This is the latest #youtube "innovation". #Google with a market cap of $1.7 trillion and $120 billion cash on hand, "needs" to charge for ads on YouTube.
This is, of course, not true. They have more than enough revenue to run YouTube without ads in perpetuity, but they want to please shareholders. The #Peertube community is showing how you can distribute the costs of hosting content as well. If you don't support Google's continued monetization of monopolized video...vote with your feet.
#tech
and as a companion to this post, a MUST-WATCH documentary from 2017 - #NothingToHide
Here's a #peertube link kolektiva.media/videos/watch/e…
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I keep seeing lots of people who are totally giddy about the #Fediverse, who are gushing over it, who want to promote it, who want it to spread.
And who want it to advance. To learn new abilities. To grow new features.
That's all fine and dandy.
But almost all of these people are still fully convinced that the Fediverse equals #Mastodon. And nothing else. At least not until Tumblr and P92 join the fray. Okay, maybe the #WordPress plug-in that's the talk of the town now that it has become official. Okay, maybe a few of them have also heard of #Pixelfed and/or #PeerTube because their makers are all over the Fediverse.
When these people are talking about the Fediverse, they mean Mastodon. And when they're thinking about the Fediverse, they're only thinking about Mastodon. Because that's all they know.
So these people want new cool features or even new cool use-cases in the Fediverse, stuff that Mastodon doesn't have. They want Mastodon to have it, or they want new projects to be launched that have these features.
If only they knew.
If only they knew that everything, literally everything they propose has already been done. Yes, in the Fediverse. In projects which are fully federated with Mastodon. Why don't they know? Because they've never heard of any of these projects, much less what they can do.
So they want "quote-tweets" in the Fediverse. Which means they want Mastodon to introduce them.
Tell you what: Mastodon is the only microblogging project in the Fediverse that doesn't have quotes. Not only will Eugen Rochko never introduce them, but all the other projects have them with Mastodon forks #GlitchSoc such as being the exception. #Pleroma has them. #Akkoma has them. #MissKey has them. #CalcKey has them. #FoundKey has them. #GoToSocial has them. The old heavyweights #Friendica and #Hubzilla have them, and so does Hubzilla's youngest decendant, the #Streams project. Et cetera.
You want "quote-tweets"? Switch to something that isn't Mastodon, and you've got "quote-tweets".
Or text formatting in posts like bold type, italics, underline, strikethrough, code blocks etc. Would be great if Mastodon had that, in spite of other people saying they don't want it.
Again: Pleroma already has it. Akkoma already has it. MissKey already has it. CalcKey already has it. FoundKey already hasit. GoToSocial already has it. Friendica already has it. Hubzilla already has it (look at this post at its source in a Web browser and weep). (streams) already has it. And so forth. This time, even Mastodon forks have it.
It has been done. It has been done many times. It has actually been done before Mastodon.
Next, long-form blog posting. We need something like #Medium in the Fediverse that isn't Medium itself. Mastodon's 500 characters are too few, and Twitter-like threads are inconvenient.
Except we already have that, too. #Plume and #WriteFreely are about as close to Medium as Mastodon is to Twitter, including clean and distraction-less layouts. Oh, and Hubzilla can do that, too.
By the way: Again, Mastodon is the only Fediverse project that can do microblogging that has a 500-character limit. Pleroma, Mastodon's oldest direct competitor, raised it to a default of 6,000. MissKey and its forks have 3,000 as a default. Friendica, Hubzilla and (streams) have character limits of "go ahead, drop your short story in one post in its entirety," so virtually none at all. And yes, Hubzilla has long-form writing on top of that.
Speaking of Hubzilla: Most recently, there has been the idea to uncouple one's online identity from a specific instance. Your online self should no longer be firmly tied to any one server exclusively. Now, this sounds so ambitious, it might just as well be science-fiction.
What if I told you that just this very thing already exists as well?
No, really. No, I'm not making this up. But you should know by now that I'm not.
Better yet: It was conceived as early as 2011. By the guy who launched Friendica in 2010. He invented a new principle named #NomadicIdentity and a new protocol named #Zot. In its early stages already, even with no technical implementation yet, Zot was more powerful than ActivityPub is today.
In 2012, Zot became reality as the basis of a Friendica fork which later became known as #RedMatrix and, upon its 1.0 stable release in late 2015, which is still prior to Mastodon's initial release, Hubzilla. Hubzilla is still being developed and improved, and it has a fledgling but growing "successor of a successor" named (streams) which offers nomadic identity, too.
Now, what does this nomadic identity even look like? Well, not only does it let you move your channel(s) around from instance to instance with ease and, unlike on Mastodon, with absolutely everything on it. No, it also lets you have your channel on multiple instances at once. Identical clones, automagically kept in sync in real-time, all with the same identity, the same content, the same connections.
Your identity is no longer strapped down to one instance. Not only that, but your channel, your posts, your content is no longer hosted on only one server. This means that if one instance with one of your clones goes down, you still have spares.
Okay, so how about community groups/forums? That'd be cool.
Well, for one, there's #Guppe. It's basically bolted on Mastodon, and in practice, it's centralised because there's only one instance. But it's impractical to use.
Besides, this is becoming a running gag here, Friendica, Hubzilla and (streams) have exactly this built-in and open for the rest of the Fediverse.
Better yet: There's also #Lemmy which amounts to a federated #Reddit or #HackerNews clone. So not only does Lemmy offer this, it specialises in it.
Hubzilla alone can provide Fediverse feature suggestions with "has been done" for years to come. Not to mention what else the Fediverse has to offer. Even if someone should want a free, non-commercial, decentralised, federated #GoodReads clone in the Fediverse, it has been done: #BookWyrm.
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For anyone who doesn't know, @Framasoft support and fund a whole wide range of decentralized, #FOSS, #privacy respecting tools such as #Peertube ( @peertube ), #Mobilizon (think Facebook Groups for the #Fediverse, @mobilizon ) and more!
They do it all on super low funding, so go throw a few or your local currency at them to help grow the #fedi!
Time for a recurring self-promotion (sorry): I run an invite-only community #PeerTube instance over at spectra.video
It's still a fledgling community, but it's geared towards creators who want to share their stuff with the wider #fediverse. We connect to a lot of great instances, have pretty strong community guidelines, and do our best to counter spam and harassment.
Creators are allotted an unlimited amount of upload space for videos!
If you're looking to join PeerTube and put your stuff out there, please DM me!
Spectra is a special new PeerTube instance dedicated to supporting original content creators, and building the video community within the fediverse!spectra.video
#PeerTube v5 is out 🎉
framablog.org/2022/12/13/peert…
Late 2017, we announced our desire to create a free, decentralised and federated alternative to YouTube. Five years later, we are releasing PeerTube v5, a tool used by hundreds of thousands people...Framablog
We already have great feedback on the redesign of JoinPeertube.org!
1. the "GAFAM" in the title is now "Big Tech" : joinpeertube.org/en_US/
2. We need more diverse feedback on how to replace the (very tech oriented) word "instances", please join the discussion here ideas.joinpeertube.org/posts/1…
Thanks a lot! (and please boost 🥰 )
I like the new joinpeertube page, it addresses the problem I'd had with it before of it showing me lots of hosts that weren't accepting users,ideas.joinpeertube.org
A lot of people are moving to @Mastodon, but I also get a lot of misconceptions and questions about how it works, and about this cool giant social network that is the #Fediverse, including @pixelfed or @peertube. So, to answer all these questions, and myabe introduce you to some other parts of the Fediverse, I think it's time for a quickstart guide!
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I've done a website for my @FediFollows account which lists lots of interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse.
There are a couple of video-related categories including lots of @peertube and @owncast accounts you might be interested in:
fedi.directory/tag/live-stream…
If you're wondering how to use the site, it's explained in the Help page:
fedi.directory/how-to-use-this…
#Fediverse #Videos #Video #LiveStream #PeerTube #OwnCast
Interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.directory
Our latest video on @tilvids explains the two best places to get Thunderbird support: tilvids.com/w/nuJ2QCcbZRYDzTRc…
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Need some #PeerTube advice!
The really excellent PeerTube instance tilvids.com now has a bug that stops people on Mastodon etc being able to follow Tilvids accounts:
-Existing follows work fine, but new follows turn into "Follow request sent" messages and don't go through (PT doesn't use requests).
-Messaged Tilvids about this and they rebooted server, but it didn't help.
-Posted on PT Github but no help so far.
Any suggestions for how to fix this?
Boosts appreciated!
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Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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WiFi icon in thumbnail by ivke32 via Pixabay:
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In case you missed the announcement earlier, Thunderbird videos are now on #PeerTube!
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Would it be possible for you to upload your #YouTube videos to a instance of the fedi alternative #PeerTube too?
PeerTube is a decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software. Join the federation and take back control of your videos!JoinPeerTube
You have ideas for #PeerTube?
You know what could be improved, changed or added?
Please share them on our user-friendly feedback tool.
This will help us build our next roadmap and show contributors what the community wants
💡 ideas.joinpeertube.org
ℹ️ joinpeertube.org/en/news#ideas…
We need your input! Bonjour, we are Framasoft. Our small French nonprofit maintains and develop PeerTube (among 50+ other projects), with only one (1!ideas.joinpeertube.org
OSINT: "The Internet Is Forever"
Featuring Internet Archive / WayBack Machine
#Video #OSINT #OSINT #Research #Journalism #Writing #Article #Tutorial #WayBackMachine #InternetArchive #privacy
Watch on #Peertube:
tube.tchncs.de/w/eccM1zPQuuSQ1…
Internet Archive + WayBack Machine Allows You To Find Hidden Internet Content + OSINT Tips. In Today's OSINT + Privacy Demonstration Support Content + Read (Public) Tutorials / Posts: https://buymeacoffee.tchncs
ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser - GitHub - Chocobozzz/PeerTube: ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web b...GitHub
My top 🪐 #Fediverse App picks:
1. 🐘 #Mastodon
✍️ Microblogs
joinmastodon.org/
Many specific ones to choose from.
2. 🐼 #Pixelfed
📸 Images
pixelfed.org/
Main: pixelfed.social/
3. 🐙 #PeerTube
🎥 Videos
joinpeertube.org/
Main: tilvids.com/videos/overview
4. 🐉 #BookWrym
📚 Books
joinbookwyrm.com/
Main: bookwyrm.social/
5. 🐳#Funkwhale
🎵 Music
funkwhale.audio/#get-started
Instance List:
network.funkwhale.audio/dashbo…
Good one: audio.gafamfree.party/library/…
This is next leap forward for #Fediverse: #EU / #EuropeanCommission launched own #Mastodon and #Peertube servers.
You can follow several accounts like
@EU_Commission
🇪🇺♥️ 
PeerTube is a decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software. Join the federation and take back control of your videos!JoinPeerTube
Hi, Today I found your post when looking for #fedisearch and #SepiaSearch tags
I created a fediverse search app: fedisearch.skorpil.cz
It collects feeds from #Mastodon, #PeerTube, #Misskey and partly, #Pleroma
New ideas are welcomed. I still have several improvements in todo list (like better search query specification, instance searching...)
A search engine of PeerTube videos, channels and playlists, developed by FramasoftSepia Search
Speaking of decentralized video, where is the #Matrix #Peertube channel? Or even just a #Peertube mirror of the #YouTube channel? It seems odd that the "open standard for decentralised persistent communication" only seems to share videos on a closed, centralized surveillance video platform. 
Super excited for the advancements in native, decentralized, E2EE video calling. Just wish I could learn about them from a similar source.
🎉🎉🎉🖖 #PeerTube v4 is out! 🖖🎉🎉🎉
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