Happy 4th birthday (first commit) to @owncast! Thank you @gabek and all the contributors for your hard work. You’ve made the web a better place. #owncast
The “free but has ads” fallacy: if I can’t afford your paid tier I certainly can’t afford to buy anything from the ads you’re blasting at me. The only ones who actually benefit from this model are ad companies themselves, not the advertisers and certainly not the end user. #enshittification#youtube
@operationpuppet
It's hilarious right?
Like YouTube is weaponizing ads, using them as pain points to "encourage" folks to pay for YT Premium.
Google has all the behavior data on their users, and could legitimately pair brands with people interested in those products.
If you had a business, why would you ever advertise on a platform that uses your ads AGAINST the viewer?
@operationpuppet the fallacy assumes that the reason the person not buying the “no ads” tier did it because they can't afford it and not because it hides the cost. (Fully agreed on the last part, still.)
Although #mastodon is the elephant in the room (see what I did there), the #fediverse is way more than just that. I want to look at other ways to engage with the wider Fediverse, just for fun and my own education. I have a #pixelfed account that I never use but maybe I'll move all my image posting to it and just repost it here, etc. Still mulling.
@nosaj Oh absolutely, but everyone who follows my Mastodon may not also follow my Pixelfed since they’re different servers etc. The Achilles Heel of the Fediverse has always been no single portable identity. Glad to see folks smarter than me now talking about that 😂
The secret project revealed! I was contacted by the wonderful folks at SciShow Kids to make new versions of Bill, Webb and Juniper! Look for them on their YouTube channel soon! #puppets#puppetbuilding
#peertube peeps! Did my first test of live streaming to my server today. All went well but the VoD was split into several uneven videos instead of published as a single video. Any clue where I'd start looking to determine why?
Echoing a sentiment I’ve seen elsewhere, please bear in mind that this time of year is particularly tough for the self employed, gig workers and #artists who are all reeling from paying taxes.
Every artist has some form of Patreon/Ko-Fi/tip jar. If you’re ever inclined, this is the time.
Realized the logo on the #owncast server being the same as the O:P logo everywhere else probably wasn't helpful cuz at a glance folks assume it's all coming form this account. So I gave the https://www.operationpuppet.live logo a bit of a tweak.
Probably going to do a special video just about the Owncast server soon. Really want to build on it, I like it a lot.
#throwbackthursday again! In 2021 I did a series of live streams demonstrating that a quality pro #puppet can be made with accessible materials like simple polar fleece. The result! The VoD is up on our #peertube, link in bio #puppets#puppetbuilding
Lord. I know #AI garbage has poisoned the web but I hadnt fully appreciated the scale until I, a newbie, tried to find a simple beginner tutorial for writing a chat bot for some things I’d like to do with the #owncast server.
Nothing but ChatGPT gibberish. Eventually gave up.