Is PeerTube dead or is discoverability bad?
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The PeerTube admin chooses which other platforms they follow. They can also control who can follow them.
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Sepia Search is something that's also build into PeerTube, if the admin have enabled Global Search. Sepia Search uses this list of instances: https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances
The same can be enabled in PeerTube. You can see here, that I have it enabled on my instance:
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Instance owners can enable Sepia Search (Global Search Index) on their instances.
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Sort by "hot". And also, check this list out for content: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15810205
Also also, you can still follow channels on tilvids.com, from your own instance, by following the channel's handle.
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Tilvids.com don't want to allow following or follow anyone themselves. That's a policy they have had for a long time. However...
Since Tilvids is on this list: https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances?search=tilvids, they are part of the Global Search Index. So you can get videos from tilvids in your search results, if you instance has enabled Global Search.Also, you, as an instance owner, can follow channels on tilvids, by using their channel handles.
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Take a look here: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15816115
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Yeah, I agree.
When it comes to building a fediverse service there's a really delicate balance to find with making it unambiguous you're engaging with multiple services, vs creating a singular and cohesive enough user experience, and it seems like the peertube devs just learn reaaally far towards the former at the expense of the latter.
Its a bit frustrating.
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I didn't know that, that definitely helps
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The discoverability is incredibly bad. Peertube has a ton of videos and more servers than lemmy by a long shot iirc. The problem is that the „frontend“ has seen no love like ever. There recently came an app which is nice but otherwise, its very underloved.
Feel free to voice your concerns in [email protected] for example. The devs should be available through the fedi somewhere.
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Important: you do not need to have an account on a peertube instance. You can follow from nearly (iirc) any fedi instance. I have successfully done so from mastodon and I have heard lemmy should work, not sure though. You just copy the address of the channel you want to follow from the browser and paste it in your search bar on mastodon.
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I'm so glad you pointed this out. I did not have this enabled on mine and I forgot about this option completely. I just enabled it.
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That's a shit solution
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Then find another instance…
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In that case issue is some instances do not allow global search and that's why search will limit to only channels you follow and your instance.
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Fell free to send federation request
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I just rejoined PeerTube after I had a quick look years ago, and it's gotten way better since then, actually. I found out Space Quest Historian is on it, too!
But yeah, discoverability isn't good. Lack of an algorithm also makes bingewatching impossible - for better and worse, I guess.
As you linked them, I'd also recommend peertube.wtf - they even reacted very quickly when I reported a transphobic german conspiracy channel/server.
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