Knowing that yt is BAD, that a solarpunk future uses privacy respecting, just tech, that we have a lot of learning and sharing skills and ideas to do, how do we move valuable information currently found on yt to open platforms like Peertube and the internet archive?
How can non-techy people learn more about this stuff, and help? What hashtags would help?
This is the real work. Liberation starts with Digital Gardening.
As a creator, I think it's vital we do this ethically. We shouldn't repost content but instead we should help creators reclaim their own sovereignty.
Check the License. Only mirror videos marked with Creative Commons (CC-BY). That’s an open invitation from the creator.
Ask the Creator. The best way to move info is to ask creators to use PeerTube’s Sync tool. It makes mirroring their own work effortless.
Support the Commons. Donate to the @internetarchive or @peertube hosts. We need to build the public parks of the internet so creators have a place to land.
Create what is missing. There is also the option of creating the content you want to see. For instance, I was tired of seeing AI content in the #Linux and #Privacy categories on YouTube, so I started making my own content. Anyone with a phone or computer can do the same thing. Not only will you make the content you want to see, it is a great learning exercise.
Let’s build a future that respects both privacy AND the people who make the things we love.
@terminaltilt @internetarchive @peertube
Thank you!!!! 💚💜💛🌞🌻🌻🌻
@terminaltilt @internetarchive @peertube
#DigitalGardening is such a cool phrase! Going to use this hashtag for this kind of content!🌻🍄🌳
@BrambleBearSnoring another way to think of this is to move people, and the information will sort itself out. Tech is all well and good but frequently deployed to solve the wrong problem.
Think of your favourite craft and the influential people on YouTube who share their skills in that craft. Maybe they watch each other's content. Maybe they help each other find an audience. Maybe they collaborate. Maybe they have a core bunch of mutual fans. Maybe some of them are already archiving. That's a community.
We need to come up with reasons to move those communities and present a case to them as a unified collective. Actual alliances are harder than the natural alliances people find themselves in having joined platforms due to the network effect, but those natural alliances are relatively fickle.
Once the community exists and is organised it's much easier to evaluate and implement tech for the community rather than asking individuals in a nascent community to move to something that isn't tailored for them personally or collectively. As it stands it tends to be the case that individual influencers on YouTube take on both the risk and reward of leading some community efforts.
Once the community moves the information will follow. Rinse and repeat for every human endeavour.
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