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I Made a Video About the Fediverse (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Hey all, feel free to delete if sharing YT videos isn't permitted, but I made a video on the Fediverse last week and specifically talking about Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, and Peertube.

Just thought I'd share in case anyone wanders by and wants an overview.

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[–] 19 points 7 months ago (15 children)

I i think it's great that you're spreading the word about the fediverse and helping get people off of big data.

You might consider using a youtube alternative for your channel, perhaps a PeerTube instance.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    I tried PeerTube and, unfortunately, found it terribly underwhelming. But thank you for the suggestion.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I didn't watch so maybe you did namedrop, but it's not just Lemmy anymore - it's Piefed and Mbin too! (I saw you had a "Lemmy" category)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I only mentioned 'Lemmy' in the video, but did include a link to a Lemmy instance database, so I presume those options are included.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    Have you thought about mirroring your youtube content to peertube? You can join an instance, set up mirroring, and let it be. No extra work.

    P.S why did you find it underwhelming?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Have you thought about mirroring your youtube content to peertube?

    I'll consider doing that.

    Why did you find it underwhelming?

    There's a chapter on that in the video. :D But I was just vastly unimpressed with the quality of content and the UI. It's not a viable YouTube alternative at this point, IMHO.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I'll consider doing that.

    ❤️

    There's a chapter on that in the video. :D But I was just vastly unimpressed with the quality of content and the UI. It's not a viable YouTube alternative at this point, IMHO.

    I did see that part, but I thought there was more to it. What would it need to become a viable youtube alternative?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    What would it need to become a viable youtube alternative?

    Good question. I was only on it for about 30 minutes, so I don't really have extensive feedback other than it felt very low quality and too basic.

    Are there any well-populated instances you would recommend? I could be convinced to give it another try.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It does look like old youtube mix with some parts of newer youtube, I'll give you that. To me, that's what I like about it. It's pretty much low-bullshit, but my eye is not for design.

    Are there any well-populated instances you would recommend? I could be convinced to give it another try.

    Unfortunately, I don't browse through instance homepages anymore but through the GrayJay app, so my feed is a mix of videos from about 10 different video platforms and at least 3 peertube instances.

    If you want to find instances, Join Peertube allows sorting by number of local videos and number of total videos. Dalek.zone, Makers.tube, and peertube.wtf seem like the most active or have the most users and the most videos.

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  • [–] -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    PeerTube is pretty underwhelming for now...but since you already have the content, it'd be easy for you to start posting there. The more people who post there, the less underwhelming it will be.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago

    Have you made anywhere near the impact on Lemmy you thought you would? Posting with sock puppets under other comms run by other sock puppets, maxing out around 3/users a day, downvoted to oblivion by bots for fucks sake (I wish I could take credit for that. Cheers to the original PapaSkwat). Leaving you alone didn't result in the boatful of upvotes you wanted. People want you to fuck off, I'm just the loudest one.

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    • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Nice. We definitely need stuff like this to get the message out there that alternatives exist.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's gotten a pretty good response, despite my channel being smaller. I think a lot of folks just don't realize that there's viable, enjoyable social media that is ad, AI, and algo-free.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I truly think most people would be receptive to the idea if they could just hear about it. The big corporate sites have so many problems.

    Our two biggest obstacles in my opinion: a) the "instances" setup is mildly confusing for new users. b) Once you get here, the predominant culture is pretty homogenous and, to put it politely, politically intense.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago

    to put it politely, politically intense.

    You think?

    One of the things I love about the Fediverse is how easy it is to avoid political content. So many good filtering settings under the hood, especially on Mastodon, but with Lemmy you can just subscribe to non-political content and make your subs your default home page.

    We can be intense though.

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I'll be impressed if it's actually algorithm-free, but I get what you mean 😅

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    • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Thanks for sharing!

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