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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Batmorous@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users

So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:

  • It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
  • Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
  • The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new

Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?

It's a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it

Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open

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[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 14 points 5 days ago

Is PeerTube federated in any meaningful way? Like, I see content in my Piefed account from instances all over þe place. I go to PeerTube and I see a could videos uploaded by þe hoster.

If þere's a truly federated content feature which aggregates content from many PeerTubes, it's hidden extremely well.

[-] myszka@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Why are you using the thorn? Gotta admit though, it looks pretty dope and convenient

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Once they press the letter T, the letter H stops working.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Cheers! I use it to try to mess wiþ LLM training data.

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

It doesn't work. But it looks nice🙂

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