I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube.
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@blakefox @operationpuppet Its very easy to set up your own peertube. Problem with being on others is they can vanish without warning. I was on one that appeared decent but just went dark and they never responded to emails, so I went over to fedihost and signed up and got it running fairly easily. It is as cheap and as easy as setting up your own website, even easier.
@dilmandila @operationpuppet thanks for the hosting tip!
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I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube. However it's *vital* now more than ever to also make yourself a #PeerTube server. You need an accurate archive of your work that YOU control, even if no one watches it there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwJgDHJJoE
If anyone needs help publishing to PeerTube, I've done a simple easy-to-follow guide at https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube
It also includes a list of good PeerTube servers to sign up on, or how to create your own server if you want to.
Please feel free to ask if you need specific help with anything about publishing on PeerTube!
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F feditips@social.growyourown.services shared this topic
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@dilmandila @operationpuppet thanks for the hosting tip!
Dilman's right, it's easier than people realise to create your own PeerTube. You don't need to be a techy person.
If you need help publishing on PeerTube I've done a guide which covers both uploading to other people's servers and setting up your own: https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube
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@operationpuppet it really depends on your use case though. I feel like, for example, gamersnexus has a large enough following to use an independent platform but for those just starting out and wanting to gain a user base, it will be a lot harder to get them to use a new platform and even harder to get sponsors.
It's a good initiative though
I think the idea @operationpuppet is saying is even if you are mainly on YouTube, it's important to also have a PeerTube presence as a backup that YouTube cannot touch.
If YouTube is going to start altering/censoring/removing your videos without permission, then your viewers can always go over to your PeerTube to see the unaltered original version that you actually made.
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I think the idea @operationpuppet is saying is even if you are mainly on YouTube, it's important to also have a PeerTube presence as a backup that YouTube cannot touch.
If YouTube is going to start altering/censoring/removing your videos without permission, then your viewers can always go over to your PeerTube to see the unaltered original version that you actually made.
without permission
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without permission
actually you did give them permission when you clicked I AGREE without reading it.That might be true from a lawyer's point of view, but most YouTube uploaders are going to be very shocked and pissed off if their videos are being altered without them being asked.
Either way, it's reinforcing the OP's point about needing to also have a PeerTube version that is outside Google's control.
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I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube. However it's *vital* now more than ever to also make yourself a #PeerTube server. You need an accurate archive of your work that YOU control, even if no one watches it there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwJgDHJJoE
@operationpuppet what about peer to pear file sharing?
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I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube. However it's *vital* now more than ever to also make yourself a #PeerTube server. You need an accurate archive of your work that YOU control, even if no one watches it there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwJgDHJJoE
@operationpuppet That's exactly why I started parallel-uploading to PT about a year ago - I mean, even though I'm decidedly not in this for the view count, compared to even my extremely modest YT the PT is a deep, dark secret & I do want those who might be interested to actually have a chance of seeing my random stuff, but YT could end at any time, for me or entirely & didn't want to have to start from scratch at that point
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I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube. However it's *vital* now more than ever to also make yourself a #PeerTube server. You need an accurate archive of your work that YOU control, even if no one watches it there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwJgDHJJoE
@operationpuppet I've been seeing lots of people starting to mirror on the GravTube instance. I love following on PeerTube instead, it's just as an audience it's sometimes hard to find who and what is out there. I'm glad to be rid of the algorithm, but that often means sorting through instances where new videos are people filming trees and speaking in Esperanto, or the "Trending" videos are from 5 years ago.
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@operationpuppet what about peer to pear file sharing?
It's not 100% the same thing, but PeerTube uses peer-to-peer to reduce the load on the server. If several people are watching the same PeerTube video at the same time, they torrent the video to each other.
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@operationpuppet I've been seeing lots of people starting to mirror on the GravTube instance. I love following on PeerTube instead, it's just as an audience it's sometimes hard to find who and what is out there. I'm glad to be rid of the algorithm, but that often means sorting through instances where new videos are people filming trees and speaking in Esperanto, or the "Trending" videos are from 5 years ago.
I run a site at https://fedi.video which highlights the good stuff on PeerTube. All the accounts that you can browse or search on the site are manually chosen.
I also have manually maintained playlists on the front page about various topics.
