Former Diaspora core team member, I work on various fediverse projects, and also spend my time making music and indie adventure games!

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BreadTube runs a PeerTube instance that might fit what you’re looking for: https://watch.breadtube.tv


Craigslist has long held a philosophy of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” when it comes to their design and layout. Aside from some small quality-of-life changes, the site really hasn’t needed to make major adjustments the way that social media platforms have.




Over the years, I've been studying a handful of different fediverse platforms that bring a lot of interesting concepts to the table. As someone that has studied and [reported on](https://wedistribute.org/) the developments of these various systems, I've decided to put together a summary of things I'd like to one day put into my own federated platform, should I ever develop enough brainpower to actually develop one.

PeerTube’s Content Wasteland
In 2018, a platform was launched to build an open, decentralized web for videos. In 2021, the network is still struggling to grow. I take a look into some of the problems with content discovery, along with some small suggestions for instance admins.

BookWyrm is the Federated GoodReads Replacement I Didn’t Know I Needed
An overview of a new federated GoodReads alternative, powered by ActivityPub. It's awesome, and I'm really excited about it!

My account is dsh_videos@video.deadsuperhero.com; right now there are three separate channels attached:

  • Vlogs (vlogs@video.deadsuperhero.com) - personal vlog entries, not super exciting, but some people are into the more personable side of video communities.
  • Interviews (interviews@video.deadsuperhero.com - I’ve been involved in a number of interviews, many of which involve the fediverse. I keep a running archive of the ones I’ve been able to successfully preserve.
  • Browser History (browser_history@video.deadsuperhero.com - an upcoming show in the works, focused on the history of technology, communities, and movements.

If you’re a creator on PeerTube, share your channel!
I think PeerTube has really come along as a project, but I think it's caught in a situation where the technical aspects are advancing far faster than the communal ones. In order for PeerTube to actually succeed in practice, I believe that creators ought to reach out to one another to create a type of loose community where we actually follow each other, comment on each other's stuff, etc, kind of like YouTube's early years.

There are tons of updates coming to Pixelfed
Pixelfed is a federated alternative to Instagram that's been developing all kinds of awesome new features in the past year. Here's a look