I'll be impressed if it's actually algorithm-free, but I get what you mean ๐
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I honestly don't necessarily want to be algorithm free. Any algorithm should be optional to use and honest in intent (actually using things you list as being interested in or such)
Yeah, I think most get my meaning, but fair point.
Thanks for sharing!
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.
I tried PeerTube and, unfortunately, found it terribly underwhelming. But thank you for the suggestion.
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)
I only mentioned 'Lemmy' in the video, but did include a link to a Lemmy instance database, so I presume those options are included.
No. Piefed and Mbin are separate software that reads Lemmy instances, but are not Lemmy instances.
Go to piefed.social and you'll see or fedia.io for mbin.
Ah, thank you for the info.
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?
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.
What didn't you like about the UI and which PeerTube instance did you use?
Edit: I see in your video that you are visiting a PeerTube instance with a very old version of PeerTube. Try something like: https://spectra.video/
I'll consider doing that.
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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?
I think finding other peertube Videos on other instances is really hard. I use a searchengine and then copy paste channels in my app which is not rellt userfriendliy IMO.
bTW: I am absolutely thankful for the work being put into peertube! I try to use it as much as possible but YouTube is still sadly my goto.
I have given up on accessing youtube, peertube, odyssey, dailymotion, and whatever else in the browser. Now it's exclusively GrayJay because I can't be bothered to search for videos on different platforms, create accounts on multiple platforms, subscribe to creators on multiple platforms and then check each feed individually. GrayJay just united them all for me.
But I see your point. For being supposedly federated, I don't get why peertube requires pasting links into the search bar. Why can't I find them with, you know, the search? It's baffling. They had to invent https://sepiasearch.org/ for searching across all instances it seems, but it still requires pasting the link into the searchbar of your instance.
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Why is sepia not integrated in the app?
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.
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.
The best place for people with no knowledge of the fediverse to learn about it, is on the platforms they use now.
I i think it's great that you're spreading the word about the fediverse and helping get people off
Say no more.
Nice. We definitely need stuff like this to get the message out there that alternatives exist.
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.
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.
politically intense
PieFed is good about being able to easily filter that stuff out, it's better than Lemmy, it even asks if you want that when you signup
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.