Mastodawn

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.

@anderspuck

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Ben Fulton 1d ago

@randahl @anderspuck @Gargron I don't watch videos so I don't care that much, but it is just as easy to subscribe to a Peertube account on Mastodon as it is any other account.

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Randahl Fink 1d ago

@benfulton respectfully, I disagree. I am already following @anderspuck, but if I want to watch one of his videos and place a comment underneath it and support him with $5, I currently need three different platforms.

This is not seamless, and all this friction cannot compete with YouTube.

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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦1d ago

Maybe you should learn more about what you're talking about, Randahl. I was perfectly able to watch this video and leave a comment underneath it. As for monetary support, I don't see Mastodon provide such means any better than PeerTube does.
@randahl @benfulton @anderspuck

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Michal Janda 1d ago

@osma @randahl @benfulton @anderspuck How can I comment if I do not have account on that peertube instance? The only way I know is comment in post on mastodon and it will then appear on that peertube page, but if I want to comment dorectly on that page it asking me to login/create account.

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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦

You simply comment on the federated post just like you commented here. You're currently suffering from a YouTube confusion despite already knowing the right answer.
@MichalJanda @randahl @benfulton @anderspuck