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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by farcaster@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

YouTube is a bit different because you can use your username as your channel name, and then you can have multiple "brands" that aren't linked to your username. People can't find those from your main account.

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago

Ah okay, so you can also upload videos to your username channel?

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yea Youtube lets you use the same name, but the extra organization that Peertube gives seems pretty cool too

this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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