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Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

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Post by spookie »

arnaudsm wrote: post #6

This is great for creating a media-garden for your children! Kid content on YouTube and TikTok can be extremly disturbing, even for an adult. Until they turn 16 I intend to vet most media myself on a self-hosted server.

My parents never restricted me access, but talked with me openly about movies, games, or websites they saw me using/playing when they came to my room. I didn't take any precautions, or fear their reactions... because they were open about things with me.

Some discussions went pretty deep, others not really.

Moreover, they usually would spend time with us late evening watching interesting stuff. Given how open they were, me and siblings would ask about it too. They weren't the type that watched the most banal thing either.

I did end up visiting many strange websites. But the way they educated me never came second. I did start concerning myself with what I consumed.

Honestly it's better to open up, talk, keep up with what they watch but in a way that can be educative for them (i.e. question, discuss).

This is mostly things above 10 yo, granted. Before that I didn't have internet. But my friends did, and I did spend lots of time with friends.

My point is, it's better to confront with real life things sooner and have the time to talk. After 16 no one has time :)

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#32

Post by spencerchubb »

dtquad wrote: post #13
KomoD wrote: post #5

"vertical video feed" would be more accurate, it's nothing like tiktok other than it being a vertical video feed

>it's nothing like tiktok other than it being a vertical video feed Agree. It's interesting that people in tech still don't get that what makes Tiktok so much better than Shorts/Reels is TikTok's semi-manually curated recommendations. They algorithmically detect user interest clusters and manually curate high quality videos for the the biggest clusters.

Do you really think it is semi manual? I guess I never considered the possibility, but I would be surprised. It seems like there are way too many niches and sub-niches, and the algorithm works rather quickly when news happens

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#33

Post by j45 »

spookie wrote: post #31
arnaudsm wrote: post #6

This is great for creating a media-garden for your children! Kid content on YouTube and TikTok can be extremly disturbing, even for an adult. Until they turn 16 I intend to vet most media myself on a self-hosted server.

My parents never restricted me access, but talked with me openly about movies, games, or websites they saw me using/playing when they came to my room. I didn't take any precautions, or fear their reactions... because they were open about things with me. Some discussions went pretty deep, others not really. Moreover, they usually would spend time with us late evening watching interesting stuff. Given how open they wer…

Not all (or a big majority) of parents will be like this.

Until they are, screentime and internet access should be regulated for young people.

Parents think their kids are safe at home but the whole world is coming into it.

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#34

Post by j45 »

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #23
arnaudsm wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Before the internet, my parents looked at the PG rating of every movie we rented at Blockbuster. Many parents did.

Would you consider that good? I grew up with the Internet and people sharing shock horror sites with some very questionable content. It seems we all mostly still grew up fine.

You won't know for another 10-20 years for what you are de-sensitized to.

Also, your experience won't be anyone else's. Assuming so can create challenges.

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#35

Post by Scrapemist »

arsenico wrote: post #30
ffsm8 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? I'm a millennial and most of the content I consumed came from * Initially various Warez sources (KDX , eMule etc) (2000-2005 I think) * later on liveleak, 4chan, digger (2006-2007? Not sure anymore), * Then stumble upon, 9gag (08-10) * finally ending at reddit (2010-2014, that was the year spez edited user comments. Very rarely used it since) I vividly remember watching pretty fucked up shit back then, like r…

However, none of that was fed to you by algorithms, but rather your own curiosity for weird stuff and your ability to find it. I am not saying that it is good or bad, but in my book, it is different from infinite algorithmic feeds we currently have.

Good point

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#36

Post by warkdarrior »

sabbaticaldev wrote: post #17
notpushkin wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using the TikTok logo in the app is kinda inappripriate, but otherwise yeah, I think just saying “TikTok for X” gets the idea across in the most concise way. Adding some info on what the videos could be from would be nice though (i.e. do I paste a bunch of YouTube links, or upload files myself, or..?)

inappropriate to whom?

At a minimum, inappropriate from TikTok/ByteDance's point of view. Even if we put that aside, users of this app may find it inappropriate that this app advertised as a "TikTok feed" app is not a TikTok feed app (so it appears very much like a scam from the point of view).

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#38

Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF »

butz wrote: post #37

Any hints on optimal encoding for videos, to reduce storage and network bandwidth? I would go even for a compromise in video quality, to have them looking more akin to Encarta '98 videos, if it greatly reduces file size.

Newer codecs compress better at the cost of a more complex decoder. so maybe av1 or h.265 at a low bitrate?

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#39

Post by mewpmewp2 »

j45 wrote: post #34
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider that good? I grew up with the Internet and people sharing shock horror sites with some very questionable content. It seems we all mostly still grew up fine.

You won't know for another 10-20 years for what you are de-sensitized to. Also, your experience won't be anyone else's. Assuming so can create challenges.

How do you know it's 10 - 20 years?

I'm not alone though, all the childhood people I grew up with that were exposed to this questionable content seem functioning fine now.

Although I would agree that people and especially children shouldn't use TikTok or addictive things like that, but I'm mainly talking about the content specifically.

Re: Show HN: Erin – Open-source and self-hosted TikTok feed for your own videos

#40

Post by mewpmewp2 »

arnaudsm wrote: post #26
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider that good? I grew up with the Internet and people sharing shock horror sites with some very questionable content. It seems we all mostly still grew up fine.

There's a difference between accidentally stumbling on shocking TikTok content and willingly browsing a gore site. If my kid really wants to check it, it might be acceptable, but I'm not ok with an algorithm showing it by surprise.

I wouldn't want my kid browsing TikTok or anything with addictive recommendation system either, but I was mainly talking about explicitly taking effort to keep teenagers away from questionable content. But actually I'm not sure exactly how much policing the OP intended.

It seems to me like a way to get your kid to not tell you anything in fear of censorship.

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