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mr_lebowski

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24. This is true, and yes, I posted a simplified explanation of the situation

Reply to jpljr77 (Reply #23)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:07 PM

Jan 2019

In order to determine whether or not someone like twitter is ACTUALLY going to get paid requires a level of sophistication that I didn't feel like getting into for the purpose of this post.

At a minimum, by posting the link with everything after the question mark, you are often going to be skewing the numbers that the publication receives and tracks, and with many outfits, this a very important statistic to them. It can lead to business decisions being made, such as to LATER pay for placement on Twitter ... because they believe it's more effective than it really is. You're giving the news outfit inaccurate data, essentially.

And you MAY, unless you really understand how to read what comes after the ? mark, be contributing to them getting paid, when they don't actually deserve it.

Fair enough?

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Man, the lack of knowledge on how to properly post links on DU really gets under my skin, sorry ... [View all] mr_lebowski Jan 2019 OP

ppl who own twitter stock might frizz out but the rest of us thank you lol nt msongs Jan 2019 #1

What looks ugly to me is a link from Twitter that has 2, 3, or even more of the same tweet. Hoyt Jan 2019 #2

My guess on that one is a bug in the DU software, not something that the poster of the link has mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #8

Thanks. I wondered what caused it. Hoyt Jan 2019 #9

That happens when someone posts the links to *replies* to an original tweet.. Princess Turandot Jan 2019 #12

Yes that's it. Thanks. Seeing losers like that once, is more than enough. Hoyt Jan 2019 #15

Learned something new Midnightwalk Jan 2019 #3

Yay :) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #6

Dumb question Midnightwalk Jan 2019 #10

Logical question ... Youtube is apparently a 'special case' to the DU software ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #11

I know that only because I know simple html markup. lunatica Jan 2019 #4

That's just, like, your opinion, man. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #5

Jesus ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #7

lolololol obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #13

LOL! fleur-de-lisa Jan 2019 #22

Also the "utm" stuff is Facebook Recursion Jan 2019 #14

Thank you for this. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #16

thanks for the lesson 912gdm Jan 2019 #17

Thanks for this tip. I've noticed lately that when I post a video it does that. Autumn Jan 2019 #18

Look at all those votes for annoying. SMH. DontBooVote Jan 2019 #19

Catch more flies with honey? The message was actually helpful, the headline was not - so maybe seaglass Jan 2019 #20

I am perfectly willing to accept the assessment that I'm being annoying anal :) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #21

Those URL strings don't "pay" Twitter. It's tracking code the publication uses. jpljr77 Jan 2019 #23

This is true, and yes, I posted a simplified explanation of the situation mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #24