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   RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 (ramencatholic@mindly.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:11 JST RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈

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   • Mr. Funk E. Dude

   @Mrfunkedude honestly, I don't really know anything about PeerTube other than occasionally seeing a post about them. I keep thinking I should look into it, then get distracted by something shiny.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:12 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Another reason videos don't get seen more is that people don't share them or at least if they do, a large percentage of those that share, don't actually watch it themselves.

     I get that they're trying to help, and that's great. The more help the better. I'm not knocking them. I'm just saying that even people who boost the content can't get people to watch.

     Regardless, the people that do boost, are rare. I see a dozen or more new videos being made every day. You know where I never see them?

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:12 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Here on Mastodon. I rarely see PeerTube videos being boosted. @FediVideo suggest great videos almost everyday, with hardly 30 boosts. That's with over 8k followers. 30.

     And all of this for me leads to only one conclusion. That people on the Fedi for the most part, do not care about PeerTube.

     Maybe I'm wrong. But after having helped moderate a PeerTube instance and just looking at the numbers, it's hard for me to see where my thinking is mislead.

     P.6

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:12 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     I think people like the idea of PeerTube, and time has shown that they are willing to do so with their hard earned $$$, but when it comes down to it, they don't actually care about the videos themselves. If they did, there would be more views on peoples videos and I'd see them shared more often.

     PeerTube has some great content on it if you take the time to look.

     (end of rant)

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:12 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Oh and none of this has anything to do with my own low view videos. I'm not that self absorbed. This is about everyone. I believe in the Fedi and I believe in PeerTube. I just don't understand why people aren't willing to watch or boost?

     And of course, if you do watch and boost, thank you. I just wish more people did.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:13 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Until you realize that there are around 2 million active users on the Fedi. That means even IF a video gets 6000 views. That's still only 0.3%.

     And yes, of course that person didn't get their video out in front of 2 million users. They probably only got it out to a few hundred who shared it, but that's not the point. Even if that video was shared 40,000 times, that's only 2 percent of the Fedi. The point is that the majority of the people on the Fedi don't use PeerTube.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:13 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Now, I know a lot of you are gonna cry "It's because there's no good content!". Which is fine, you're can have that opinion.

     You'd just be wrong.

     There's plenty of good content. There's also a lot of content that's just, average. Made by everyday people with a cell phone, trying to find others who are similarly interested. Those videos may not be high quality, but there is intention and effort being put into them.

     And do you want to guess what motivates them? Views.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:13 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     Views.
     Feedback.
     Likes.

     These are the three things that help to motivate people to make better content. But since peoples standards are so high, there's no motivation to do more.

     So you want better content, but you aren't willing to encourage the people making the content, to make more and to improve?

     Got it.

     But, that's not the only problem that I see...

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jul-2025 04:26:14 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

     This is going to be a long rant. So buckle up.

     MOST (not all) people on the Fedi don't support PeerTube content.

     They might see a video in their feed, but they aren't going to watch it. And they DEFINITELY aren't browsing anyone's PeerTube instance to find videos to watch.

     Everyday I see really well made videos get 14 views after a week. Even if I go to one of the more popular instances I see videos that have been up for 6 months with only 400 views. And yeah, that seems like a lot.

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