A problem and our solution.

I quickly explain what we at dudelike.wtf see as a problem with PeerTube and what our answer to it is.

Noggog 2 points 7 days ago

I guess? How do they get engagement from users that aren't posting videos? Who's the creator supposed to engage with? Other creators? Or are they just relying on watchers that have made an account elsewhere to be able to watch and comment on the vids?

I made this comment here because I dont have a peer tube login yet and couldn't make one there?

Edit: Nvm. Always impressed by fediverse. Can post with Mastodon and the like. Neat!

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MrFunkEdude 1 point 7 days ago

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.

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krisbalintona 2 points 6 days ago

that's a neat idea

in lieu of mass popularity and scale (e.g., YouTube), I like that you're trying to stimulate and foster community, activity/engagement, and higher-effort videos from the instance side of things

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Phosphenes 0 points 6 days ago

@krisbalintona @MrFunkEdude

For me, the biggest barrier to engagement on PeerTube is the lack of some kind of global multi-instance search, based on topic or keywords. Does that exist anywhere?

Also is it possible to carry over my Mastodon login to PeerTube instances, or do I need a separate login for every instance, if I want to like or comment?

Managing dozens of logins is a lot of friction on engagement.

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krisbalintona 2 points 6 days ago

Regarding multi-instance search: I replied to your other comment about it.

But regarding passwords: I've used Bitwarden for password management since 2020 and haven't looked back since. All my passwords are randomly generated and autofilled. It's cross-platform and free, too. (Not an ad, just sharing my enthusiasm for the software.) I especially like that Bitwarden is a passkey provider so I can just register my passkeys there and have it be available on all my devices :)

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Phosphenes 0 points 6 days ago

@krisbalintona @MrFunkEdude

Could there be a meta-PeerTube service, which is only an index of PT videos on other instances, with local space for ratings and comments?

Individual instances could refer back to the index service (or not) if they want to cross-engage and expand the community.

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mesamunefire 1 point 8 days ago

Very good video thanks for sharing.

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MrFunkEdude 1 point 8 days ago

Thank you.

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