Post AXv5sovJ6uOcv2WA1Q by jakedamon@noc.social
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(DIR) Post #AXthkHmVr4oLkyqFo8 by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-20T21:01:22Z
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I saw this comment on an article posted on @arstechnica about #YouTube increasing their price for YouTube Premium. And yes, YT does need competition, the problem is most creators want their content to be seen, and hopefully get compensation for the effort involved in making the content, and #Google simply has the cash and gravitational presence to make it happen.If you want competition, start supporting alternatives, and letting creators know that you won't be watching their content on YT. 💙
(DIR) Post #AXtkCNI5AJburN86aW by hacknorris@mstdn.social
2023-07-20T21:28:52Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica its not that easy you'd think of it... all the peertube is mainly for activists and is heavily political. probably not suitable for general usage cause you wont find anything that much general purpose so a person could throw a normal video (eg. from a game, lifehacks or just for shorts). regular users probably dont have a free pc to keep up 24/7 to host videos by themselves.and lbry is right now as controversial as youtube so there is no way actually for alternatives...
(DIR) Post #AXtmxwTuLQOBWLTFJ2 by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-20T21:59:52Z
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@Hawkwinter @arstechnica You're welcome to check out our tilvids.com #PeerTube instance. We're focused on the edutainment genre, and while we have lots of tech channels, we also have science, cooking, art, culture, etc.
(DIR) Post #AXtsNhwNWrGBittQJ6 by jeena@toot.jeena.net
2023-07-20T23:00:32Z
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@Hawkwinter @tilvids @arstechnica usability for users has never been the real problem of PeerTube, lack of content was. Ok the search too.
(DIR) Post #AXtsq2zIryZv6lm4Ia by bloodaxe@fosstodon.org
2023-07-20T23:05:37Z
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@jeena@Hawkwinter @tilvids @arstechnicaYeah, search/discoverability is a bit too clunky ATM. But we're slowly getting there!We need more focused instances like TILvids, that also allow other instances to "follow" them to increase reach 👍🏻
(DIR) Post #AXu35L5YqtFD8HdETg by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T01:00:24Z
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@Hawkwinter@calckey.social @arstechnica @Hawkwinter@mastodon.art Presently, creators are welcome to monetize however they want, generally through Patreon, merch, etc. In the future, after incorporating as a not-for-profit organization, I would like to see the site take on corporate sponsors, with the revenue then shared between running the site and distributing to creators.
(DIR) Post #AXu3CzfmMLrF1sDqjo by taur10@venera.social
2023-07-21T00:31:33Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica It'd be nice if'n the YouTube creators who are here on the Fediverse would also use PeerTube to provide an alternate channel
(DIR) Post #AXu3D0RdUQ8fQIc4Ke by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T01:01:48Z
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@taur10 @arstechnica Check out @thelinuxEXP who calls #tilvids home in the #fediverse ! 💙 https://tilvids.com/c/thelinuxexperiment_channel/videos
(DIR) Post #AXu3QJJgdUyriYEryq by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T01:04:17Z
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@bloodaxe @jeena @Hawkwinter @arstechnica Focused instances would definitely help PeerTube and the Fediverse. Even TILvids might be too broad as an "edutainment" instance, but that genre is my passion. The goal is to grow a ring of edutainment instances, with TILvids as an easy entrance point for both viewers and creators. It would be great to see other genre-focused instances pursue a similar growth strategy.I talk about this as the "hub and spoke" model.https://blog.tilvids.com/TILvids-Update-July-2023/
(DIR) Post #AXu3QVnuCyHcRkTAkS by hvg24@mastodon.social
2023-07-21T01:04:18Z
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@tilvids is there a way to pre-cache selected videos/channels? Maybe on a local server. I try to use tilvids, but most of the time the videos start playing well and then stop at some point with long loading times. Usually I give up and go to YT to finish watching it.
(DIR) Post #AXu3czH2SvtFJx2qye by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T01:06:31Z
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@hvg24 Bummer to hear that! Our main #tilvids instance is based in the EU (Germany) which was very slow to load for our US viewers. To help that, I started a second redundancy/mirror instance at https://cdn01.tilvids.com to help cache some of the content closer to "home". In my experience, it helps quite a bit (newly-posted videos take about an hour to cache, and definitely load slower in the US until it happens).What locale are you in? We can definitely consider more mirrors in the future...
(DIR) Post #AXu3zgwqlYLl94QbzM by hvg24@mastodon.social
2023-07-21T01:10:38Z
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@tilvids I'm in Brazil
(DIR) Post #AXu4E4E11IUtOKJOwi by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T01:13:16Z
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@hvg24 Ah interesting. I'm not surprised, since we don't have a mirror in South America. That's certainly something I want to continue to scale, but it's obviously not free, and I'd have to know that we would have a large enough viewership in each region to warrant the cost.Apologies for the experience not being as great as it could be. Please keep sending "our friends to the south" to TILvids, keep giving feedback, and I really hope we can expand our redundancy servers in the future!
(DIR) Post #AXu9p4DAX73vpnNVWC by taur10@venera.social
2023-07-21T01:50:22Z
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@tilvids @thelinuxEXP @arstechnica Yep, follow him, but there's a few big names over on Mastodon who are still YT only
(DIR) Post #AXu9p52ZS0BAPDQYdc by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T02:15:57Z
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@taur10 @thelinuxEXP @arstechnica Indeed. The best thing you can do is reach out to those creators on Mastodon and tell them that you won't watch their content on YouTube out of principle. When I reach out to creators to join #tilvids I don't even recommend they leave YT, just that they join an instance and automatically sync their content. It's not lost revenue because most of the viewers on Peertube are leaving YT anyway. There's pretty much no downside to the creator at that point.
(DIR) Post #AXuHG9K0LBQRBJR7Xk by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T03:39:15Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica I only watch #techlore #linuxexprriment #linuxcast on #tilvids - I look forward to seeing more join with time as I no longer go on YT.Really would like to see #louisrossmann and #naomibrockwell #nbtv
(DIR) Post #AXuHVUSO2iCL4hfk8m by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T03:42:04Z
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@jppelt @arstechnica Message them and let them know that! Most creators really do care about their audience, but they only have so much time and attention to give to platforms. Letting them you won't be watching them on #youtube is important, especially when they find out that #PeerTube can automatically sync their YouTube channel, meaning essentially zero additional overhead for them!
(DIR) Post #AXuHrbGPPqF0YZc2JU by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T03:46:04Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica will do!
(DIR) Post #AXuQyMH8RJ7dgaFXFI by gnuntoo@ohai.social
2023-07-21T05:28:07Z
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@tilvids @jppelt @arstechnica I feel like Louis will eventually be on peertube. He seems to be turning into Richard stallman increasingly with each passing day. It’s a pleasure to watch
(DIR) Post #AXv5sovJ6uOcv2WA1Q by jakedamon@noc.social
2023-07-21T12:37:27Z
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@jppelt @tilvids @arstechnica Louis and Naomi are on Odysee, also a great alternative to YouTube and one of the more popular ones.
(DIR) Post #AXv5t6DIpFtMXm4Gvo by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T12:52:02Z
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@jakedamon @tilvids @arstechnica I know. I also know a lot of people like Odysee. For whatever reason, after trying it for a few, I feel for #Odysee the way I feel for #bravebrowser - another popular tool. Something about both I just don’t like. I know, I’m in the minority. :blobcatshrug:
(DIR) Post #AXv5tCrw55xZBX7o6C by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T13:06:31Z
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@jppelt @jakedamon @arstechnica Before I started TILvids, as a creator I tried Odysee. Ultimately, the crypto focus turned me off, and the service was full of conspiracy nonsense and crypto scams. As a creator, I didn't want my content to live next to that (part of the reason I left YouTube to begin with) and so I decided to start my own #PeerTube instance around edutainment that I felt better reflected my goals. Fortunately, lots of other creators seem to like that approach as well.
(DIR) Post #AXv8LxaMBSOu5ek06S by privacydingus@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T13:34:13Z
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@tilvids @jppelt @jakedamon @arstechnica crypto has fortunately dropped down into a (hopefully longstanding) "Trough of Disillusionment" but that doesn't stop me noping out any time I see it around. I got an odysee for Mojeek at the same time as (thanks a lot) putting videos up on TIL, but it just syndicates from YT and I never point to it.
(DIR) Post #AXvAzBGPShZViNEy1I by ve9sy@mastodon.radio
2023-07-21T14:03:38Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica Seeing a lot more YouTubers that are actively searching out advertisers and doing the promo work themselves rather than counting on you tube. YouTube is making a fortune f peoples content and the more they make the more they want. So the decrease the percentage of what they get from your content. Like being an actor and having your agent taking 70% of what you make. I know a few that say every time there income starts to go up there in s new raise for YouTube.
(DIR) Post #AXvTaOk07BhFP3ygC0 by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T14:03:43Z
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@privacydingus @tilvids @jakedamon @arstechnica Just subscribed to my favorite search engine’s #tilvid channel - #Teammojeek
(DIR) Post #AXvTmeJM3DxdAVM8Aq by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T17:34:21Z
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@ve9sy @arstechnica This is the way. If more content creators band together and create their own focused #PeerTube instances, it would be very easy for them to find sponsors to support the instance and split the revenue. A fantastic example is the modeling/kit-bashing community. You could build an entire instance around that, sponsored by some large crafting retailer.Studson Studio is a great example, and there are dozens more.https://www.youtube.com/@StudsonStudio
(DIR) Post #AXxivcgBNHnsLHgrbM by pids3c@infosec.exchange
2023-07-22T00:26:15Z
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@jppelt @tilvids @arstechnica Watch em on odysee.
(DIR) Post #AXxivdenjuIDNI3H5U by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-22T19:23:28Z
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@pids3c @tilvids @arstechnica I tried #odysee but find them sketch. No longer watch anything on that platform.
(DIR) Post #AXxiyHDVczuKe8XnJg by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-22T19:33:57Z
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@jppelt @pids3c @arstechnica Agreed. That was a big reason I started TILvids.
(DIR) Post #AXxj50LkjnHAMSblYm by jppelt@fosstodon.org
2023-07-22T19:35:08Z
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@tilvids @pids3c @arstechnica Watching #techlore "why browsers are silly" on TILvids as I type :ablobcatcoffee:
(DIR) Post #AXxjB2tMCQNdyzCsrY by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-22T19:36:16Z
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@jppelt @pids3c @arstechnica 🙌 💙
(DIR) Post #AXxkfibHnC67yswaRM by CleoMenezesJr@floss.social
2023-07-22T19:53:00Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica I think that Ads where the user can see it before or after starting the video to help the content creator is a plausible option.Not everyone can donate money, but everyone can donate attention.As long as open source platforms are unable to monetize videos, they will not be able to be minimally competitive..
(DIR) Post #AXxkjpjbD5GRGVnKIi by CleoMenezesJr@floss.social
2023-07-22T19:53:45Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica I think that Ads where the user can see it before or after starting the video to help the content creator is a plausible option.Not everyone can donate money, but everyone can donate attention.As long as open source platforms are unable to monetize videos, they will not be able to be minimally competitive..
(DIR) Post #AXxudYKQ0nMP5Lf0M4 by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-22T21:44:38Z
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@CleoMenezesJr @arstechnica It's certainly a chicken-and-egg problem. Intent for TILvids is to eventually have sponsors at an instance level, which would then go toward running the site and then split amongst creators.
(DIR) Post #AY1diCNsF7iMqqPuVc by CleoMenezesJr@floss.social
2023-07-24T16:53:50Z
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@tilvids @arstechnica I understand your point, but starting with some third-party tool that allows you to implement ads on the site would be a starting point until the platform could move to a upstream project tool?
(DIR) Post #AY1rCuyOKEjjEWTZce by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-24T19:25:06Z
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@CleoMenezesJr @arstechnica It's a slippery-slope that I don't really want to venture down. At the moment, we're making it work with donations. If we can skip straight to instance-level sponsors, that's the route I'd prefer for the long-term ethical health of the community.
(DIR) Post #AYhUX2rakAKPQgoMVM by limepeep@minidisc.tokyo
2023-08-13T21:16:06.695Z
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@jppelt@fosstodon.org @pids3c@infosec.exchange @tilvids@mstdn.social @arstechnica@mastodon.social Got burned out by that platform too. I guess it's that I got burned out of free-speech absolutism in general, since I gradually learned that it was difficult to make serious discussions with people who just want to be cheap. It didn't help how so much of Odysee's community were culture warriors. They'd always whine about how leftists cannot make good media or were always triggered, and then I compare that to the numerous quality works made by leftists or the same culture warriors being offended by a trans woman or something minor. Plus, Odysee didn't really do anything to encourage leftist creators to join, so it just became yet another echo chamber.
(DIR) Post #AYhUX3yib9cgt59ZFg by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-08-13T21:28:48Z
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@limepeep @jppelt @arstechnica @pids3c Exactly.