@alisynthesis I still watch YT more than I’d like, although as others have said, in the browser with ad blocking or RSS. The interesting thing is, when I try to think as I write this what i’d sorely miss, I can’t think of anything (except for Too Much Music of course, which you should host on peertube anyway

I usually search for music tips/lessons/gear reviews, food recipes and music vids, but now there’s #TIBtv

So I just basically want to stop, not replace it. Not helpful, sorry

@sknob i'd say that's super helpful! ️

That's pretty much how I feel about it, too. I don't exactly want to replace it, and I definitely also want to cut way back on the amount of time I spend on trash videos.

I've got a lot of moving shit to peertube to do, I think. I'm pretty seriously considering MakerTube. Do you have any thoughts or feelings about PeerTube instances?

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?

#degoogle #resist

@alisynthesis that’s where I’ve moved my old videos and published my new one(s).

Holy shit people, my first Nebula video starts with a BANG! It's a video by some guy named Jacob Geller who may or may not be super famous (can't tell b/c there is NO VIEW COUNT!) talking about the first episode of The Twilight Zone.

You can watch one video without signing up: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-future-is-an-empty-room

Seriously, if this is indicative of the Nebula experience, it's exactly what I was looking for.

@sknob oh, nice! It looks like there's so much good stuff on there. And if it's sknob-approved, it's probably a good place!

@alisynthesis haha, I’m.a peertube noob, proceed at your own risk!

@alisynthesis I really like Nebula. I bought a lifetime subscription for $300 a while ago. I lke that there's _just enough_ content published every day that I can scan through what has been published since the last time I checked and add what's interesting to my Watch Later list.

Holy shit people, my first Nebula video starts with a BANG! It's a video by some guy named Jacob Geller who may or may not be super famous (can't tell b/c there is NO VIEW COUNT!) talking about the first episode of The Twilight Zone.

You can watch one video without signing up: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-future-is-an-empty-room

Seriously, if this is indicative of the Nebula experience, it's exactly what I was looking for.

@alisynthesis
If you don't know them already from youtube, check out Philosophy Tube and Angela Collier too. They are on Nebula.

@defaultmediatransmitter okay, I'm getting kinda geeked about this.

@defaultmediatransmitter @alisynthesis Gellar's stuff is all great! i don't really even play video games but his stuff is usually just using games as a way to talk about bigger things (but obv he loves games & generally focuses on them)

Angela Collier bump!

Big Joel
Adam Neely - music!
Bobby Broccoli
Lindsay Ellis
Curious Archive
Isaac Arthur
Joe Scott
Captain Midnight
Patrick H Willems
Minute Physics
Not Just Bikes
Maggie Mae Fish
Climate Town

@tsrono @defaultmediatransmitter @alisynthesis

same. not gaming anymore, but gellar's stuff is so good. i recommend:

- art for noone
- fear of big things underwater
- fear of depths

he is so good. there are i guess several about lonelyness-feelings as well.

edit: oh and "games that aren't games"

@lislegaard I haven't been gaming too much lately, but he started talking about Death Stranding, and I thought, "now THERE'S a game that would be cool to play!"

I went to see how much it cost, and lo and behold, I have it in my Steam Library already.

Instead of taking it as a sign that I might have early onset dementia, I will take it as a sign that Nebula is cool.

@tsrono @defaultmediatransmitter

@alisynthesis @tsrono @defaultmediatransmitter

positive take

Holy shit people, my first Nebula video starts with a BANG! It's a video by some guy named Jacob Geller who may or may not be super famous (can't tell b/c there is NO VIEW COUNT!) talking about the first episode of The Twilight Zone.

You can watch one video without signing up: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-future-is-an-empty-room

Seriously, if this is indicative of the Nebula experience, it's exactly what I was looking for.

@alisynthesis

yeah that's the thing! i just learned about it last week. which is you know, very symbolic of the whole situation.

people like you and me should OBVIOUSLY know about it, right? how do we "promote" it?

maybe we need to hire some anarchists to pirate everything they find interesting and not slop or ragebait, pirate it and put it on a peertube for us to watch.

@lislegaard hey, if I have to be delusional to be happy, so be it.

@tsrono @defaultmediatransmitter

@alisynthesis killed my YT sub just recently, signed up for a year of Nebula (less than half the price iirc).

Nebula's good & has a lot of good stuff but it's going to be much, much more narrow than YT, & that's what's killing me... this seems obvious but after a week or two of Nebula-first viewing, i'm still kicking back to YT (now w/ ads!) regularly; for various music stuff, mostly.

sigh.

@tsrono @alisynthesis
After years of curating the YT algorithm (as best as I practically can), more than half of my Recommended feed is music. Some old, some new.
Mostly obscure music from specific genres, on YT channels that rip & upload in good faith. Some of it's also on Bandcamp, but most of it was never reissued since the original (cassette or vinyl) release. Not major label.
Until a few years ago, I could stream from these channels for hours at a time. No mid-roll ads, maybe one pre-roll.