I would like to finally quit YouTube, which will be significant for me in that I'll be severing my last tie to corporate tech.
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#peertube needs a site/app as similar to the YouTube site/app as possible. but make it FOSS and push others to make their own. but people need an example that feels like what they are used to.
@wjmaggos @lislegaard @alisynthesis It is possible to subscribe to PeerTube channels on some alternative apps, such as NewPipe.
Another thing you can do is follow them right here. Which has the advantage that you can like, comment, and share the videos for others to potential follow here too.
Example: @potterybyosa is a channel on the PeerTube instance MakerTube. Which you can see in the name.
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I would like to finally quit YouTube, which will be significant for me in that I'll be severing my last tie to corporate tech. Yay!
I have a YT channel, but that's not what keeps me on YT. It's about the awesome, bite-sized, high-quality video essays that I enjoy so much. I just can't read books ALL the time, damnit! It serves the same need for me as magazines, but...VIDEO!
I want to explore PeerTube more for sure. Anyone else have suggestions? How about Nebula?
@alisynthesis I've also found podcasts to be something of a non Google alternative to YouTube. Even though I'm still watching YouTube a fair bit.
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@alisynthesis I've also found podcasts to be something of a non Google alternative to YouTube. Even though I'm still watching YouTube a fair bit.
@ChrisWere good point! I'm trying to head more toward audio in general...audiobooks + podcasts are so super good.
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@wjmaggos @lislegaard @alisynthesis It is possible to subscribe to PeerTube channels on some alternative apps, such as NewPipe.
Another thing you can do is follow them right here. Which has the advantage that you can like, comment, and share the videos for others to potential follow here too.
Example: @potterybyosa is a channel on the PeerTube instance MakerTube. Which you can see in the name.
@fluffgar excellent suggestions, thank you!
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too bad it is soo addicting. i have been trying to watch movies and series rather than youtube lately, but it is hard.
let me know how you are doing after a month?
@lislegaard totally. I think I love YT mostly because, as silly as "content creators" can be, they're generally just normal people.
It scratches the same itch for me as blogs...I am endlessly fascinated by just hearing about people's lives, in their own words. I love narrative storytelling too, but it has lost some of its luster for me lately, esp. the Hollywood/streaming-type stuff.
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@lislegaard totally. I think I love YT mostly because, as silly as "content creators" can be, they're generally just normal people.
It scratches the same itch for me as blogs...I am endlessly fascinated by just hearing about people's lives, in their own words. I love narrative storytelling too, but it has lost some of its luster for me lately, esp. the Hollywood/streaming-type stuff.
@lislegaard I'll try to blog about it!
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@alisynthesis if you happen to like bookish content (mostly Romantasy), then I have a PeerTube Suggestion for you.
@albertocblanco Lay it on me! I'm a book fan, and even though that's not one of my favorite genres, I'm all about learning about what other people do and what they like!
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@lislegaard I'll try to blog about it!
perfect, then it will show up in my rss reader
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@defaultmediatransmitter @lislegaard dat's really cool. How are you finding load times, etc.? When I've used other people's invidious instances, I've gotten pretty impatient with how slow and weird everything is. I hadn't even thought about self hosting for some reason...I could totally do that.
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@alisynthesis hmu w/ anything ofc!
@tsrono same! would love nebula channel recs if you've got em.
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perfect, then it will show up in my rss reader
@lislegaard that's where all the best action is
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@defaultmediatransmitter @lislegaard dat's really cool. How are you finding load times, etc.? When I've used other people's invidious instances, I've gotten pretty impatient with how slow and weird everything is. I hadn't even thought about self hosting for some reason...I could totally do that.
@alisynthesis Haven't used it much yet, so I can't tell if it holds up. But it's been working fine for me so far. Had some buffering, but I'm not sure if that was invidious acting up or something else. @lislegaard
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@tsrono same! would love nebula channel recs if you've got em.
@alisynthesis for sure! will follow up later when i can
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I would like to finally quit YouTube, which will be significant for me in that I'll be severing my last tie to corporate tech. Yay!
I have a YT channel, but that's not what keeps me on YT. It's about the awesome, bite-sized, high-quality video essays that I enjoy so much. I just can't read books ALL the time, damnit! It serves the same need for me as magazines, but...VIDEO!
I want to explore PeerTube more for sure. Anyone else have suggestions? How about Nebula?
@alisynthesis
I like nebula, though I often forget it's there. It will depend on whether what they have matches what you're looking for. I like the idea that the folk on there get paid. And that I've contributed to that. -
I would like to finally quit YouTube, which will be significant for me in that I'll be severing my last tie to corporate tech. Yay!
I have a YT channel, but that's not what keeps me on YT. It's about the awesome, bite-sized, high-quality video essays that I enjoy so much. I just can't read books ALL the time, damnit! It serves the same need for me as magazines, but...VIDEO!
I want to explore PeerTube more for sure. Anyone else have suggestions? How about Nebula?
@alisynthesis I'm in a similar boat. There is so much fantastic stuff on youtube, and I really like the fact that video creators have some path to getting paid by being on the platform; but MAN is that an abusive algorithm. And the constant pushing of shorts, it's terrible!
I have nebula, and I enjoy it!
I really hope more creators team up and go the nebula route; I wouldn't mind paying a few 40/yr subscriptions to like, all the high quality wood working channels, or maker channels, or...
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@alisynthesis I'm in a similar boat. There is so much fantastic stuff on youtube, and I really like the fact that video creators have some path to getting paid by being on the platform; but MAN is that an abusive algorithm. And the constant pushing of shorts, it's terrible!
I have nebula, and I enjoy it!
I really hope more creators team up and go the nebula route; I wouldn't mind paying a few 40/yr subscriptions to like, all the high quality wood working channels, or maker channels, or...
@alisynthesis Oh, also patreon. I follow a few creators that I especially like, and they usually post videos early there; so that might be an alternative
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@alisynthesis I'm in a similar boat. There is so much fantastic stuff on youtube, and I really like the fact that video creators have some path to getting paid by being on the platform; but MAN is that an abusive algorithm. And the constant pushing of shorts, it's terrible!
I have nebula, and I enjoy it!
I really hope more creators team up and go the nebula route; I wouldn't mind paying a few 40/yr subscriptions to like, all the high quality wood working channels, or maker channels, or...
@rgegriff cool to hear your thoughts on nebula! I totally agree that it would be amazing for an alternative platform for high-quality craftsperson/maker/diy/art channels would be incredible, and something I'm very open to paying for.
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@alisynthesis
I like nebula, though I often forget it's there. It will depend on whether what they have matches what you're looking for. I like the idea that the folk on there get paid. And that I've contributed to that.@alisynthesis
That said, I've lost track of so much YT content I used to watch because no googevil account. I might have to try the RSS thing folk have mentioned. -
I would like to finally quit YouTube, which will be significant for me in that I'll be severing my last tie to corporate tech. Yay!
I have a YT channel, but that's not what keeps me on YT. It's about the awesome, bite-sized, high-quality video essays that I enjoy so much. I just can't read books ALL the time, damnit! It serves the same need for me as magazines, but...VIDEO!
I want to explore PeerTube more for sure. Anyone else have suggestions? How about Nebula?
@alisynthesis
Iβve subscribed to Nebula for a year, then let it lapse. Thereβs some good content on there, but so far theyβve kept it pretty limited/arenβt inviting the creators Iβd like to see there. The quality is definitely better than YouTube for what is there.Iβm guessing it is probably more effective to subscribe to the Patreon channels that are most interesting to you. But I havenβt used patreon yet.
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@alisynthesis
Iβve subscribed to Nebula for a year, then let it lapse. Thereβs some good content on there, but so far theyβve kept it pretty limited/arenβt inviting the creators Iβd like to see there. The quality is definitely better than YouTube for what is there.Iβm guessing it is probably more effective to subscribe to the Patreon channels that are most interesting to you. But I havenβt used patreon yet.
@neverbeaten I was just castigating the dollar per month model elsewhere a couple of days ago. But maybe that really is the way to go.
