Elena Rossini ⁂Jun 26

Hello Fedi friends!

My decision to upload the Fedi promo video to YouTube 2 weeks ago was really controversial.

@randahl posted a nice message about the video & encouraged his followers to like / comment on it so the YouTube algorithm would serve it to more people. He was inundated by hostile comments for days. Sorry Randahl!

Well, exhibit A of why this was a good decision in hindsight (see pic).

How else are people going to hear about the Fediverse?

As always, thanks for the support ❤️

Show threadleberschnitzelJun 26
@_elena I wonder why this would be controversial... how else would you reach people outside of the Fediverse besides sharing it on Social Media platforms that aren't the Fediverse?
And YouTube is clearly one of them, just with the difference that you share videos there.
There should just be a link to the Peertube video or other ways to access the Fediverse in the description imho
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Jun 26
@leberschnitzel thanks for the suggestion. Links don't work on my YouTube profile... Google is asking me to upload a photo ID for verification to make links work. WTF. I'm not doing that...
Show threadleberschnitzelJun 26
@_elena even in the video description?
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Jun 26

@leberschnitzel YUP.

And I just looked it up on YouTube and noticed there's a pre-roll ad for Disney WTFFFFFF. I am NOT monetizing this video

Show threadJorge Candeias

@_elena You're not.

They are.

YT now sticks ads in every single video, pretty much.

Which is why one is always armed with an ad blocker.

@leberschnitzel

Jun 26 at 2:50pmWeb