as you know, embedded X videos "click" on automatically as soon as the DU post is opened. With a warning in the DU posting title, I will be able to avoid opening the post and avoid giving musk the automatic "click" revenue.

[JoseBalow]

6. You can block the traffic by default using Privacy Badger

https://privacybadger.org/

This is how I see twitter links...



It does not generate any traffic for the site.

[Think. Again.]

10. Thanks! I'll check into privacybadger to see if it's safe to download!

[JoseBalow]

11. It's an easy to install browser plug-in

And it is endorsed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/pages/privacy-badger

[Think. Again.]

12. That's who I was going to check with, thanks again!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

18. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Privacy Badger installs lightening fast and works like a charm! I'd never heard of it. Thanks, JoseBalow!

As to red dog 1.......................................He's the BEST. I come to DU Underground on many a disheartening evening and look for red dog 1 links to soothe my soul and restore my connection to animals, humor and human goodness.

[JoseBalow]

19. No problemo!

[Kali]

13. when looking at the list of posts in a forum, the little blue square next to the subject line

tells you there is a tweet (likewise, a red square tells you it there is a you tube video - an maybe a vimeo, not sure about those)

[Think. Again.]

14. Unfortunately, I only see uncolored boxes with an x in them...

....after every posting title, and not even that when I'm not signed in.

I DO see a little blue triangle before a few posts, but I have no idea what that means.

Perhaps it's because I use my phone like so many others?

[Kali]

15. yeah phone mode may be different

I set DU to desktop mode on my phone partly to keep it consistent with my desktop, so that is an option.

the little blue triangles just mean there have been 25 replies to the OP. I think that only happens on the "latest" page. and I believe it also kicks that thread to the top of the latest page at every next increment of 25 replies.

[Think. Again.]

16. Thanks!

I'm still hoping for a clear musk warning on X clicks though. I really don't think DU viewers should be making money for musk, when we could send it to EarlG instead.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Exactly What I Do

I want it to look the same whether on on my phone or my laptop.
There are a couple minor inconveniences in doing it that way, but I'm long ago used to it.
I see the same things as you describe on my phone.

[Silent Type]

3. Sorry duplicate.

[yellowdogintexas]

20. I always wait until it opens on its own I never click on it. Does Muskrat still get anything out of that? nt

[efhmc]

21. What was the bear after?