If only there were, I don’t know, a social media network of services that use the same protocol to talk to each other, and has no central authority? Something that, and this may be a stretch here, that is created and ran by the people?

Maybe someday. 🤷

I've thought since the beginning of all of this that the biggest mistake was calling all of these LLMs and other tools that they smashed together "AI". It's misleading and ruins the reputation of all of the tools. If someone had made a coding tool that ONLY did what "AI" does with coding, no one would give a shit. But now because an LLM spelled "Strawberry" with too many "r's" well that means it's all slop and it's all shit.

As for the people throwing shade for ethics, EVERYONE breaks their ethics for consumption and EVERYONE has their justifications. I'm not saying that environmental issues aren't important, they very much are, but giving others shit for their choices when half of your clothing and your phone partly relies on slave labor and stripping of the environment weakens your attempt. It's easy to sit on a high horse and judge others for their use of AI. It's much more difficult to understand the nuances of why they do. Just like you would want someone else to try to understand the nuances of why your shoes cost $150 and the 9 year old who made them was only paid 2 cents.

The point that I'm trying to make here, is that you can complain about AI without shitting on others.

Yes. You can use mastodon and other microblog services on the Fediverse to see, follow, and comment on anyone with a public PeerTube channel.

All you need is that channel‘s account name. For example, mine is @mrfunkedude@dudelike.wtf and if you search for it, and you find the profile, you can follow it.

Thank you.

Let me try this another way...

I have 35 gigs of storage. I have 5 users. Each user gets 7 gigs. If a user doesn't use any of the 7 gigs, that means I'm paying for that person to not use the space given to them. That space could be used by someone who is looking to put good content on the Fedi. I can't give a new person that space unless I remove the original user.

Now, if you're asking a different question, like why I don't allow accounts that don't post video and just use it to subscribe and comment, there are two reasons for that...

1. Most instances don't for the same reason I don't. It creates more work for the admin. They could be using it as a bad actor and create problems for other instances. That's why in my terms I tell people to use their Mastodon accounts to comment and subscribe.

2. People can use other ActivityPub services to comment and subscribe. There's no need for a PeerTube account to do that.

To restate, the reasons are "storage restrictions" and "it's a hassle and not necessary." If you want to call that "I don't want to" then fine, that's what it is. 🤷‍

Because I only give a certain amount of storage per user. If the user isn’t using that storage, then I could give it to someone else who would. But I can’t because that storage is allotted for that user unless I remove them.

Also, it stated clearly in my terms that all accounts are for people making videos.

In my Terms it states "Accounts are for users who intend to upload video content to enrich the federated internet. For Commenting and subscriptions please use another activityPub platform such as mastodon and remote subscribe/comment instead but you are welcome to bookmark this instance for general use."

In other words, if you have an account with me, it's for making videos.

I think part of the problem is that you are doing what a lot of people naturally, but mistakenly, do. Compare it to YouTube.

PeerTube isn't trying to be YouTube. The only thing they have in common, is showing videos. That's it.

YouTube is a commercialized and corporate owned video aggregator that takes their users, changes them into commodities, and then monetizes the content from it's creators who are forced to follow the dictates of an algorithm if they wish to get a fraction of the value that they've put in.

PeerTube is a decentralized and federated video aggregator that is owned by the people. The users remain users and there is no monetization or algorithm which forces a user to follow. Any monetary compensation is strictly between the user and their audience.

The problem you're talking about isn't a problem with PeerTube, it's a problem with norms set by corporate entities. People hate to learn new ways of doing things. PeerTube isn't that hard to use once you understand the basics and how it integrates into the Fediverse. There's a reason that most PeerTube instances don't accept registrations from people who aren't creating videos. Aside from cutting down on spam and bad actors, there's really no need for it. Want to find a video? Do a Mastodon (or other Fedi service) search for the appropriate title or hashtag. Then you can follow the creator and get notifications. You can even comment and like and boost.

In other words, no one needs a PeerTube account unless they are making videos.

But that isn't the norm. YouTube is the norm and people mistakenly expect a YouTube like service. So when they see that things are different, their brain short circuits.

But unlike a lot of people, I don't see this as a problem. I think it's a feature.

The fact that it forces people to learn a new non corporate lead way of doing things opens up a world of benefits that non Fedi people can't even imagine. Choice? Control? They have no real understanding of what those things really are. And because they aren't willing to learn something new, they get upset and don't bother trying. Which is fine with me. Because it means every instance is filled with people who were willing to break out of the mold and learn something new. THAT'S a feature.

So yes, while PeerTube isn't perfect and still has bugs to work out, it's fairly good at what it's supposed to do. Which is to serve videos to the Fedi and not just PeerTube. Anything else you want it to do or be, is based on your own biases that you most likely picked up from corporate owned services.

Thank you for the kind words. I hope so too!

Some Truths

1. Life sucks sometimes. 
2. When it suck’s it’s usually because you want things to be different then they are. 
3. There’s a way to fix that. 
4. You can fix it by paying attention to your head and not letting the more dickish thoughts get the better of you. 

Why is it that you never see a cavator?

Norrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!