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Is PeerTube dead or is discoverability bad? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw a few videos shared on PeerTube recently, and created an account on an instance. However, unlike Mastodon and Lemmy I'm struggling to discover channels to subscribe to. When I use the search functions on my instance, most results are either interesting channels which haven't been updated in years, or random foreign language TV shows and episodes.

Just for example, if I'm trying to find videos on "Gaming" on one of the largest instances, the most recent video is over 1 year ago: https://tilvids.com/search?categoryOneOf=7

Is discoverability on PeerTube bad, or are there barely any active channels?

Edit: BTW one very active creator on PeerTube is https://tilvids.com/c/thelinuxexperiment_channel/videos and his videos are excellent. But can there really only be a handful of active creators to follow on the whole platform?

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Just horrible discovery leading creators to abandon the platform.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that must be it. It's a real shame because the core technology seems to be solid. Streaming 1080p videos from other instances just works. But finding channels to follow seems impossible.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I had the exact same experience including the videos you linked to. There was nothing to be found.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Which is silly because most instances will auto mirror your YouTube channel. Literally takes no effort to post to both.

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