Twitter is one of the about open social networking platforms out there: Yous can chat with anyone in real time without beingness friends with that person.

While existence an awesome social media platform, Twitter functionality is not e'er like shooting fish in a barrel to figure. Many Twitter users are usually confused when it comes to finding replies on Twitter.

Why Tin't I Encounter Comments on Twitter?

You tin: You just need to know where to look for them. People tend to click "Comment" icon for each individual tweet to come across replies but information technology opens a dialog to post a comment instead:

Why Can't I See Comments on Twitter?
[Twitter layout can be disruptive: This is NOT where Twitter comments can be found]

How to View Comments on Twitter?

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  1. Step 1: Click on the timestamp showing when the tweet was published

    When viewing Twitter timeline or anyone'due south Twitter profile, click on the timestamp* showing when the tweet was publishedopen tweet

  2. Step 2: Ringlet to the very lesser to see Twitter replies to that tweet

    How to View Comments on Twitter?

*Alternatively, y'all tin click on the tweet itself and it volition open upwards in the overlay. Simply be careful non to click on a hashtag or a link within the tweet (which will open hashtag search results or the linked folio instead)

Watch this video here: How To Meet Comments On Twitter

The same trick works both on desktop (using any browser) and Twitter mobile app (iPhone or Android). It will also work on 3rd-party social media direction apps and Twitter clients similar Hootsuite and Tweetdeck.

This will include simply straight replies to a Tweet (those that were posted publicly). Do not misfile a respond to a direct message (i.e. DM) which is a private bulletin.

Some people use "Retweet with comment" option to post replies to any tweets.

Retweet with comment on Twitter
[If people click "Retweet" icon then post a annotate, these comments won't prove upwardly below the tweet]

Don't worry: Those can still be found:

How to Notice All "Retweet with Comment" Replies for a Item Tweet?

  • Right click / double-tap on the on the timestamp showing when the tweet was published and select "Copy link Accost" (Google Chrome) or "Copy Link Location" (Firefox) or "Copy link" (Safari)
  • Paste the URL into Twitter Search field and you will run across all the retweets with annotate to this item tweet
Find All 'Retweet with Comments' Replies

How to Come across Comments on Twitter Now

Knowing how to encounter other people's comments on Twitter may turn useful in many cases, for example:

  • Journalistic inquiry: Journalists and writers (bloggers) can observe more people to quote and opinions to embed in their articles, especially when it comes to hot trends that are happening now. Twitter conversations ever provide fresh insight and angles.
  • Anyone can discover interesting discussions to join (to participate in a conversation or get more followers)
  • Bloggers tin notice all the discussions around content they publish to engage and interact with their readers (To generate more than comments)
  • Anyone tin find more funny comments on whatever popular tweets (Think political debates, for example)
  • Instant content ideation and inspiration: Writers tin can observe more questions to cover in their manufactures, or more experts to connect to.
  • Anyone can discover relevant animated GIFs to download from Twitter
  • Anyone can discover cool (and more importantly, real) Twitter accounts to follow

And how exercise you use Twitter? Permit'due south discuss!

Hither's our video pedagogy: How To See Comments On Twitter