Today, we’re going to talk about white boxes in tweets and why they are not only the bane of every content writer’s existence, but incontrovertible proof that Satan exists and loves to make us suffer.
For anyone out there who hasn’t lost hair, sleep or loved ones over the white boxes in tweets crisis, this is what I’m talking about:
good luck embedding this @DustenCarlson #dustensucks 😉
— Dan Evon (@danieljevon) February 28, 2014
They’re pretty harmless on Twitter, but if you’re a content writer and you want to embed tweets, those white boxes look like this when published: 
Not only do they prevent tweets from populating correctly, white boxes automatically delete all 800 words you wrote following the embed code.
Sometimes content writers miss white boxes in embedded tweets, taking their mood from:
… to: 
So what are they?
White boxes happen when people insert emojis on Twitter mobile. For whatever reason, those emojis, if published through an iPhone, are only visible to other iPhone users. Android, PC, HTC, etc. are S.O.L., and that homogeneity rings true of tweets published by other devices, as well.
White boxes have plagued me and my kind for over two years, and what’s worse, no one seems to care about this important issue, and nothing is being done about it. I, myself, have reached out to Twitter several times for assistance, and all I get is stonewalled.
@twitter white boxes in tweets plz holppppp
— Dusten Carlson (@DustenCarlson) February 28, 2014
@twitter white boxes in tweets destroying my content!
— Dusten Carlson (@DustenCarlson) February 28, 2014
@twitter MAKE THEM GO AWAY
— Dusten Carlson (@DustenCarlson) February 28, 2014
@twitter WHYYYYYYYY
— Dusten Carlson (@DustenCarlson) February 28, 2014
We are truly alone.
So, fellow content writer, to prevent your work from being destroyed by Satan-code, here’s a workaround to the white boxes in tweets problem. We’ll use WordPress for our example, but other publishing platforms will also have an accessible html field (unless you power your blog through MS Paint).
Step 1: Embed The Tweet
Step 2: Remove Satan Blocks Manually
Step 3: Laugh In The Devil’s Face
Quick note: When you publish, the blocks will populate back into the tweet, but your tweet will still populate correctly and half of your content won’t be torpedoed into the deep web.
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