# Twitter monitor

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/twitter-monitor/5142>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Tags:** twitter, notifications\
**Created:** [May 29, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/twitter-monitor/5142 "2025-05-29T13:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/u/ajitk)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/twitter-monitor/5142/4 "2025-05-31T17:12:21Z")

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using a dedicated device in cloud is a good option for monitoring sites that need you to be logged in. check out the following article:

> **[Dedicated Cloud Devices | Distill](https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/dedicated-cloud-devices/)**
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> Use dedicated cloud devices to monitor pages that need cookies or are password protected.

see a related thread to help configure selections for twitter:

> [@How to monitor Twitter for user posting a new tweet](https://forums.distill.io/t/how-to-monitor-twitter-for-user-posting-a-new-tweet/998/21):
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> @brantfl the following selector selects the tweet text: [role=article] [data-testid=tweetText] i also increased the “wait for duration” to 5 seconds to give the page a bit more time to load: here is the monitor’s exported json that i tested: [export - twitter-x.com.json](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/short-url/2VL5yy4f8RPQyyv2W3ZHMZYUPpx.json) (704 Bytes)

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