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I visit a number of sites where people, from time to time, link to specific tweets by various people. Currently these are blocked. How do I unblock this.

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When I'm visiting a site, one of the other people will provide a link to a twitter comment by someone else - best example a twitter from the President. These likes don't show up at all on my screen. They used to until foxfire's last so-called upgrade. I've had advice to go to the drop down menu and do a number of things. Sooooo. Where is this drop down menu located? Please, it's frustrating getting only half the conversation.

When I'm visiting a site, one of the other people will provide a link to a twitter comment by someone else - best example a twitter from the President. These likes don't show up at all on my screen. They used to until foxfire's last so-called upgrade. I've had advice to go to the drop down menu and do a number of things. Sooooo. Where is this drop down menu located? Please, it's frustrating getting only half the conversation.

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cor-el
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If you use extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) that can block content (Adblock Plus, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, NoScript, Disconnect, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin) always make sure such extensions do not block content.

Firefox shows the shield icon at the left end of the location/address bar in case Content Blocking is blocking content.

  • click the shield icon for more details and possibly disable the protection

You can check the Web Console about what content is blocked

You can try these steps in case of issues with web pages:

You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)

Clear the Cache and remove the Cookies from websites that cause problems via the "3-bar" Firefox menu button (Options/Preferences).

"Remove the Cookies" from websites that cause problems:

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data -> Manage Data

"Clear the Cache":

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data -> Clear Data -> Cached Web Content: Clear

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window