GCompris Video 3

[Paul Brown]

On Monday, 25 March 2024 10:35:47 CET frances.tait wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks for your understanding. I will nonetheless run it by my folks again
> to see if ‘both’ is OK.
> 
> Just to be clear, as I understand it, we didn’t fear folk would switch from
> YouTube to PeerTube, rather I think the hope was the other way around: that
> KDE folk would watch it on Youtube instead of PeerTube, so we’d get the
> extra views, as it’s unlikely PeerTube users would also watch it on
> Youtube.

That is correct. That said, audiences on PT are significantly smaller than on 
YT and, as I explain below, you will not move the needle in any significant way 
regardless of your decision.

> What’s your thoughts on that? Do you think we exclude folk from seeing it by
> sticking to YouTube?

Definitely. There are whole swathes of the Free Software Internet where links 
to YouTube are banned. And then there are the members of the public who will 
not watch YT out of principle, because of the invasion of privacy, the 
annoying ads, the terrible community, etc.

The way to reach that kind of audience is through platforms like PeerTube.

Conversely, people who follow you on YT are not suddenly going to jump to  PT 
just because you post there too. They are on YT because of inertia, 
convenience, they follow more things, they have their own channels, it is what 
they know, etc.

The idea that just because you post to PeerTube, you are suddenly going to 
lose views on YT is not based on reality and not based on evidence either, 
mainly because there is none.

I can say that posting to PeerTube is probably a smart PR move if you want to 
ingratiate yourself with Free Software community members. Other communities 
don't care and will be fine with YT, but posting to PT shows awareness for the 
principles of many users and developers. It is a bit like adding vegan options 
to food served at an office party, or respecting other people's pronouns.

You already have a KDAB Mastodon account, the next step is to have a PT 
account and link both. (By the way, your KDAB Mastodon account is not verified. 
You should look into that).

As mentioned some time ago, I can set you up with a channel on the KDE-and-
friends instance at  https://tube.kockatoo.org . I can make it look similar to 
what you have on YT and make it so it virtually manages itself, as anything 
you post to YT will automatically be replicated on PT without human 
intervention.

I can then hand you the keys and you do your thing and see insights on each 
video if you need it. Insights are not as comprehensive as on YT, but are 
probably enough for most needs (see attached screenshot).

Cheers

Paul



> > On 22 Mar 2024, at 19:58, Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Our original idea was to be able to give you coverage on YT _AND_
> > PeerTube,
> > adding coverage, not subtracting from it. Since it is highly unlikely that
> > YouTube viewers will go out of the way to go to PeerTube to watch your
> > videos we were not expecting this to affect negatively your viewing
> > numbers -- and indeed it wouldn't have.
> 
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