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We need previews for gabs just like we have previews for tweets.
posted ago by jstressman ago by jstressman +56 / -0

If we want to promote such a great alternative for people over Twitter, we should figure out how to get this feature working so that we can see gabs on here the same way tweets are currently done.

When you click for the preview, we should see the gab here on this site just like tweets are currently handled. It really helps lend that feeling of professionalism, ease of use, etc.

Every little bit helps.

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– defroach84 3 points ago +3 / -0

In addition it would cool if any and all twitter posts automatically redirect to Nitter so Twitter is not collecting data on us and gaining advertising revenue from our visits. https://www.inputmag.com/tech/nitter-is-a-new-front-end-for-twitter-that-helps-hide-you-from-advertisers

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– jstressman [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yeah, I've asked for that a couple times already myself. :)

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– acasper 3 points ago +3 / -0

Might be something that needs to happen on Gab's end. Creating an embed type widget specifically. I'd bet they would do it.

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– PonySoldier66 2 points ago +2 / -0

YASSSSSSSS PLS.

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– jstressman [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

As far as I know, this is handled by code on this website, so it's something we should be able to put in place on our end, even if we might also need some help from the gab end of things.

I've never dug further into it to see what all is needed, but it seems worth pursuing to help speed up adoption of Gab and put it on at least equal footing with how Twitter is currently handled.

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– Belleoffreedom 2 points ago +2 / -0

There seems to be a difference between Twitter on desktop (does not work) andTwitter mobile (does work). Gab does not work.

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– jstressman [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Posts like this one seem to show the previews just fine. That's the kind of thing I want to see for Gab. Maybe I'll dig into the code and try to figure out which end it's coming from.

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– jstressman [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

After digging into the code a bit, it looks like something that Twitter offers up on their end, and then this site has their code handle it as an embedded iframe.

<div class="tweet" data-tweet="1356695649157275650" data-loaded="true"> <div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
<iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 597px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1356695649157275650&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriots.win%2Fp%2F11SKQ0cLov%2Fblaze-tv-remember-when-blm--anti%2Fc%2F&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" data-tweet-id="1356695649157275650"></iframe>
</div></div>

Notice the https://platform.twitter.com/embed/ bit...

So looking into that brings us to https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/embedded-tweets/overview

Looks like it's something we'd probably need to work with gab on to have them provide some sort of API on their end that we could work with to create the embedded gabs on this end.

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