Today I made a MakerTube account and uploaded one video to try it out. I 've only used YouTube for my videos before, so I'd appreciate any advice about settings, description content, etc., before I add anything more.
Thanks!
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Well, so far my MakerTube account is not operating the way I thought it would. I can find it by typing my name into the Mastodon search box, but it says there are no posts, even though I have one video uploaded. I selected the "open original page", which takes me to MakerTube, where I see the video. But there's no "boost" button. Do I need to copy the URL into a Mastodon post? That doesn't seem very "federated".
@Anne_Delong if you followed your #peertube account AFTER you uploaded your first video, you won't see that in #mastodon ... it works a bit like #rss where you will only see new posts AFTER you subscribe. Is that a possibility?
Yes - but on Mastodon you can boost an old post from another server and it will federate to your own server. Is that not the case with PeerTube? I guess it makes sense if it takes up too much server space.
"but on Mastodon you can boost an old post from another server and it will federate to your own server."
"Is that not the case with PeerTube?"
Peertube is not Mastodon
If you boost an old [Mastodon] post on another [Mastodon] server it Federates back to the original [Mastodon] server -- given enough time
But there's nothing intrinsically to push it outward to any Peertube server -- at least not automagically
The problem is really that the buzzword "Federation" has taken on too much importance without anyone explaining what it means in practice
"Federation" is a very general abstraction, not a networking reality
cc @lps
@Anne_Delong I went to your channel and got your @ and searched for it on Mastodon and I see one video called "Darlington Reel".
Thanks! When I did this earlier, it didn't work. I'm not sure what made the difference - maybe just time.