Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their videos worldwide

Post by kbenson » Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 3:28 PM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #264

foxylad wrote: post #232

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A good replacement for Twitter. Where "good" means: - Decentralised. Anyone can run their own instance, but instances are federated so everyone on any instance can see your toots (Mastodon's tweets). So if you're paranoid about privacy or hate Nazi bootboys, you can run your own instance with complete control. - A nice progression of feeds from only people you follow; to all toots of your instance; to toots from all…

Don't worry, either your Eternal September is coming, or it will never take off. Unfortu steely I think there's no way around that at this point, as I suspect any growth curve that actually allows a group to keep a culture will never be growing fast enough for the vastajoriry of people to put up with for long enough for it to grow sizable enough. :/

Post by zymhan » Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

ballenf wrote: post #394

ariwilson wrote: post #338

The comments here are more interesting than the article itself. Looks like the real issue was a UX snafu on YouTube's part that support had trouble resolving for too long. Let's hope YouTube does better in the future. However, if you read the comments here, they paint a sinister portrait of YouTube that has nothing to do with Blender's issue. Some examples: - ads are required for big channels (false) - demonetization…

People might be upset because it's emotionally painful to watch a property that was once a middle finger to "the man" become wholly co-opted. And to see channel after channel with interesting and unique content get disappeared due to misalignment with establishment priorities. The cases which may not apply here, like requiring ads, are real issues that don't get the visibility that the victims deserve. So when a high…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 4:07 PM UTC

sammorrowdrums wrote: post #355

ariwilson wrote: post #338

The comments here are more interesting than the article itself. Looks like the real issue was a UX snafu on YouTube's part that support had trouble resolving for too long. Let's hope YouTube does better in the future. However, if you read the comments here, they paint a sinister portrait of YouTube that has nothing to do with Blender's issue. Some examples: - ads are required for big channels (false) - demonetization…

Blender were asked to sign a monetization agreement. https://torrentfreak.com/youtubes-piracy-filter-blocks-mit-c... "Update 2: Blender’s Ton Roosendaal notes that YouTube wants the organization to sign a monetization agreement."

Post by protonfish » Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 4:10 PM UTC

watt wrote: post #350

ForHackernews wrote: post #333

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> Why do so many tech companies have these Kafkaesque exception paths? Support doesn't scale. Better that a million users have a terrible experience than one user takes up staff time getting their problem fixed.

I don't understand if you truly believe that or are trying to be sarcastic (poorly).

Post by dilap » Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 4:17 PM UTC

Aunche wrote: post #272

dilap wrote: post #220

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I honestly don't believe this. I think YouTube used this as an excuse to crack down on channels they didn't like, for whatever reason. (And also a lot of other channels, because the flagging is poorly done. I know some people who run a very popular skateboarding instruction channel, and they've had huge problems with demonitization. The content is utterly inoffensive.) I think if all you were concerned about is adver…

> "Would you like to advertise on channels flagged by our system as potentially offensive?" They already do this. People need to stop being angry at things they know nothing about.