make sharing to twitter easy

[techieshark]

There should be a share button on each item. Disqus provides this but it is not immediately obvious. The button should be visible before Disqus is expanded. When you tweet, it should link to the event item the button was attached to, it should have a #civicmesa hashtag, and it should @-mention the councilmember (who serves the selected district) on twitter.

[techieshark]

Here's an example, this one from Grist.

Note how the share button is visible but not too demanding of your attention.

[michaelhwan]

Why not just add the tweet button using Javascript?

[tbuckl]

@michaelhwan i think we tried this at some point. it was a fun challenge for a number of reasons. although i don't think we ever had the time to make it work.

[tbuckl]

@michaelhwan give it a shot! it might be easier to try this outside of the app/environment here first and then think about how you would slot it in.

[michaelhwan]

@techieshark @tombuckley I don't think this is needed. Adding more social media features is nice but it can clutter things up on the webpage.

[techieshark]

If done well it need not be cluttered.

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