Yeah, it has to be frictionless or you lose people along the way.

Let me know if I can post the link. I don’t want to self promote of that’s not what folks are looking for here.

Go for it.

However, federation with PeerTube is currently broken.

The fix has been made, hopefully it’ll make it through to the next release.

AfaIk, they are hosted at Hetzner, so physically in Germany or Finland.

If I remember correctly, the main servers are in Hetzner’s data centre in Finland with back-ups in Germany. Although they have a complex set-up so it may not be as cleanly divided up these days.

I suspect half the Fediverse runs on Hetzner at this point.

Although, looking around, this channel has a “support” button with PayPal and Patreon links. It’s a little crude but works.

For ease of use, it probably has to be a bit slicker and “one-click” but it’s a start.

And content? I’ve only just started using it properly recently (here) but was happy to see a channel putting out trailers:

• https://trailers.ddigest.com/c/digital_digest_trailers

I was wondering about jailbreaking trailers from YouTube but, apparently, the studios own the copyright. I don’t think they care about YouTube channels uploading them because it is extra publicity but it is a legally gray area.

without ad revenue or subscription revenue I don’t know how quality content can come to PeerTube.

I saw a video where a YouTube channel broke down their income (I’ll try and find it but there are probably similar ones out there) and the amount coming directly from ads was quite small. Other sources of money include:

• Sponsorship
• YouTube’s built in subscription
• External subscriptions like Patreon
• Merchandise
• Physical media deals

Like Spotify, the cut from streaming isn’t great but those on it can leverage their profile in other ways.

The Fediverse still has a bit of a problem with monetisation but Ghost is working on joining and that is the equivalent of Substack with different subscription levels and I think most Fediverse services could do something similar. So Peertube could build in a “subscribe” button so people who enjoy your content could sign up to throw you a buck a month. Obviously a similar system could be added to the instance so you could donate to them, as hosting video is expensive.

I do wonder if we need a FediPay/PayFed service that other services could just plug in, so you’d have a central account across your Fediverse identities - subscribing on Pixelfed could get you subscriber exclusive Peertube content.

Welcome to The Weaselverse.

Cheers.

Following your advice I finally kicked off a side project on Infosec and it has been going well.

Pity the Lemmy/Peertube connection is broken, but it should be fixable. 🤞

Orrrrr Friendica.

Huh, I’d never heard of the Indieweb

!webrevival@lemm.ee

See also: Fediverse alternative to Pinterest?

We’ll probably have to figure that one out but we largely let the Mods set the tone in communities and, as this is a friendly, helpful community, I wouldn’t bet on that post remaining.

Here are my previous thoughts.

Isn’t Codeberg joining the Fediverse?

Oops “sanctioned country” sorry.

I would add to this list - learn how to build a fire (ferro rod, flint and steel, fire bow for bonus points), tie knots, basic bushcrafty stuff.

Learn first aid and how to cook - you may need to be able to light a fire in the future but making food and fixing basic injuries will always be useful.

It is always difficult to see great British companies on the list:

• Walkers
• Cadbury’s - I went to Uni in Brim and lived on land donated by the family (no bar allowed because they were Quackers), then by the chocolate factory (smelled sooo good) and used Bournville train station (painted in the company colours), so feel some connection to their history

Luckily, I’ve cut sugar and crisps out of my diet, so I was already boycotting them. Kind of.

Earlier I shared this with a friend as it pretty much underlined how weird things have got:

The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 people were announced by the department on Tuesday and described by the education secretary, Linda McMahon, as a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system”.

…

Trump campaigned on a promise to close the department, claiming it had been overtaken by “radicals, zealots and Marxists”. At McMahon’s confirmation hearing, she acknowledged that only Congress has the power to abolish the agency but said it might be due for cuts and a reorganization.

I suspect most of us would rather take an unprotected chair shot to the head than whatever this nonsense is.

I presume Vince’s pardon is already drawn up awaiting a signature.

I just wanted something that works out of the box and not take on a new hobby…

That’s it, I have plenty of things to tinker with but, on my laptops and desktops, I really don’t want to have to do much messing about. I just need to install and go. I’m currently on Ubuntu but it’d be rude of me not to try Mint, especially now I know it is from Ireland.