@nicol@social.coop ​Peertube servers can follow other servers. So if your server followed mine you can watch my stuff on your server, but I can't watch your stuff unless I follow you. There are exceptions and more options, but follows of servers seems to be the general way folks connect to each other.

You can follow servers directly or you can run an index that lists servers to follow.

I currently run, as well as host ptindex.btfree.org/ , a public index for folks to pull into their Peertube if they wanna follow what I do.

I was attempting to work on a script to help automate this a bit more, but got completely sidetracked.

@nicol@social.coop if you need ANY help in setting up Peertube, any questions, if you want to federate with me, just let me know!

Honestly MORE Peertube servers is only a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

And, yes, sadly, open signups are just trouble. Having even a few barriers to entry, while it does put off some, has helped me keep the server fairly easy to manage. Folks have to ask to get an account. Then I make them ask again for some storage. Then I monitor the videos they put up until I know we're all on equal footing and then let them upload whatever.

It's a lot of work, but there's only been 1 instance of someone attempting to post copyrighted content and I turned them away and they haven't come back.

I'm hoping to offer like 50GB free, and then $1/month or $5/month above that. That little bit of money, those hurdles, show that if someone wants to do that, they're wanting to be a member of a community and not just use us as a dumping ground for content.

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @PamelaBarroway@mstdn.social ​maybe the aliens want us to believe he has a speech ready so we believe we're in the worst timeline? That'd be some real next level alien like planning.

I think I just realized something.

I feel like I have the unique position to see the entirety of the puzzle and not just a few pieces.

And folks, let me tell you, every single piece is here, and it's a beautiful thing.

We're even adding more pieces that don't exist yet.

You're all incredible. EVERYONE here. Thank you for sharing your energy with the rest of us. You're beautiful.

@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us ​tubefree.org/firesidefedi is one of mine.

@booteille@framapiaf.org @nicol@social.coop ​I have TubeFree.org where I post my own interviews for Fireside Fedi and it's open to others.

I feel like

"I have nothing to hide."

is the new

"I can quit anytime I want."

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@phillycodehound@podcasting.chat I agree. Sponsorship spot after intro. I have no plans of doing this professionally so I won't have ada. But as long as they're topical, and not too many, absolutely.

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@Longplay_Games@mastodon.gamedev.place ​I apparently have such a bad eye for art that I can't tell.

Just found out about storyden.org/ .

I joined their Discord to ask them to consider #ActivityPub support. They haven't, they don't know much about it, but I'm sure someone could help if they're interesetd.

Barney dropped a line to me though that 100% resonates with us on the #Fediverse and what they're going for.

"Knowledge gardens, not content farms."

ONE OF US! 😁

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social @utopiarte@tupambae.org ​what if I told you that you could host your own Peertube and have YouTube pull your videos from your channel so you don't have to do double the work?

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social it is yours. It is noy up to some billionaire that sits on his golden throne to dictate to you what you and your community need.

It's your culture, your morales, your ethics. Not some pedophiles apprentice to tell you how to live.​

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