pinhead77

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Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year) in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Have you already had a look at https://metager.de/?

Bandwagon.fm - December 2025 in c/fediverse@piefed.social
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Bandwagon.fm is a great project, but unfortunately, ActivityPub/Federation is not yet reliably implemented and has too many bugs.

For example, if you follow a Pixelfed account and then unfollow, the follow remains on Pixelfed!

In my opinion, the ActivityPub part of bandwagon.fm is unfortunately not yet production-ready and should be tested and fixed more thoroughly.

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Is it possible to follow hashtags or searches? (piefed.social)
 

As the title says, can I follow hashtags or searches on PieFed?

The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Don't forget the instance operators! How can we get them more donations?

I recently found out about https://crowdbucks.fund/ (which is done for the Fediverse) and https://liberapay.com/

Maybe a first step would be to offer a native way to link to such donation platforms (link on the user profile, link on each posting, ...)

Also donations for the instance should be promoted more prominent.

In my opinion, this is the biggest problem preventing PeerTube from becoming a true alternative to YouTube in c/peertube@lemmy.wtf
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not everybody is so kind. In Germany, for example, lawyers are quite quick to issue cease-and-desist letters, which always involve costs. I've heard of Friendica instances that have already run into legal problems because, for example, copyrighted images were posted/federated. You're being a bit too naive about that.

In my opinion, this is the biggest problem preventing PeerTube from becoming a true alternative to YouTube in c/peertube@lemmy.wtf
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The lack of monetization is certainly one reason. On the other hand, YouTube was already successful long before monetization existed.

In my opinion, this is the biggest problem preventing PeerTube from becoming a true alternative to YouTube in c/peertube@lemmy.wtf
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure, discoverability is another reason why PeerTube isn't progressing. But I was more concerned with why it might not be successful even then. And the lack of content is indirectly related to my argument.

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In my opinion, this is the biggest problem preventing PeerTube from becoming a true alternative to YouTube (piefed.social)
 

I believe the biggest problem for PeerTube is copyright. YouTube thrives on user-generated content. I, for example, am involved in the live music scene (I go to concerts). It's common practice for recordings of concerts to be uploaded to YouTube. This is usually unproblematic until an artist objects to a particular video and demands its removal. Generally, YouTube has agreements with rights holders, so uploading recordings is usually not an issue.

This is different on PeerTube. Here, each instance is liable for its own content. If a user uploads copyrighted material, this can lead to problems for the instance operator or the user. Currently, PeerTube is still small enough that such content is possible. But if PeerTube were to become a real alternative to YouTube, it would become a problem!

Of course, content is also uploaded to YouTube that can cause problems for YouTube. But YouTube has enough lawyers and money to handle that. PeerTube operators, however, do not!

Therefore, in my opinion, the biggest problem is that PeerTube can't become a major YouTube alternative because users can't easily upload the same content as on YouTube.

What do you think?

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What happens with inactive/orphaned communities? (piefed.social)
 

I see a lot of communities that had no interaction in years. Also some community creators/moderators are inactive in the Threadiverse since the creation of the community.

So my questions are:

  1. Are communities kept forever also if there is no interaction for years?
  2. Are communities kept forever also if the moderator isn’t active anymore?
  3. Inactive communities can be spammed since there is no moderation?
  4. Is there a way to add a new moderator if the moderator of a community isn’t active anymore?
What's your opinion on the TV series "It: Welcome to Derry"? in c/stephenking@lemmy.world
[–] pinhead77@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

As far as I know, the series is planned for 3 seasons. In every coming season they go more and more back in time.

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What's your opinion on the TV series "It: Welcome to Derry"? (piefed.social)