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Question about twitter

Mom2Dogs — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:17:07 GMT

Does anyone know why all replies on a tweet cannot be read by everyone on the size?...If you have been blocked I understand but as a general rule most replies cannot be viewed.

Sometimes there is a line below the original tweet that reads....'show replies', but most do not.

thanks.

Re: Question about twitter

Foxxee — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:56:41 GMT

It could be this is a way to block everyone who is not a follower. It's one way to prevent others from making nasty comments in reply to their tweets and there's a lot of that.

Only followers clicking on "show replies" would be able to see replies to that tweet.

However, I have no trouble accessing everyone's replies. Except for those few I don't follow who block access, they all come up when I click on the tweet.

Re: Question about twitter

Mom2Dogs — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:05:34 GMT

@Foxxee Interesting, I like to see replies with different viewpoints, that is why I wanted to see all replies.

I don't follow a lot of people, will double check on those I follow to see if I can see all replies. I think I could not see replies of their accounts but again, will double check, thanks!

Re: Question about twitter

Foxxee — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:08:05 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@Foxxee

I don't follow a lot of people, will double check on those I follow to see if I can see all replies. I think I could not see replies of their accounts but again, will double check, thanks!

@Mom2Dogs

If you are not seeing a lot of replies, then I think something else is going on.

You can check your settings or ask your search engine, "Why can't I see replies on Twitter?"

Re: Question about twitter

VaBelle35 — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 01:42:27 GMT

Are you on your phone or on a laptop/desktop? I never have a line or anything that says "show replies."

Here's an example of what I see when I click on a Tweet. The replies are listed under it.

Re: Question about twitter

GingerPeach — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 02:10:19 GMT

I can't help you with that, but have seen a line that says "show this thread" which is always an accessible link to see the rest of the thresd all at once.

Hope you find the answer youneed, @Mom2Dogs

Re: Question about twitter

Mom2Dogs — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:58:52 GMT

@GingerPeach Some threads do read...show this thread, some don't. Even those that I follow don't always allow acces to their threads....I have yet to find out an answer.

Re: Question about twitter

Mom2Dogs — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:00:29 GMT

@VaBelle35 I use a MacBook Air, and I still have not found an answer to my question.

Re: Question about twitter

VaBelle35 — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:37:44 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@VaBelle35 I use a MacBook Air, and I still have not found an answer to my question.

Are you clicking on the actual tweet? When you click on a blank space on the tweet (not on the photo), it bring up the thread and you can see all the responses.

Re: Question about twitter

Growing — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:52:54 GMT

I looked on my Iphone as I don't use Twitter on my mac. But it appears that one has to go into the message on the original poster's page or thread to see the replies, if there are replies. I think this is to shorten one's feed, much as FB does. Try clicking onto the message through the headline or the person tweeting it to open up a page with that message and some of the replies. Keep scrolling through the replies and they will populate. I hope this is possibly helpful.

Re: Question about twitter

GingerPeach — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:07:55 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

On the ones that don't have "show this thread" there may or may not be any further tweets by the originator of the thread. Likely not enough for Twitter to need that link.

The number of responses by other people is shown next to the little message bubble symbol at the left under the tweet. I'm sure you know that already.

And you do have to click on the actual tweet to open a page showing the thread and the responses by others. Just covering all the bases, and hope I'm not telling you something you already know.

Re: Question about twitter

Mom2Dogs — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:24:40 GMT

@GingerPeach Thanks for the info...I am new to twitter, I like to read, and I don't post.

Re: Question about twitter

GingerPeach — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 19:17:50 GMT

Have fun, @Mom2Dogs

Pretty soon it'll be as routine as posting here at the Q.

If any of what I said doesn't make sense, let me know.

(My dog says HI to your dogs.)