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I see those posts all the time and even I'm not totally sure

if it's less niche it will be flooded with ragebait and covert ads and such. better it stays a bit more niche. that's why i'm fine with it being a little bit more nerdy than other mainstream platforms.

What the other commenter said, look for these instances, especially TILvids

Other than these, some specific recommendations:

• Gardiner Bryant (gbryant@subscribeto.me) - tech YouTuber dipping toes into PeerTube

• Oh The Urbanity! (ohtheurbanity@video.canadiancivil.com) - urbanism and sustainable development

• ASMR of the Fediverse (asmrfediverse@peertube.wtf) - self-explanatory, ASMR videos specifically produced and released on the Fediverse. Exclusive high-quality content!

• Making Waves/Roots and Calluses (makingwaves@video.katehildenbrand.com & katehildenbrand@video.katehildenbrand.com) - personal/professional blogs of a marine biologist Kate Hildenbrand, both very worth a watch

• Veronica Explains (veronicaexplains@tinkerbetter.tube) - a very cute and non-typical Linux channel from a veteran tech enthusiast

• Films (films@fedi.video) - old but gold public domain films

• Historical Shorts (historical@fedi.video) - some more tapes from the past

Difficult to recommend specific channels as I don't know what you'd like, but I've found high quality content hosted on these instances :

• https://makertube.net/
• https://tilvids.com/
• https://video.hardlimit.com/

Other creators host their own instance. For example there's @ozoned doing interview of fediverse people at https://video.firesidefedi.live/

I only use YouTube to pirate their content

thanks for that. i’m currently saving up for more drives to create the second copy of the 1-2-3 backup scheme. the gang of 2tb ssd’s are all i’ve got aside from the compressed-to-fuck youtube copies. that’s been creating quite a bit of anxiety for me being in charge of so many other peoples artworks.

we started in 2020 and do 6-10 90 minute shows a week, so it’s a lot to be responsible for. of course they aren’t all gems, but imo they all do deserve to be part of the larger document of this time and place.

if anyone is interested the youtube videos are made searchable on https://www.livefromnorfolkstreet.com/

click on the ARCHIVE link in the nav bar. no paywall.

i’d recommend the alejandro escovedo shows. he’s always great and i did the live lights for a few of his shows.

@rimu @turdburglar And it's worth noting that you don't have to use AWS for S3 buckets. I use iDrive, who are quite a bit cheaper than Amazon, and you can also opt to have your buckets on European servers, which may be a plus.

I think they have generous discounts in the first year to hook you in, but even after that they're still cheaper than Amazon.

i actually wrote to them a few months ago. i tried the library of congress as well since they took the alan lomax recordings.

neither responded. that’s when i started looking at peertube.