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Fediverse still going strong and stabilizing (media.piefed.social)
submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Fediverse seems like its stabilizing: https://fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=1000

(and these are the servers that allow the crawler from the observer, so its highly likely the numbers are much larger).

We are seeing:

Overall pretty good! Keeping the momentum going. Thanks everyone, whichever platform/instance you hail from!

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[–] dual_pyramid_reality 58 points 13 hours ago (20 children)

I came here from Reddit after figuring out the platform is beyond saving

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 8 hours ago

Welcome to the Threadiverse! 😁

[–] f1error@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Ditto.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 51 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

Having spent about 2 years on Lemmy, I made the commitment to ditch YouTube in favor of PeerTube.

At first, it may look like there's mostly garbage and then some privacy enthusiasts, but that's only because recommendations and search are not very powerful compared to other platforms.

PeerTube is home to troves upon troves of high-quality original content on various topics, you just have to look for it. And for your YouTube-exclusive needs, there are instances that mirror popular channels.

Give it a spin!

[–] Kroko@feddit.online 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

PeerTube Companion LINK
Try browser extension. It redirects youtube videos to peertube when it detects the same video on both sites.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

Nice find, thanks!

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 10 points 9 hours ago

Peertube takes awhile to figure out/get going. Other stuff like Mastodon/Akkoma, Lemmy/Piefeed, were easy to figure out to the point where I just set up my own Akkoma instance on my server.

Peertube...oof that took awhile. Yeah the problem is the recommendations and search. you really have to get in there and dig through the top layer of shit before you find the diamonds underneath. There are some FANTASTIC tutorial channels on PeerTube for dev stuff, linux, game dev, etc.

Also the other problem is finding a good Peertube instance. Don't go by whatever lists are out there, it's honestly via word of mouth that you'll find the good ones which is sort of a shame. I think that's the main thing that's holding it back. for stuff like Mastodon or even Piefeed/Lemmy what instance you're on doesn't matter all that much as their all incredibly connected and pretty much provide you with the same "front end" so to speak.

Peertube? it's a mess in most cases. Some instances are super duper customized to the instance owners preferences, others are barely searchable, etc so in a way unlike other fediverse stuff Peertube feels a bit disconnected from itself

[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 28 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Can you give me a small list of channels producing such high quality content on Peertube?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

What the other commenter said, look for these instances, especially TILvids

Other than these, some specific recommendations:

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[–] helios@social.ggbox.fr 10 points 10 hours ago

Difficult to recommend specific channels as I don't know what you'd like, but I've found high quality content hosted on these instances :

Other creators host their own instance. For example there's @ozoned doing interview of fediverse people at https://video.firesidefedi.live/

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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Could you post some recommendations?

[–] int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I just don't use youtube, I prefer reading blogs anyway but I'll look around!

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago

I only use YouTube to pirate their content

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[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Data looks great thanks for sharing

[–] turdburglar@sh.itjust.works 36 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

ok. so i’ve got around 30tb (and counting) of live music recordings from a small club that hosts national touring folk and americana acts. i would LOVE to have it accessible somewhere other than youtube with all the fukin ads, but i am not sure how to go about making them peer tube accessible.

the instances that i’ve looked into have pretty low caps on storage and for clear and understandable reasons. but that leaves me in the lurch. i’m not able to set up my own instance as the recordings are ongoing and that takes all my available time and resources.

anyone have some knowledge that it don’t?

long live the fediverse.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You could upload the files to a S3 bucket, which would give them a url on the web. Then just make a PieFed post which links to each MP4 file.

Piefed will detect that it's a video post and embed it in the page with player controls. If you use a community just for your videos then the RSS feed of that community will effectively be a podcast.

S3 buckets are pretty cheap but 30 tb is still going to cost you. Transcode to a smaller file before upload, ideally.

[–] turdburglar@sh.itjust.works 13 points 14 hours ago

thanks for that. i’m currently saving up for more drives to create the second copy of the 1-2-3 backup scheme. the gang of 2tb ssd’s are all i’ve got aside from the compressed-to-fuck youtube copies. that’s been creating quite a bit of anxiety for me being in charge of so many other peoples artworks.

we started in 2020 and do 6-10 90 minute shows a week, so it’s a lot to be responsible for. of course they aren’t all gems, but imo they all do deserve to be part of the larger document of this time and place.

if anyone is interested the youtube videos are made searchable on https://www.livefromnorfolkstreet.com/

click on the ARCHIVE link in the nav bar. no paywall.

i’d recommend the alejandro escovedo shows. he’s always great and i did the live lights for a few of his shows.

[–] statsguy@mas.to 11 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

@rimu @turdburglar And it's worth noting that you don't have to use AWS for S3 buckets. I use iDrive, who are quite a bit cheaper than Amazon, and you can also opt to have your buckets on European servers, which may be a plus.

I think they have generous discounts in the first year to hook you in, but even after that they're still cheaper than Amazon.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 101 points 20 hours ago (16 children)

The Fediverse is more stable than my country's government

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