diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/golang-handler.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/golang-handler.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e6e29d02..000000000
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/golang-handler.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-export class GolangHandler {
-  name = 'golangweekly'
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  shouldPrehandle = (url: URL, _dom: Document): boolean => {
-    const host = this.name + '.com'
-    // check if url ends with golangweekly.com
-    return url.hostname.endsWith(host)
-  }
-
-  prehandle = (url: URL, dom: Document): Promise<Document> => {
-    const body = dom.querySelector('body')
-
-    // this removes the "Subscribe" button
-    body?.querySelector('.el-splitbar')?.remove()
-    // this removes the title
-    body?.querySelector('.el-masthead')?.remove()
-
-    return Promise.resolve(dom)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/content-handler/src/websites/twitter-handler.ts b/packages/content-handler/src/websites/twitter-handler.ts
index 1249461bf..16138c1e1 100644
--- a/packages/content-handler/src/websites/twitter-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/content-handler/src/websites/twitter-handler.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ export class TwitterHandler extends ContentHandler {
     if (!tweetId) {
       throw new Error('could not find tweet id in url')
     }
-    const tweet = await getTweetById(tweetId)
+    let tweet = await getTweetById(tweetId)
+    const conversationId = tweet.data.conversation_id
+    if (conversationId !== tweetId) {
+      // this is a reply, so we need to get the referenced tweet
+      tweet = await getTweetById(conversationId)
+    }
+
     const tweetData = tweet.data
     const authorId = tweetData.author_id
     const author = tweet.includes.users.filter((u) => (u.id = authorId))[0]
@@ -159,11 +165,8 @@ export class TwitterHandler extends ContentHandler {
     const description = _.escape(tweetData.text)
 
     const tweets = [tweet]
-    // check if tweet is a thread
-    const thread = await getTweetThread(
-      tweetData.conversation_id,
-      author.username
-    )
+    // we want to get the full thread
+    const thread = await getTweetThread(conversationId, author.username)
     if (thread.meta.result_count > 0) {
       // tweets are in reverse chronological order in the thread
       for (const t of thread.data.reverse()) {