Chris TrottierSep 29, 2025

Tired of YouTube calling all the shots? It’s time to build something better—together.

Here’s the slide deck for a proposal to launch a PeerTube co-op.

Right now, there are three of us ready to get this off the ground. I’m looking for two more founder-members to bring us up to five. With that core, we’ll have the resources to make a PeerTube server not just viable, but sustainable—and built to last.

This isn’t about joining someone else’s platform. It’s about creating one. As a founder, you’ll have a real voice in governance and a direct hand in shaping content policies, by-laws, moderation rules, and more.

We’re staying early stage by design. This is the moment to get in, shape the vision, and build something that actually challenges the status quo. If that excites you, message me.

Slidedeck in .odp format: https://drive.proton.me/urls/ZRRBNK4XBM#RmYXrnhKXx3C

Slidedeck in .pptx format: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LgJvocTe6hH8bCw-yy-2o5QWSYCABkyL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108163627088117284715&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Show threadOoze 𓁟Oct 1, 2025
@atomicpoet The irony of using Google docs for this.
Show threadChris TrottierOct 1, 2025
@Ooze Yeah, I know — trust me, it stings every time I open the tab. 😅

This is temporary. I absolutely want to move everything over to open-source tools once the founding group locks in. Right now it’s the fastest way to get everyone looking at the same doc.
Show threadOoze 𓁟Oct 1, 2025
@atomicpoet I hear this all the time. And then temporary turns into forever. It is just as fast and easy to use, etherpad, or onlyoffice, or cryptpad, or hedgedoc as it is to use google docs. Just walk away from the evil. Just do it.
Show threadChris TrottierOct 1, 2025
@Ooze I get why you’re passionate about this, but until today, I honestly hadn’t even heard of some of those tools. No one ever introduced them to me. Even now, I haven’t tested them, don’t have a NextCloud server, and don’t know how well they actually work in practice.

This isn’t about refusing alternatives—it’s about not having that infrastructure or familiarity yet. Once the co-op is up and running, member-owners will decide what tools we use collectively.
Show threadOoze 𓁟
@atomicpoet Well I am glad to be making you aware of them. You don't need a NextCloud server. "You don't need to set up a server and install Etherpad in order to use it. Just pick one of the publicly available instances that friendly people from everywhere around the world have set up."
Oct 1, 2025 at 4:22amWeb