[art0rz]

For those without a Twitter account confused by its hostile UI, here is a link to the video https://twitter.com/atc1441/status/1762969015197053110

[afraca]

I'm wondering: IS there a way to get to that video from the linked tweet without being logged in? I could not figure it out.

Thank you for your service of providing the video.

[kayge]

Yep! For now at least:

1. Copy the ID at the end of the URL

2. Replace the xxxxx in this URL[1] with the ID you just copied

3. Go visit the new URL you just created

So in this case, the bypass URL would be [2]

[1] https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=xxxxx

[2] https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=17629748464...

[gaius_baltar]

Or just "yt-dlp <url>"

yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp ) still works pretty well at the current state of Twitter.

[Cheer2171]

No

[jrmann100]

Alternatively, here's a YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-Are8053g

[ChrisArchitect]

Should update the OP link to that one

[MattPalmer1086]

I wish people didn't post twitter links to HN. They're almost always useless now you have to have an account.

[Anthony-G]

I’ve never upvoted a Twitter submission – even if provokes a good discussion on Hacker News. I don’t think Twitter is conducive to meaningful discourse and I don’t want to promote it. Since they renamed to X, the situation has only worsened with its user-hostile UI and required logins.

[CWuestefeld]

I wish people didn't use Twitter links at all. They almost never convey real information, just a quick opinion. If they're useful at all, it's to point to a real article or study or whatever, so just point to the real ultimate source.

Zvi's blog is infuriating for this. He seems to think the whole world revolves around Twitter.

[stolenmerch]

They simply used the wrong link, its not really a lack of account or hostile UI

[pushedx]

not being able to view a post that a linked-post is replying to is a hostile UI

[mikeyouse]

Can you imagine HNers in any other context defending a change from entirely open to mostly closed that was made purely to force people to create accounts / boost ad revenue?