Considering that us People very much so live in a Bubble and are (atleast what itd assume to be :P) not as Teach Illerate as our “Mainstream Peers” that chill on Twitter and Instagram and the likes :P
I am wondering as to what would be the best Way to make these Platforms more Mainstream as we are obviously quite small sadly :(
I have been thinking of probably the biggest Flow being mayyybe to get some more “Big” People interested in Things like Peertube but i doubt theyre followers unless they move off Twitter will move to Mastodon as well :(
But also i feel like that we do not have NSFW Alternative Instances so that even NSFW People like ARtists who are intrested in Tech cant seem to move really as well :(
I see two reasons why it’s ultimately not possible to recreate conventional social media success via Fediverse.
- Some services are taylored to the needs of already-famous people who will tend towards bigger platforms to maximize reach and drag followers along (e.g. what Twitter used to be)
- You can’t make a buck by cranking out content here. The possibility to make a living off your posting draws the most prolific posters to becoming professional creators for big platforms. You can’t really do that on Fedi unless you already have a dedicated donor base.
That said, I don’t think making more fedi things is pointless. But they are probably going to be smaller things, niche or local, particular to the interests of a couple fellas, points of human connection.
The gold thing about all this is that its not big and not mainstream. Leaving big tech means also creating a different way oft using the Internet. In the glorious days you could find a weird corner full of weirdous just like you without anyone trashing the hole thing with their hate for your weird little interest. (Wie also had some unchecked childporn, so we need to find a way to not allow stuff like that without tracking every step of everybody else)
we do not have NSFW Alternative Instances
https://fedinsfw.app/: Am I a joke to you?
And honestly, I get the impression that even most threadiverse users aren’t using peertube. The content creaters you know and love are on YouTube, and it’s a significant time investment to sus out which peertube creaters are interesting to watch. Plus I vaguely remember that the last time I tried using Peertube, the website(s) itself wasn’t great; I think it was a mix of bad performance and unfamiliar and possibly not-as-obvious-as-you’d-like UI.
Seconding your remark about creators being on YouTube. I’m a big consumer of YouTube videos, and the only reason why I’m not (much) on peertube is because of the content.
A reason why peertube isn’t as popular among creators is the lack of monetization. While I would love for monetization not to be a factor, it’s a simple truth that many of the creators do what they do to pay rent a d their phone bills.
So until kofi, patreon, or similar funding methods overtake ads in revenue source, there’s not much of a reason for creators to upload to peertube.
So until kofi, patreon, or similar funding methods overtake ads in revenue source, there’s not much of a reason for creators to upload to peertube.
I thought they already did. The creators I know who talk about it in their videos/streams always say that YouTube pays practically nothing nowadays, compared to other revenue streams like Twitch donations, Patreon or sponsorships. Though those also scale to the amount of viewers you have, so the smaller audience on Peertube is still pretty directly the issue.
ah i did not even knew this one existed :0
RThats cool honestly :P
“How can we make [good but small thing] bigger, more mainstream?”
Famous last words of every good thing.
Improve the Fediverse integration. It’s not easy to search peertube videos on Lemmy.
Make Peertube a home for a topic.
Chose a topic and try to get permission from as many youtubers from that topic to reupload their newest videos. Use an account for each youtuber so that they can take over once they see the value in it.
