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(DIR) Post #B2PLCYuyBx0SN8fJDs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T11:22:31Z
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I've been adding most of the videos that I watch to the FediverseTV playlist, I think a lot about how Google has a rich history of the videos that I watch Yet, often people I know have never heard of any of it. Likewise, I often just don't know what media people are talking about. I know daylighting most of your watch history isn't for everyone. But, I think a shared media landscape is important. It would be amazing if this kind of sharing had an intuitive cross platform version... 1/
(DIR) Post #B2PLOrMdR1u33bTA8W by burnitdown@beige.party
2026-01-18T11:24:43Z
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@futurebird i mostly watch archaeology and history stuff
(DIR) Post #B2PLbZdCfzN7pBHWMa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T11:27:03Z
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Imagine a shared playlist that pulled everything from the FediverseTV playlist on youTube, but you could also add peertube, nebula, and other videos to this super list. And maybe it had a way to comment and discuss the videos. This sounds deceptively simple. Online applications tend to fail to catch on because it's too hard to log in, you need to make a new account, or there isn't an easy way to adapt use into the ways people already use tech. This wouldn't be a small project at all. 2/
(DIR) Post #B2PLzP8pKTH8EyR8DI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T11:31:21Z
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One of the reasons I'm suddenly interested in sharing videos is directly related to AI. I worry that I might watch a video and not know that it's AI. A lot of AI is very obvious to me, but that doesn't mean that I can't be fooled. When we look at things together and discuss them we stand a better chance of catching deceit. This is the invite link to fediTV. You can add videos on youTube by clicking "save" when you are watching them:INVITE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTh3hv32NLhrPBgOXrUgwp6BQaC94lt9n&jct=HNo63JsyzJgiqq4wtxlQLw3/3
(DIR) Post #B2PM2Qes971LoVrrcm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T11:31:54Z
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@burnitdown I wouldn't mind more history.
(DIR) Post #B2PMkbVh9y96DDdi5Y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T11:39:53Z
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I promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy. If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?If you watch videos most of the time it's:
(DIR) Post #B2PMzmjNivDfMAHQZ6 by burnitdown@beige.party
2026-01-18T11:42:36Z
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@futurebird i've enjoyed this channel for a while. the videos are long but full of detail. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9v4QG3AQEP3zuRvVs2dAg
(DIR) Post #B2PP3GxVzcwXsrgJwe by MarvinFreeman@mastodon.online
2026-01-18T12:05:39Z
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@futurebird Kanopy. Free from the library!
(DIR) Post #B2PPKY9FKxhG7OPJQG by sknob@mamot.fr
2026-01-18T12:08:44Z
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@futurebird The Indie Beat Television ( @TIBtv) which launched December 28th, uses open source software, was created by musicians, and features only videos by independant artists, mostly from the fediverse. The launch was a big success, people are sending in videos daily, and the quality is incredible.https://tv.theindiebeat.fm
(DIR) Post #B2PQHgrIaxCwDdDG3U by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T12:19:23Z
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@mina I find posting what I watch on the shared list, forces me to think a little bit more about what I watch.If I watch something I don’t want to put on the list I think: WHY am I watching something that’s so low quality that I wouldn’t want the people I know to watch it as well?Looking at all of the videos I’ve watched since this began makes me think about how I’m using my time. It’s a bit of accountability some of us might do together.
(DIR) Post #B2PQb7yjzI9NpexiS0 by dobetterinstitute@twit.social
2026-01-18T12:22:56Z
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@futurebird Nebula is YouTubers but off platform for freeing the revenue capture back to creators. I have confirmation from friends who stream that YT pays almost nothing now. Supporting NPR/a creator patreon is the way. Find your human source and pay em
(DIR) Post #B2PRHfpkVQPYzh2mgK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T12:30:40Z
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@bri7 There should also be a hashtag on such posts so they can all be filtered out for politeness or found when wanted eg #fediTVTalk #fediTVTalk_peerTube_0001 ? ooh this is fun to think about—
(DIR) Post #B2PRPLrIekTzMLQkBU by bloodripelives@federatedfandom.net
2026-01-18T12:32:02Z
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@futurebird I use freetube, which lets you easily subscribe to and watch youtube without a google account, no ads and you can turn off all suggested videos. So I can keep track of stuff I want to follow there, but don’t get sucked into watching other stuff by accident. (You can also subscribe to youtube channels via RSS for this, but then you still have to watch on the site and see “suggestions”)
(DIR) Post #B2PRVIzuCtcUDtIKKO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-18T12:33:09Z
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@dobetterinstitute I also hope that the fediTV list could help people find what is worth supporting directly— based on what people are really watching.
(DIR) Post #B2PZVtY96chRDm6P8y by 3TomatoesShort@disabled.social
2026-01-18T14:02:50Z
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@futurebirdAll of the above for me. Physical media for the comfort shows I watch when I'm especially unwell, YouTube for mostly music and calming background things like train journeys or walking videos, and various free and paid streaming options for tv shows and movies. I didn't vote because I use all of them a LOT, since I have to spend so much time in bed.
(DIR) Post #B2Pm5d88pT3cAjkGRM by Scofisticated@socel.net
2026-01-18T16:23:46Z
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@futurebird I'm sorry to say, YT. I think I do a fair bit on Nebula, and the big streamers. But if I'm being honest, youtube prob inches up. I am not proud.
(DIR) Post #B2VcgycDndr2fHIJQ8 by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T11:54:22Z
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@dobetterinstitute @futurebird I totally agree. But I don't like nebula. And having a bunch of different subscriptions to substack, pagreon, kofi etc I also don't like.So I have started working on @fedipay fedipay.netAn open source, decentralised creator reward system so I can pay creators my way, with simple transactions ixeally eventually too
(DIR) Post #B2Vch05KKujLDpv4QS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:06:45Z
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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay How will the payments work?I've found that when it comes to getting cash to people there is a lot of variation on what will work for THEM. "creators" the kind I want to support are generally very broke and can't easily decide how they want to interact with monetary systems. Sometimes that means a big company like paypal other times it means using the post.Mailing cash is bad, but it's often been the best solution.
(DIR) Post #B2Vd1rPvl2UOQAVHYO by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T12:10:32Z
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@futurebird @dobetterinstitute @fedipay mailing cash! Crazy.In Australia and Europe banking is easy. But the idea is a creator/contributor creates an account on a fedipay server.They put their chosen way to receive payment there.Eventually the servers will communicate with each other to settle up, and any remaining funds are transferred back out to their final place.For now I am just building the actual server and extension for tracking (that you own and control)
(DIR) Post #B2VdG5uafF5DQfdDnM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:13:05Z
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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay Options:*use paypal and my $20 donation ends up being about $14 by the time the fees are done on all sides. * mail cash and risk it all getting stolen OR they get the whole $20 bucks they can spend right away. The downside is I can only do this with people who trust me with their address. But that's also an upside in a way. Mailing cash was good enough for my mom when she was worried about me LOL. Why not?
(DIR) Post #B2VdrYxPdWcuE7omCu by stevewfolds@mastodon.world
2026-01-21T12:19:51Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay Loose cash can be extracted from envelopes without opening them by rolling bills w/a pair of small knitting needles and sliding them out. Wrapping cash in a piece of paper …
(DIR) Post #B2VdvphzIWkLL1dhSK by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T12:20:37Z
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@craiglambie42 @futurebird @fedipay @dobetterinstitute We’ve had cash go missing in the mail a number of times this year. It used to work pretty reliably for grandkids birthdays.
(DIR) Post #B2VeGc4tAgN992GAyG by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T12:24:24Z
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@futurebird @dobetterinstitute @fedipay hard and expensive to send cash $1 to an eastern european, $1 to a canadian and $1 to a vietnamese guy....But what if I sent $10 to fedipay.and 100 other people did (1000).Then fedipay worked out that the server in eastern europe needs ~333 and canada needs ~334 and vietnamese server needs ~333Then the local server admin could use the local bank to send $1 to by bank transfer to the local developer - etc.
(DIR) Post #B2Vep1vnYV5PAoQ34i by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:30:38Z
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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay I think this is such an important problem to think about. Payment networks are networks of trust. Since IRL we don't experience "transaction fees" it easy to not understand why such fees are so hard to avoid when moving online. I don't want to discourage you because it's upsetting how hard it is to extricate oneself from all of the big players in payments.
(DIR) Post #B2Vf5kw00CPjNjULrM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:33:39Z
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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay To get philosophical: making currency is a primary function of a state. States have chosen to allow private entities to take this role in digital spaces, an abdication of state power. (The political reasons how and why this has happened are interesting.)I once thought a "stateless currency" was possible. I now think that was very naive. The currency *is* the state. When the currency fails? so to the government.
(DIR) Post #B2VfQIYehUjJSGMhLk by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T12:37:21Z
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@futurebird @dobetterinstitute @fedipay I totally agree, getting away from the big players is important.In Australia we can easily pay other people with their phone number.In the US it is hard - that is why Paypal and others came to be.In the UK and EU, it is really simple, and free to do transfers.I imagine getting a community bank or building society involved to help with the actual money part - eventually that might solve multiple problems.It would mean creators have to open an account
(DIR) Post #B2VfSxKW5ASaUC1Eie by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:37:53Z
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@craiglambie42 There is a kind of person who seeks to be the intermediary in all transactions: they fantasize that they should get a little tax on everything. They seek transaction fees as others seek rents. Those innocents who want "free and open exchanges" never see them coming. We need to learn to be more suspicious, avaricious or evil IDK."you just want to make money without even doing anything!" I cry with horrorThey think: "yes, you clueless idiot that's the whole POINT"
(DIR) Post #B2VfYibBlUv4XHZ5lo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:38:54Z
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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay I think working with credit unions is a good idea. There has been growth in that area and there is room for more growth.
(DIR) Post #B2Vfa2z7SKmi3FOMSG by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T12:39:07Z
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@futurebird @dobetterinstitute @fedipay that is getting into a crypto discussion... which I think is best avoided.Philosophy is good though... all money is debt... money is not real at all, but a figment of our imagination :D
(DIR) Post #B2VflKyysgbN3Wi8QK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:41:08Z
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@craiglambie42 Anyway that is why I'm mailing $20 bills which I iron first so they are very smooth and flat to some lady who makes ant sculptures out of bottle caps.
(DIR) Post #B2VfnWgwJmylwxJeBU by craiglambie42@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T12:41:34Z
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@futurebird I totally agree.I was a property developer and have worked in finance. I know how these people think (and I have to stop myself sometimes)But Bank of Dave - he is doing it for the people. I want to see that happen too.No rent seeking, just rewarding people.Ideally a network of trusted servers, maybe run by banks, or local councils or local clubs/ charities with a treasurer that oversees the distributions, which are mostly automated.
(DIR) Post #B2Vgm2prw7Uj1ALl0i by dr2chase@ohai.social
2026-01-21T12:52:28Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 part of the problem is that US banking is primitive, which creates a local market opportunity for anyone smoothing those bumps. It's not clear to me that the rest-of-the-world needs such a thing. One useful function that banks provide, and that costs money to implement, is some amount of fraud detection/correction; sooner or later someone will use a payment system for fraud and/or crime.
(DIR) Post #B2Vh2XcRFhbH7kvybY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T12:55:30Z
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@dr2chase @craiglambie42 What services are US banks lacking that one finds abroad?I often interact with people who don't have bank accounts. A bank can make a lot of sense if you have a salaried job with direct deposit and a mortgage. Generally with one or the other the bank will provide a lot of services for free. If you don't have such a tie to the bank they can be as predatory as payday lenders which is why people avoid them and go to the payday lenders who are, at least predictable.
(DIR) Post #B2VhVA4Rso5MULgOYa by dr2chase@ohai.social
2026-01-21T13:00:37Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 transfer of funds outside the US is much smoother, whereas here in the US wire transfers between people are a BFD that seems to require paperwork. Checks are not a thing in Europe, for example. I.e., the missing services, are speed, and flexibility. US banks are better at profits, however.
(DIR) Post #B2ViOlfrm9AB2ahRwW by lopta@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T13:10:41Z
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@futurebird @dr2chase @craiglambie42 The Standing Order is one service I've missed. Everything here seems to be Direct Debit instead.
(DIR) Post #B2ViZz54GrHLo0ptDM by dobetterinstitute@twit.social
2026-01-21T13:12:42Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 @fedipay Brazil solved their unbanked problem. Somalia's banking runs on flip phones. FinTech solutions are encouraged and entirely doable! No matter what barrier you find keep tinkering, a FediPay solution must exist.Link to Brazil's.Pix (payment system) - Wikipedia https://share.google/vsJcX6Fk9kwSZ1Ij5
(DIR) Post #B2VkXJySKj1be2bKrY by jmax@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T13:34:37Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay - Yeah, but extending credit to someone is the equivalent of creating currency. So governments have outsourced that for centuriesThe novelty is deciding not to regulate crypto in any way. Of course, they're applying that philosophy to old school finance too, so.
(DIR) Post #B2VlSurVrCISYboiJs by benh@mastodon.scot
2026-01-21T13:45:03Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay I heard somewhere that Pay-as-you-go phone companies allowed anyone in the world to top up payments, and also allowed the owner to withdraw some of their pay-as-you-go balance,and this turned in to a major way to send funds to relatives in Vietnam and India* Was this ever true* Is it still a thing* would it be helpful in this situation?
(DIR) Post #B2VliXK19AGaBKb98q by scozmos@mastodon.scot
2026-01-21T13:47:53Z
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I detest YT and hope more will switch to the likes of PeerTube soon @futurebird
(DIR) Post #B2VzVcGAsImH5fX9yi by wjmaggos@liberal.city
2026-01-21T16:22:10Z
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@sknob @futurebird @TIBtv it uses #owncast. there's a great app for Roku.we "just" need great apps for these services. maybe we could pool some money and pay to get FOSS reference apps built.
(DIR) Post #B2W7KG8JbIUEugxAR6 by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2026-01-21T17:50:00Z
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@futurebird Don’t watch much of anything. The day is far longer if you read.
(DIR) Post #B2hsGHgMRsS6Seac08 by josemurilo@mato.social
2026-01-27T09:57:44Z
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@futurebird @craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay I think you nailed it here.Are you acquainted with #Brazil’s #PIX?https://mato.social/@josemurilo/115095755793908119