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What is the best alternative to YouTube? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I recently posted a video of the Jaleel Stallings case but a number of people without Google accounts want to see the video, and so I'd like to post it on another platform. Any recommendations?

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[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah I'm looking into PeerTube now and it's pretty confusing compared to YouTube or Odysee. Like it's telling me to choose an instance, without even explaining what an instance is.... and then when I click the relevant topics... no instances pop up.

I really wish YouTube's alternatives could understand why stuff like this ends up being a massive barrier for regular people. This is frustrating. I managed to upload my video to Odysee but now it's stuck in this nebulous "confirming" page. So disappointing.

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, onboarding is definitely a big problem with PeerTube and many other fediverse software.

You have PeerTube, which is the server and client software that allows you to upload, manage and view vídeos, à la YouTube, but whereas "traditional" platforms have just one big instance, the Fediverse platforms have multiple smaller instances that interconnect. You have your generic instances, but you also have more focused ones (specific topics like art, tech, or even for generic content related to a specific country/language). Unfortunately, the PeerTube network isn't very rich and diverse yet, so restricting your search to very specific things may lead you no instances at all.

Hope this info helps! :3

[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oof. That also annoys me. I didn't even notice the site didn't explain an instance.(I should probably issue a bug on GitHub; but I hate GitHub because Microsoft.)

PeerTube is referring to this definition of instance:

instance - an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

So, think of PeerTube as a class, and a site running PeerTube as the instance.

A federation system functions as a class-instance: There is a software (the class) that can be deployed by people on to sites, as instances. This software can operate with other instances of the software.

It's what Lemmy uses.

[–] Booteille@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Actually, the concept of PeerTube is explained on Joinpeertube.org:

Anyone with a modicum of technical skills can host a PeerTube server, aka an instance. Each instance hosts its users and their videos. In this way, every instance is created, moderated and maintained independently by various administrators.

But maybe it's not clear enough.

[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

@MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml

[–] dreamLogic 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lemmy.ml itself is an "instance" of Lemmy, lol. This is just like when people think they need to make an account on Mastadon.social to have a Mastadon account.