diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index d963875f..a60299c9 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { UserInputError, AuthenticationError } from 'apollo-server-micro'
-import { ensureProtocol } from '../../lib/url'
+import { ensureProtocol, removeTracking } from '../../lib/url'
 import serialize from './serial'
 import { decodeCursor, LIMIT, nextCursorEncoded } from '../../lib/cursor'
 import { getMetadata, metadataRuleSets } from 'page-metadata-parser'
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ export default {
     upsertLink: async (parent, args, { me, models }) => {
       const { id, ...data } = args
       data.url = ensureProtocol(data.url)
+      data.url = removeTracking(data.url)
 
       if (id) {
         return await updateItem(parent, { id, data }, { me, models })
diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index df69264b..c6dd1fc6 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ export function ensureProtocol (value) {
   return value
 }
 
+
+export function removeTracking (value) {
+  const exprs = [
+    // twitter URLs
+    /^(?<url>https?:\/\/twitter\.com\/(?:#!\/)?(?<user>\w+)\/status(?:es)?\/(?<id>\d+))/,
+  ]
+  for (const expr of exprs) {
+    value = expr.exec(value)?.groups.url ?? value;
+  }
+  return value
+}
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line
 export const URL_REGEXP = /^((https?|ftp):\/\/)?(www.)?(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i