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by int32_64 24 days ago
I remember for roughly a month after Elon bought twitter he opened the site up again and public viewers could browse it. Now you can't even click play on a video lol.
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You can still open a single post just fine
Can anyone verify that you can/can’t see a video if you’re not logged in?
I can see the video poster, but clicking on it opens a login popup rather than playing it. However, the thing is a link, and opening https://x.com/MaximeRivest/status/2073544461473169432/photo/... directly does play it.
I can see the video and view the first three seconds or so, but after that, it throws up a login prompt.
An incognito window let me watch the whole 25 seconds with the user writing something and three book writing back, but I don't know if my IP or incognito cookies or anything else are special.
It would be ironic if you have to actually sign out from Twitter, not just use incognito mode, to bypass the signup nag. Or if they mark IPs as “signed up” or something. Thanks.
Thank you. As someone who tweets, this is helpful to know.
You can. You just have to close 3 or 4 “please sign up” nag popups.
I can see the entire video and I don't even have an account to log into.