Twitter is one of the most followed social media by people. It is easy to use and get to know people and the current trends from all over the world. An advantage with Twitter is it is open and one can see what all is trending on the platform.

Twitter is a channel to stay connected with popular public figures, government authorities, film, and sports stars, and see what they do in their daily lives. We get most information ahead on Twitter, even before it is covered by the news channels and media.

One of the functionalities that always takes Twitter users by surprise is how to view comments on Twitter. Newbies to the platform get confused with this doubt.

Here are some tips and ways to see comments on Twitter.

Consider the example here:

If you want to see the comments, you should not click on the Comment part. Instead, you should click on the white space beside the comment. This is marked with Green here in the image. You can also click on the timeline that shows the time when the user made this tweet. We will see that in another example as we move ahead.

Once you click this white space, you will see all comments as follows:

Sometimes, Twitter may hide comments as per its policy or user’s personal privacy choice. In the case shown above, if you click the Show button, you can see the comments related to this post.

Let us consider another tweet. Observe the image shown below:

If you want to see the comments related to this post, you can either click the white space or the timeline when the tweet was posted. Now, let us click the timeline 3h as shown in the image above.

Then you can see all the replies that users commented about that tweet:

You can scroll down till the end of the comments and like or share any comment that you are interested in.

What else you should know?

This trick works in both Android and iOS as well in third party apps that deal with social media management too.

Through this technique, one can see only the public replies the user made regarding that tweet.

In case there are any Direct Messages (DM) to that user regarding this tweet, you cannot see them using this technique.

It can also happen that users may want to retweet this post as well as make their comments. In such cases, you should do this:

Paste the tweet URL in the Twitter search field.

Once you do this, you can see all the conversations and comments related to this post as shown below:

Exceptional Cases about viewing comments on Twitter:

In some cases, you may not be able to see comments. Why? One or more of these can be the reasons.

The comment might have been deleted by the user before you see it.
The user is not one whom you follow.
The user has set the profile to private.
The Twitter platform is having any bug, and you wait till the issue is solved.

Twitter is a platform where the whole world can see what others are tweeting about. Taking responsibility for our comments and replies to the user’s tweets is everyone’s duty. By making sure that we are not offending, degrading, or passing spam comments, you can grow your following as well maintain your follower nature if you are a fan of someone. Remember that users have full freedom to block someone on Twitter whom they think is crossing their privacy and respect guidelines. So, use these features accordingly and enjoy your Twitter time!

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