[dvngnt_]

After clicking play, there's a prompt to log in. I had to use a video downloader service to watch it

[chickensong]

You can just replace x.com with nitter.net, though their bandwidth sucks for media playback.

[rerdavies]

Harry Potter would have posted the original video to YouTube instead. It seems like a tragic irony, and perhaps a sign of danger, that OP posted the demo video to the website of He Who Should Not Be Named. Why? Why?!

[sillysaurusx]

Because Twitter posts consisting of YouTube links die quickly. It’s very obvious once you have a few thousand followers.

Your option is basically either upload to twitter, or put the YouTube link at the end just before a screenshot. Or both a video and a YouTube link, I suppose.

If you trigger their YouTube embed, it seems like it gets penalized quite harshly. I’ve seen other people agree with the sentiment.

[teaearlgraycold]

Just don't use a Twitter post as your demo video in the GitHub readme. I don't care what someone does on Twitter - I never go there. But you can just embed a .gif or .webm in your readme or link to YouTube there.

[rerdavies]

Twitter posts never die if you never post to Twitter in the first place.

[recursive]

What does it mean for a post to die, and why is that bad?

[derbOac]

The poster to x apparently has a bsky account also — I wish they would cross post.

[emmelaich]

or xcancel.com

[dvngnt_]

that was my first move, but i got an infinite redirect

[stronglikedan]

could be regional cuz that don't happen in the US. they play right away regardless of log in status

[georgemcbay]

I'm in the US and twitter videos don't play for me. I see what looks like a video control when I view the post, when I click it, it throws up a modal log in/sign in dialog. No way to view the video while logged out.

[sethammons]

I don't have a twitter or x account. I clicked the link, a log in modal popped up, I dismissed it, then was able to play the video. Firefox on iPhone if it matters.

[georgemcbay]

> Firefox on iPhone if it matters.

very possibly, I am using Chrome on a desktop.

[usea]

That's simply not true.

[kQq9oHeAz6wLLS]

They used to. Not anymore.