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I've heard good things about PeerTube[1]. You can choose to not link your instance to other PeerTube instances, or you can link with them to allow a wider varie

I've heard good things about PeerTube[1]. You can choose to not link your instance to other PeerTube instances, or you can link with them to allow a wider variety of content. Largely, what you're looking for depends on your definition of censorship-resistant. Do you want "any" kind of video on your platform of choice? Or is it more of a "I have a problem with what specifically YouTube censors?" I think that's an important distinction as to what platforms you would find acceptable. If it's the former, you'll probably need to self-host (as any website that's owned by another person/group could theoretically start censoring at any time). If it's the latter, you can just sign up for whatever PeerTube instance you want [2]. [1] https://joinpeertube.org/ https://joinpeertube.org/ [2] https://joinpeertube.org/instances#instances-list https://joinpeertube.org/instances#instances-list

reginold 5y ago
This is helpful. Regarding your question of "definition of censorship-resistant", where can I go to learn more? I can see how this is important, but am not sure where I'm at on it. Do I support videos of murders on such a platform, as a simple example? That's a tough one...but my sense is the platform I'm advocating for would indeed allow any kind of content. It's just too hard to trim out objectionable content without catching plenty of other content with it. PeerTube seems roughly the same as YouTube in terms of censorship. There's still an "organization" that can choose to censor content. I guess you could create your own PeerTube instance as another option. Are there any good tools for managing self-hosting? i.e. some kind of self-hosted YouTube, complete with play controls, thumbnails, upload interface?
- antasvara 5y ago
  PeerTube is open-source with a pretty forgiving license [1]. As you mentioned, you could run your own instance of it. I'd also point out that PeerTube instances aren't run by the organization that "owns" the software. They're run by people like yourself that want to own and operate their own video hosting platform. Any censorship on those instances is up to the person running that instance. >There's still an "organization" that can choose to censor content. This is true of anything you don't self host. Any time you post a video to a platform that someone else owns, it could be subject to censorship at any time. >some kind of self-hosted YouTube, complete with play controls, thumbnails, upload interface? That's what PeerTube is. You can self-host an instance and allow other users to upload videos. You can go look at some other instances to see what the interface looks like.

reginold 5y ago

This is helpful. Regarding your question of "definition of censorship-resistant", where can I go to learn more? I can see how this is important, but am not sure where I'm at on it. Do I support videos of murders on such a platform, as a simple example? That's a tough one...but my sense is the platform I'm advocating for would indeed allow any kind of content. It's just too hard to trim out objectionable content without catching plenty of other content with it. PeerTube seems roughly the same as YouTube in terms of censorship. There's still an "organization" that can choose to censor content. I guess you could create your own PeerTube instance as another option. Are there any good tools for managing self-hosting? i.e. some kind of self-hosted YouTube, complete with play controls, thumbnails, upload interface?

antasvara 5y ago
PeerTube is open-source with a pretty forgiving license [1]. As you mentioned, you could run your own instance of it. I'd also point out that PeerTube instances aren't run by the organization that "owns" the software. They're run by people like yourself that want to own and operate their own video hosting platform. Any censorship on those instances is up to the person running that instance. >There's still an "organization" that can choose to censor content. This is true of anything you don't self host. Any time you post a video to a platform that someone else owns, it could be subject to censorship at any time. >some kind of self-hosted YouTube, complete with play controls, thumbnails, upload interface? That's what PeerTube is. You can self-host an instance and allow other users to upload videos. You can go look at some other instances to see what the interface looks like.