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Is PeerTube dead or is discoverability bad? (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw a few videos shared on PeerTube recently, and created an account on an instance. However, unlike Mastodon and Lemmy I'm struggling to discover channels to subscribe to. When I use the search functions on my instance, most results are either interesting channels which haven't been updated in years, or random foreign language TV shows and episodes.

Just for example, if I'm trying to find videos on "Gaming" on one of the largest instances, the most recent video is over 1 year ago: https://tilvids.com/search?categoryOneOf=7

Is discoverability on PeerTube bad, or are there barely any active channels?

Edit: BTW one very active creator on PeerTube is https://tilvids.com/c/thelinuxexperiment_channel/videos and his videos are excellent. But can there really only be a handful of active creators to follow on the whole platform?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think peer tube federation is opt in not opt out like most other services.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah the search is the worst part. As others have said the technology is there, we just need a better search.

The other issue is Lemmy (and perhaps other platforms) has issues with Peertube channels. I can't direct link Peertube for activityhub posts. Lemmy is a no go. [email protected] Piefed for example works: https://piefed.social/c/[email protected]

I host one and don't plan on taking it down anytime soon! If anyone likes dog videos: @teddy_[email protected]

He's a good boy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Nice channel, I've just added it to https://piefed.social/topic/wholesome to help people find it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Excellent. I hope we will all enjoy it. Teddy is a good boy :)

Thanks!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

i can’t easily upload from my ipad which is my main video creation device.

i just post to my personal goto social instance without issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Try the app, it's a little better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not if you want to subscribe to a channel, or interact with videos in any way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Yeah it is a major work in progress but discoverability is better and you can use Sepia search from within it.

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