Many are asking me to put my videos on PeerTube, but every time I look at it, I see an overly technical user experience that I do not trust to take off.
What we need is for Mastodon to become a video platform, so THIS social medium which has now matured and people clearly love, gets robust video features.
You do not beat YouTube by making users jump through hoops to watch a video. You beat YouTube by making user sponsored creator videos turn up right in the Mastodon feed.
@Gargron @randahl @anderspuck First of all - being on #PeerTube does not mean you need to leave #Mastodon - you can both follow and interact with videos directly from #Fediverse instance
You can also #boost them (just put the PeerTube URL in the search bar)
You can also follow PeerTube channel into #Podcast applications through #RSS and such.
Yes, UX has some round edges, but if you manage to try, it's quite powerfull tool.
And no, you will not achieve same result with Mastodon. Ever.
Also - it's time to stop talking PeerTube like it was supposed to replace YouTube - it will not. It's an alternative and it's quite bang for the buck actually.
@Gargron @randahl @anderspuck There are also complains about "there is nobody on PeerTube" .. well, this is our most successfull video. On local instance in Czech language (!).
As for #monetization - support button will not work in this use case - I'd choose some sort of mini QR code within the video to make it reach whole audience - even out of PeerTube...
Randahl Fink
Schmaker