Randahl Fink1d ago

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

Show threadBenjamin Lyng Jørgensen1d ago
@randahl i strongly disagree. The main problem is not user interface, its content. People will join whatever has the content they want. Also your critique of peertube could also be said for Mastodon, yet here were are. Yes, there is room for improvement, but that will only come with people using it.
Show threadRandahl Fink1d ago

@benjaminlj If you are right, then I suppose in a few months @anderspuck will have hundreds of thousands of subscribers on PeerTube, like he does on YouTube, just because his content is now available on PeerTube.

Forgive me, but no matter how much I love Anders’ content, I doubt that. Because the UI experience matters.

My average 60-year-old viewer on YouTube has zero incentive for switching to an inferior user experience on an unknown platform with a UI she does not understand. Zero.

Show threadDennis Melhede
@[email protected] @[email protected] @anderspuck I wouldn't say zero. I for one can't get fast enough away from YouTube, those advertisements are getting totally ridicoulous. Sometimes a video is interrupted every single minute (it feels like), and I really REALLY hate it. I am searching for my content elsewhere, but I can't find it. Btw I am 60+.
Apr 6 at 3:32pmWeb
Show threadRandahl Fink20h ago

@dennis_melhede I completely understand your frustration with YouTube ads, but please understand that YouTube pays for all the work going into making videos, like the ones I make.

You can then chose to watch ads, and have advertisers pay for the videos, or you can chose to pay yourself by subscribing to YouTube premium, in which case you see zero ads.

Content creators like me need to pay the bills like everyone else.

Show threadBenjamin Lyng Jørgensen19h ago
@randahl @dennis_melhede if you can't afford to loose the income from YouTube then don't blame it on the UI of Peertube that you aren't switching. I'm not saying you don't deserve an income for your awesome work. But again; it's not a technical issue, its a cultural issue.
Show threadengedal19h ago

@dennis_melhede @randahl @benjaminlj

Support PeerTube as much as we can. Upload content to both places. And for YouTube you should have installed YouTube ad blocker in your browser.

Show threadDennis Melhede19h ago
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] how do you know if plugins respect your privacy, also when looking at other pages than YouTube ?
Show threadengedal19h ago

@dennis_melhede @randahl @benjaminlj

using Libre wolf