Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

@sean This is a fantastic idea. There is a trend now of YouTubers moving off that site to better control their own content and monetization: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55349255

I always thought PeerTube would be the perfect tool to facilitate that trend, so I think you are on to something and at a good moment.

YTers who don't even know about PeerTube could be into this. Could be worth reaching out to some and inviting them to cross-post videos to the instance as a start.

@lightweight Oh that is interesting!

@sean Haha indeed

@sean In a good way though, right?

@datatitian Is this post a joke? At least some people are being misled... this is a reversed playback of the original video, which showed a sheet of ice breaking off and drifting away. You can notice that the shadows would indicate the sun rising from the west and setting in the east (over Lake Michigan) if the video were unedited, but in fact it is edited.

@lightweight Well put. When people think of the threats from Big Tech, they think of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple. The one causing the most inefficiencies and problems is often just an afterthought; we are so used to it as the infrastructure and that it isn't questioned much anymore.

@tomharris Just today Microsoft Word told me once again to change "don't" to "do not" and I found it so patronizing, had to uninstall.

"Own a Newspaper for $1 per Month." An interesting story about a growing experiment in cooperative local journalism.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november-december-2020/own-a-newspaper-for-1-per-month/

It's official.