#embedded tweets

Judge Rules That Embedding Tweet Could Violate Copyright Laws

According to a New York federal court ruling, embedding a tweet into your blog could actually be a copyright violation.  Is this for real?  I understand that the information belongs to someone, but typically when you’re embedding that tweet into your blog, you’re citing the source.  So how is that copyright?  You’re giving credit to the person who posted the tweet in the first place.  In many…

Is Twitter dying? Or is it just outgrowing other ‘social networks’?

Posted by: Jamie O’Brien, Social Editor

Bashing Twitter is trending. The media seems to be rounding on the ‘struggling’ platform for many reasons (proclaiming the death of Twitter is an easy way to get clicks). Monthly active user growth has slowed to 4%. Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat are growing fast and have become the media favourites, but are we misjudging the situation?

Overview Embedded Tweets make it possible for you take any Tweet and embed it directly in to the content of your article or website. Tweets display with expanded media like photos, videos, and article summaries, and also include real-time retweet and favorite counts.

While tweeting yesterday a message popped up at the top of my profile that I can now embed my tweets. Although embedding tweets in your blog isn't a new concept, Twitter has made it easier than ever to customize and embed your timeline. This is a fun way to share in real time a contest, Twitter chat in a post, or on your sidebar.

Here's a simple tutorial on how to embed your timeline into your blog.

¡Levanten la mano los reggaetoneros!.... ahora discúlpense y váyanse.

So, my latest (sort of) rant has been completed about restaurants participating in New York Restaurant Week [#NYRW] without a decent social media presence.

The genesis of the semi-rant is the fact that there's a bunch of us from the online world getting together to document our #NYRW experiences and we'd like our documentation to be conversational in nature. Since it's hard to converse (NOT CONVERSATE) with air nor a brick wall, I decided to talk about it on Twitter. Additionally, since it's not always easy to follow a veritable soliloquy in sub-140 character segments I am enlisting, for the first time, the help of Twitter's embedded tweets to make more sense of my general ramblings thoughts.

Ok y'all... The time has come for a semi-rant... #notaboutRIMthough

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

So, I'm trying to get this #GlobalInfluencer dinner together for #NYRW with the following pre rewa: #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

By the way, “rewa” is supposed to be “reqs”. Damn you touchscreen auto-correct. Anyhoo, let's resume...

Pre req #1 everyone can make it. Almost done *crossing fingers* #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Pre req #2 the restaurant must be in midtown or further downtown... Easy enough thanks to @nycgo #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Pre req #3 the restaurant must have a full #soMe presence... #monkeywrench #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Why are there restaurants out there that are NOT getting they're total proverbial social media on? #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

There are approximately 64857363849 restaurants in the area I'm looking that are participating in #NYRW #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

And how many have I found with an at least decent #soMe presence thus far? 8! Yes, 8. #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

See, the #GlobalInfluencers are heavy in online marketing and #soMe and we are going to talk about the experience to the millions...

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

...and millions of the #GlobalInfluencers' fans for #NYRW but we can't talk to the restaurant? #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

On a regular day I can hit up @TaoNY or @BBQNYC for example and have a CONVERSATION about the experience #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Why are there still restaurants and other businesses for that matter on their own #brandwagon? #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Are they in need of some assistance? Do they not understand the importance? I know people & places that will help #semirant

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

Shouts to the spots doin it well #semirant #LLreference Ok, I think I'm done #fornow

— The Gary J. Nix® (@mr_mcfly) January 13, 2012

I'm excited about Twitter's announcement of embedded Tweets. These little nuggets of information often deserve to be replayed across various formats and having an inline way of doing it is just convenient. Nicely played, Twitter!

How to embed Tweets on your blog or website. #Twittersupport.twitter.com/groups/31-twit…

When Twitter launched Embedded Tweets last month, a new tool emerged to help journalists avoid taking a screen shot to display a tweet. Tweets are naturally great sources of quotes from politicians, celebrities and even media moguls who publish their 140-characters knowing that it will be on the record. Many Twitter faux-pas have made screen shots invaluable after tweets were deleted. 

Enter Rupert Murdoch, the Newscorp CEO who joined Twitter on December 31st and has already deleted a tweet that he realized wasn't the most politically correct. Mashable reporter Brian Hernandez uncovered that Murdoch's deleted tweet from his feed, still appears through the embed of his tweet, through a reply from a fake account for his wife and via the permalink. 

Here's the embed of his tweet:

Maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country!

— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) January 1, 2012

Here's the embed of his wife's tweet:

@rupertmurdoch RUPERT!!! delete tweet!

— Wendi Deng Murdoch (@Wendi_Deng) January 1, 2012