Hey @PeerTube this year I will try to push our Peertube instance to get more eyeballs and people interested to join. But we need to also help each other. We have a few original Peertube channels that prioritize Peertube and are not simply "second hand youtube channels".
Maybe you can recommend them and more on your joinpeertube.org/en_US#find-pe… page.
For one you may be aware but we published a 5 hours documentary exclusively on Peertube - videos.trom.tf/w/p/fVpfZ9VfWrW… Subtitled in several languages. We even talk about The Fediverse and Peertube in the documentary.
We have our entire TROM channel there - videos.trom.tf/c/trom/videos - Hundreds of videos. And this year I will start a new video series. Some videos will also be about the fediverse, peertube, and FOSS.
We recently started our motorhome adventures (very family friendly channel) - videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome and we are posting there twice a week or so.
Be Brave To Act made by @Dima has really great and original content about volunteering. We will try to help him keep the channel updated - he mainly posts on youtube.
Or VideoNeat - videos.trom.tf/c/videoneat - documentary trailers.
We need more original Peertube creators and not simply those who "mirror" their Youtube channels there. If people know that the channel X posts only on Peertube and not on Youtube, it may make these people follow on Peertube. But if people know that channel X posts on Youtube and Peertube is just like a mirror....is different.
You and others need to help us and people like us, if possible, to get the Peertube content out. So that people get to use Peertube more often.
I choose to post on Peertube first, or only, despite not reaching as many people as I would on Youtube, but I do it because I think it is worth the effort to promote this sane alternative to the giant ad-platform that Youtube is.
And thank you for what you've created. By "helping" us, I mean perhaps promote good and original Peertube content on your homepage and also share it if possible. So the newcomers get to see that Peertube is not just the awesome software you've built, but people use it to create original/good content.
Thanks!
TROM II: A Message to the Aliens (documentary)
We live in a world where everyone is busy, everyone is consumed, everyone seems confused. Money, social credits, ads, data collection, prices and billionaires. Climate change? Who cares! A one-marb...videos.trom.tf
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in reply to Tio • • •In my very small channel I upload exclusively to peertube, but unfortunately I get very few views and almost no comments
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in reply to Federico • •Federico
in reply to Tio • • •peertube.uno/c/evilworld_chann…
I've started recently and my videos are in italian
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in reply to Tio • • •I agree, we need much more promotion so it can take traction, that seems to be the biggest hurdle at the moment.
In it's current state #peertube and it's connection to the #fediverse via #activitypub is already far superior to #youtube ! In addition to so many other features:)
One thing I think that is really needed is perhaps a way to "boost" content that could point to a central database on #joinpeertube so we would have a way of discovering popular videos.
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in reply to Tio • • •@tio!
Thanks for pointing out this issue and pushing for PeerTube to be more widely known!
Actually, we don't have the human resources (and therefore the time) to do what you suggest on our own.
We couldn't imagine promoting videos without first reviewing them, and watching videos... takes a lot of time!
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in reply to PeerTube • • •What we could imagine is a community effort to curate exclusive PeerTube videos.
Something like what @FediVideo already does.
That way, our small team could promote them more easily!
Either through our social medias or by adding them to the front page of joinpeertube.org.
Soooo... sorry for not saying "Yes, we'll work on it ASAP!" even though we'd love to do so!
Maybe in the future, with the help of our community, your suggestion will become possible!
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in reply to PeerTube • • •Thank you for the shoutout 🙏
"second hand youtube channels".
For what it is worth, the line between YouTube and PeerTube is not always as stark as this. For example @michellemay gets most of her views on YouTube but she features the Fediverse in her videos, she even did a video dedicated entirely to the Fedi which she put on YouTube.
Some are on both YouTube and PeerTube equally, and will interact on both platforms.
I think it is worth welcoming these kinds of accounts.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •YouTube can be a gateway to PeerTube if we welcome these kinds of accounts which have feet in both worlds.
This will be especially true if/when YouTube enshittifies further, PeerTube could become the better way of viewing videos for a lot of people if they see it as an option presented by the YouTube channels they follow.
Going back to Michelle's channel, this kind of thing is excellent for the Fediverse:
makertube.net/w/e0482fe7-2143-…
YouTube can be a gateway to PeerTube if we welcome these kinds of accounts which have feet in both worlds.
This will be especially true if/when YouTube enshittifies further, PeerTube could become the better way of viewing videos for a lot of people if they see it as an option presented by the YouTube channels they follow.
Going back to Michelle's channel, this kind of thing is excellent for the Fediverse:
makertube.net/w/e0482fe7-2143-…
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João Tiago Rebelo
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediVideo the problem with discoverability for me hasn't been the "second hand youtube videos" (I found most of the content creators I watch on PeerTube from their social links on YouTube). The problem (for me as a user, I bet has a content creator it is the same to be found) is looking for content, on YouTube it is (even if worsening daily) an easy experience because all the content is in one place. For example, using NewPipe allows me to search the local or federated PeerTube instances that I have had to add (try saying that three times without failing) on some forgotten menu. Is there a way to "connect" the search on PeerTube to the whole federation (without leaving PeerTube, ergo, keeping people inside the same "portal"/experience)? I know this is a centralised way of thought, but someone coming from centralised platforms (not being technical-minded) will quit after a few seconds.
@tio thank you for the content, I've subscribed to several channels on the instance and I'll be showing them to my family and friends.
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in reply to João Tiago Rebelo • • •João Tiago Rebelo
in reply to Bloodaxe • • •@FediVideo @peertube @tio
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in reply to João Tiago Rebelo • • •Tio
in reply to João Tiago Rebelo • •I agree that Peertube loses something good about centralization: a way to search the entire Peertube network. I think joinpeertube.org/browse-conten… does that well tho. And every instance can enable global searches like we do with videos.trom.tf - tho this is a general issue with decentralization and even these global searches will not search through all of the content.
One server needs to discover another and its contents in order to be aware of them. But this technology I think is still in its early stages and looking at how much Peertube evolved over the past 2-3 years it gives me hope that there will be better solutions for this.
I like the idea of grayjay.app/ where you are following "creators" and not channels. Can be Youtube, Peertube, or whatever. The fediverse needs to be integrated with the other platforms like this through some sort of app maybe....
João Tiago Rebelo
in reply to Tio • • •@peertube love the work you have been doing (and the steady betterment of PeerTube as a whole), and @FediVideo 's work for a better Fediverse too. Thank you all!
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in reply to João Tiago Rebelo • • •PeerTube's own Sepia Search is trying to cover having a single search system in one place. It uses a blocklist system to screen out bad content when it's reported.
I'm trying to do my own single place to discover content at fedi.video but using an allowlist system instead, so I only allow accounts to appear on the site if I manually approve them.
These are the two ways of providing a unified search for discovery, I think there's a place for both?
Tio
in reply to Fedi.Video • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Tio • • •I'm not sure what you are asking?
I'm just one person.
Tio
in reply to Fedi.Video • •Tio
in reply to PeerTube • •I understand about vetting the videos. I also have to do this with the content we promote. Takes time indeed. But somehow this needs to be done bit by bit so that people understand Peertube is not just a place to mirror youtube videos. You do enough work on the software already so I am thinking if there are ways for me/us to help with the content discovery.
Maybe if you'd have some guidelines as to what can go on the joinpeertube page some people could "apply" to get their content featured.
In any case, thanks for your work. We will continue ours ;).