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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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕

@randahl but this applies to you too, right? commenting on your toot, watching your video on youtube and supporting your work on patreon/kofi/etc . three platforms. so i would support what was stated earlier: fedivierse it is. mastodon (or alternatives), peertube for videos and building a supportive community via patreon, kofi or alikes. i'm ready to suppport you and @anderspuck
with €5 monthly. as you're not the only ones i spend a 5er on this of course isn't feasible for everyone. i know.
@benfulton