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0 pointsfiddlerwoaroof4y ago0 comments

This isn’t true of Mastodon or Pixelfed instances (or wasn’t when I tried running one).

But, if you’re going to be called “join peertube” you need to have the sort of content that makes people want to join: copy about what peertube is + a list of instances isn’t that.

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wizzwizz44y ago

Most Mastodon instances have it a single click away from the sign-up page. (But yes, I agree. Mastodon isn't great, even though it's popular.)

FalconSensei4y ago

For many people 1 click (or even an entire screen scroll-down) is too much. If PeerTube is supposed to be an YouTube alternative, you need to see videos and a search right away.

I know it's not an instance and blah-blah-blah, but those are technical details that (possible) users don't give a single F.

lokedhs4y ago

People shouldn't "go to peertube" to watch videos. If they have that impression, then there is a problem of communication rather than implementation.

I host a peertube instance that currently mostly contains my own videos. If I want someone to watch it, I link to the channel or the video in question. I don't say "watch me on peertube". The fact that peertube is the software that runs the service is not something a regular user should care about.

Peertube is federated using the same protocol as Mastodon, but federation isn't completely open by default. I guess this is for the better, because there is a lot of content you wouldn't want on your own instance's main feed (most instance hosts don't want porn in the middle of a feed of mostly tech videos).

Also, the UI of peertube isn't that great when it comes to following channels on other instances. If federation breaks (which it usually does) you get a nondescript error saying that something failed.

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