I've been adding most of the videos that I watch to the FediverseTV playlist, I think a lot about how Google has a rich history of the videos that I watch Yet, often people I know have never heard of any of it.
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I promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy.
If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?
If you watch videos most of the time it's:
@futurebird (Shhh, but I also watch a bunch of UK and AU stuff I have to get through nefarious means)
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Imagine a shared playlist that pulled everything from the FediverseTV playlist on youTube, but you could also add peertube, nebula, and other videos to this super list.
And maybe it had a way to comment and discuss the videos.
This sounds deceptively simple. Online applications tend to fail to catch on because it's too hard to log in, you need to make a new account, or there isn't an easy way to adapt use into the ways people already use tech.
This wouldn't be a small project at all.
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@futurebird i know how to pull youtube playlists into google sheets using the youtube API.
a google form could accept urls from other services. a gscript could generate an html file with all the videos paginated and embedded, and a bit of playlist magic.
a webintent link next to each video can autogenerate a fediverse hashtag to post to. maybe something like #yt_[videoid]
a small script can pull and embed the rss feed for each hashtag
this is all possible but much harder if we avoid google services; but we’re already using youtube.
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I promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy.
If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?
If you watch videos most of the time it's:
@futurebird Kanopy. Free from the library!
YouTube's interface and operation feel like they are an attack on my sense of usability and simplicity. Truly dislike even seeing the site much less using it, even with autoplay off.
Also, I have found videos a poor way to receive information that requires thinking. I'm better with text for thoughtful things.
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Imagine a shared playlist that pulled everything from the FediverseTV playlist on youTube, but you could also add peertube, nebula, and other videos to this super list.
And maybe it had a way to comment and discuss the videos.
This sounds deceptively simple. Online applications tend to fail to catch on because it's too hard to log in, you need to make a new account, or there isn't an easy way to adapt use into the ways people already use tech.
This wouldn't be a small project at all.
2/
@futurebird pinchflat is neat
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I promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy.
If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?
If you watch videos most of the time it's:
@futurebird The Indie Beat Television ( @TIBtv) which launched December 28th, uses open source software, was created by musicians, and features only videos by independant artists, mostly from the fediverse. The launch was a big success, people are sending in videos daily, and the quality is incredible.
The Indie Beat Television
A consent driven live stream of indie music videos and animation from artists across the Fediverse. See Now Playing info at https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot - Fediwall at https://shorturl.at/CrWD3 - Submit your videos at https://theindiebeat.fm/the-indie-beat-tv/
The Indie Beat Television (tv.theindiebeat.fm)
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My YouTube addiction is bad.
I managed to quit smoking after 30 trying to, so eventually I might get there, too.
I find posting what I watch on the shared list, forces me to think a little bit more about what I watch.
If I watch something I don’t want to put on the list I think: WHY am I watching something that’s so low quality that I wouldn’t want the people I know to watch it as well?
Looking at all of the videos I’ve watched since this began makes me think about how I’m using my time. It’s a bit of accountability some of us might do together.
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I promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy.
If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?
If you watch videos most of the time it's:
@futurebird Nebula is YouTubers but off platform for freeing the revenue capture back to creators. I have confirmation from friends who stream that YT pays almost nothing now.
Supporting NPR/a creator patreon is the way. Find your human source and pay em
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I find posting what I watch on the shared list, forces me to think a little bit more about what I watch.
If I watch something I don’t want to put on the list I think: WHY am I watching something that’s so low quality that I wouldn’t want the people I know to watch it as well?
Looking at all of the videos I’ve watched since this began makes me think about how I’m using my time. It’s a bit of accountability some of us might do together.
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@futurebird i know how to pull youtube playlists into google sheets using the youtube API.
a google form could accept urls from other services. a gscript could generate an html file with all the videos paginated and embedded, and a bit of playlist magic.
a webintent link next to each video can autogenerate a fediverse hashtag to post to. maybe something like #yt_[videoid]
a small script can pull and embed the rss feed for each hashtag
this is all possible but much harder if we avoid google services; but we’re already using youtube.
There should also be a hashtag on such posts so they can all be filtered out for politeness or found when wanted eg #fediTVTalk #fediTVTalk_peerTube_0001 ?
ooh this is fun to think about—
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@futurebird Nebula is YouTubers but off platform for freeing the revenue capture back to creators. I have confirmation from friends who stream that YT pays almost nothing now.
Supporting NPR/a creator patreon is the way. Find your human source and pay em
I also hope that the fediTV list could help people find what is worth supporting directly— based on what people are really watching.
