twitter: embedded timeline broken unless logged in #777
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complexity: medium
priority: medium
type: bug
Indicates an unexpected problem or unintended behaviour
The HEPData homepage shows a feed from the
@HEPData
X (Twitter) account:hepdata/hepdata/modules/theme/templates/hepdata_theme/home.html
Lines 161 to 165 in b117511
This shows "Nothing to see here - yet" unless the user is logged in to X (Twitter) from the same browser and their browser allows cross-site tracking (often not the default). This seems to be a known problem for almost a year with no definite resolution:
https://devcommunity.x.com/t/again-list-widget-says-nothing-to-see-here-yet-if-logged-out/198782
I tried a proposed third-party workaround (https://www.athabasca.dev/twitterwidget), but it did not work when testing locally. For now, I'll leave this issue open until a solution can be found. I'll add some explanatory text underneath the embedded Twitter widget:
In the longer term, if no solution becomes available, we should consider removing the embedded Twitter widget from the HEPData homepage.
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