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An alternative to centralized video sharing is definitely needed and PeerTube looks interesting. Discoverability is one of the things that makes YouTube so com
by pezzana 5y ago
An alternative to centralized video sharing is definitely needed and PeerTube looks interesting.
Discoverability is one of the things that makes YouTube so compelling. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like PeerTube offers much on this front at the moment.
There's a search app:
https://sepiasearch.org/ https://sepiasearch.org/
But there's nothing like the recommendations or related video feature of YouTube. How hard would that be to add given PeerTube's architecture?
edit: I just discovered that that GitHub page does a much better job than the landing page of explaining PeerTube. In particular, it breaks down features from the perspective of users, creators, and admins. It even leads with an introductory video (but not embedded for some reason).
https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube
- littlestymaar 5y agoWhile I agree that recommendation are what made YouTube so popular, and also boosts engagement a lot, they are also the most controversial feature of YouTube because they tend to converge toward the most polarizing videos, conspiracy theories, etc. They've also been gamed in a few creepy ways[1] [1]: https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2 https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-in...
- zo1 5y agoYouTube literally keeps showing me the same Playlist of videos every day, and absolutely refuses to let me get anything fresh until I behave like a good cow user and watch the videos they want me to so they can milk my eyeballs with ad views.
- fwip 5y agoOn the web client, it's easy to mark these videos as "Not Interested." I haven't noticed them showing up again after that.
- zo1 5y agoThe problem is that it's the type of content that I generally want to watch. So if I mark it as not interested I'm assuming it'll generalize and not give me the same kind of content. Stuck between a rock and a hard place. The reason I would prefer not to mark as "not interested" is that there is so much content that is being produced by channels that I subscribe to that I never get recommended to me.
- encryptluks2 5y agoPeerTube is still centralized to whatever federated instance you are using. Still waiting on a true decentralized solution.
- skinnyasianboi 5y agoCheck out the LBRY protocol and the LBRY desktop app or it's centralized frontend Odysee
- olah_1 5y agoLBRY desktop is also centralized btw. AFAIK there are no front ends built by totally different teams from LBRY, although there could be.
- mariusor 5y agoI might be inferring the wrong thing from what you're saying, but I believe you're wrong. The same video that is uploaded on multiple instances can share peers, so when you're watching it, you get it in a decentralized fashion.
- MayeulC 5y agoAlso videos are regular webtorrents, they can be downloaded (or watched) without any support from the instance, as long as one peer is online. Less sure about video description and comments (though comments received by your instance should be displayed).