For those who didn't know (or have forgotten), there's a PeerTube channel here with videos of the talks and Q&A sessions from the #ActivityPub conference we had in late 2020: https://conf.tube/c/apconf_channel/videos
Picking through these videos is a great way to get a sense of where some of us wanted fediverse development to go, both technically and politically.
Now here’s a #PeerTube instance that many of my #Blind mates may wish to jump on if wanting a platform for producing programming and/or Perusing podcasts, especially if you’re into #Audio content and want it among the #Fediverse!
A group of over 40 European organisations have recently released a statement calling for the EU to set up a European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund.
They call for this fund to support Digital Public Spaces, that are, among other things, based in FOSS, and ensure privacy by design. The statement gives three examples: #Mastodon, #PeerTube and #ActivityPub, stating that they would benefit from such a fund to further flourish.
When we measure for activity – not accounts – Mastodon isn’t even in first place. Misskey is.
Mastodon is in 2nd place.
And other server types, like Pixelfed, aren’t doing so shabby either.
But what’s more interesting is what this all means when you also take into consideration account sign-ups.
It’s true that according to total accounts, mastodon.social is the biggest server on the Fediverse with 1,159,110 accounts. In comparison, misskey.io only has 183,549 accounts.
As someone who actively monitors both misskey.io and mastodon.social, it actually looks like mastodon.social produces more spam. I have yet to encounter spam on misskey.io, nor have I received spam from there. I can’t say the same about mastodon.social – seeing how I received crypto spam to my inbox from there twice last month.
What’s going on?
First, I must acknowledge a fact. The Fediverse is simply more popular in Japan. When I look at the 10 most active servers on the Fediverse, 6 of them are Japanese. Yes, even the Mastodon servers.
And in Japan, it looks like Misskey is overtaking Mastodon. This is not yet true in terms of sheer account numbers, but the fastest growing servers are clearly Misskey. In terms of raw post production, though, Misskey has already overtaken Mastodon.
Something I often hear is, “So what if something’s big in Japan? Lots of bands are big in Japan too, and we don’t hear a whisper from them here in the West.”
While comparing software to music is silly, it is a mistake for Westerners to ignore the cultural impact of Japan and other Asian nations.
We live in an era where many Western kids grow up with Japanese video games, anime, and J-Pop. Many of them don’t even look at Japanese media as “foreign”. It’s simply part of their cultural rubric.
Why do I bring this up? Because while the majority of Fediverse accounts are from the West, the majority of Fediverse content is from Japan. And while there is a language barrier, it’s only a matter of time before that content finds its way out West.
But if you’re a content producer making stuff for the Fediverse, I also think it’s important to ask yourself, “What are Japanese content producers doing right?”
As it turns out, a lot. The Japanese Fediverse is less focused on technology and politics, more focused on art. And there’s a ready community willing to interact with that art.
This is not so true for the West’s version of the Fediverse. Over here, the culture is to deem art “unimportant”. There have been times when I’ve shared thoughts on video games and music, and someone came out of the woodwork to tell me I was wrong for doing this since some political thing in the USA was happening, and I was insensitive for sharing my interests.
For the Fediverse to take root in the West, it must be as much about art as it is about politics and tech.
All this said, there is a further fact that likewise underlies my contention: the 3rd most active server on the Fediverse is pixelfed.social, Pixelfed’s flagship server.
Why is this? Because #Pixelfed is based on images, not text. Which also means that, as a result of content filtering, it is more focused on art than politics and technology.
Interestingly, pixelfed.social is focused on English speakers. As it turns out, the desire to share art is universal – not exclusive to people who speak Japanese. Most people like art.
Don’t get me wrong, politics and technology have an important effect on our daily lives. But it’s art that makes life worth living.
My takeaway: if we want the Fediverse to be as big in the West as it is in Japan, we need to share art.
Moinsen meine #Mastonauten, ich stöbere gerade etwas in #PeerTube herum und bekomme bei diesem Gewaltoverload direkt wohlige Kindheitsgefühle.
(Kann man auch selten positiv in einen Kontext bringen)
Zieht euch mal den Kanal von guten Dennis aka @Schdadia auf der #GamingplattformDerZukunft rein. Er postet hier kleine #Game-Häppchen für zwischendurch und weckt zuviel Interesse für das Wohlbefinden meines Geldbeutels😅
I've asked this before and don't think there was as much up and running at that point, but are there any great existing #PeerTube platforms for hosting #MusicVideos (and related puppet vids) that also give the option to embed privately or "unlisted"?
I currently pay a Vimeo subscription to have no ads and privacy settings on certain playlists, but I'd prefer to put those funds into more recording time and the videos themselves. Any suggestions? 🙃 #FediMusic#Musodon#DIYMusic#Music#Musician
FediForum 2024 is almost here! Flipboard CEO @mike catches up with conference co-organizer and Dazzle Labs CEO @J12t to get a taste of top-of-mind topics for fediverse stewards, including how this space can cross the chasm into the mainstream. It’s a new episode of Dot Social, the first podcast about the open social web.
Filtre DNS sous Linux : mise à jour automatique du fichier host - vidéo 2
Le filtrage DNS est un moyen simple pour bloquer une majorité de publicités, traqueurs et sites malveillants avec un minimum d'efforts. La mise en place est rapide et facilement réversible. Sous Linux, il suffit de modifier/compléter le fichier hosts. Puis de mettre en place une tache cron pour une mise à jour automatique : https://video.tedomum.net/w/vd5jMzHDeprWUqpw4aM62h
I think it’s time to redo my #pfsense blocklists, quite a few of them are breaking, and I want to secure my network properly more. I don’t think a lot of it will be shown on stream, but I will try and make #Tiktok and #Peertube videos about it and hopefully a longer form #youtube as well so be sure to follow those accounts as well as my #twitch but I will go over the research and planning live on twitch to explain how and why I architect things the way I do. #infosec#cybersecurity
Today on No Man's Sky: Omaga Update, we got our freighter! It's a C-class but it flies!
We traded in our starter ship for a B class shuttle but I need to make some money to continue trading up. I'd prefer a fighter or maybe one of those exotic class ships I've seen hanging around the star bases.
This afternoon we'll continue the Artemis story line and see how far we get!
I really want to see #PeerTube succeed. But I don't see many videos slide across my #mastodon feed. It feels like PeerTube videos don't achieve wide federation.
I think this is because people don't follow as many PeerTube accounts and because PeerTube accounts don't post as often as Mastodon or other microblogging accounts.
Consider this... there isn't much downside to following all PeerTube accounts that you come across and boosting their posts because they are few and infrequent.