First of all thank you for all the interest in this โFrioโ theme scheme. I was concerned that people might have so much animosity toward Meta that a scheme to make Friendica look more like Facebook would be ill received. I originally made โBookfaceโ as a user content script just so I would feel more โat homeโ on Friendica. And Iโm still using it that way myself because the instance Iโm on does not offer this scheme as an option yet.
Version 1.3 represents a massive rewrite with the introduction of new features, like support for Profile Cover Photos and an โAutoโ version that can detect if your operating system is set to Light Mode or Dark Mode and automatically apply the correct mode to Friendica, plus a completely New Mobile View for phones and tablets that aims to make it look and function a lot more like an mobile app. The user content stylesheets for client-side use have also been updated with the same changes, if thatโs how you use Bookface. I have incorporated a ton of your feedback into this update, which I thank you for! There are also over 30 tweaks and fixes in this update.
While this is still a work-in-progress (but what on the web isnโt?) Bookface is already being used in production on some Friendica instances so Iโd say itโs generally probably safe to use, but there could be issues I haven't anticipated, particularly with whatever add-ons are enabled on any given server.
Keep in mind โBookfaceโ is intended for recent browsers. By which I mean those that were released in the last year or two. Because I want to leverage some of the more advanced things CSS can now do. But if you have a mobile device thatโs stuck running an old browser Iโve added some fallbacks so itโs still at least usable, but Iโve intentionally ignored any browser that nobody should really be using anymore for anything (like Internet Explorer). Presumably if you choose to roll with retro gear you probably donโt care about making Friendica look modern anyway.
Iโll do more detailed posts about each of these new features, but hereโs an overview:
BETTER MOBILE MODE!
You may have noticed there isnโt an โofficialโ Friendica mobile app and the webapp feels pretty clunky and outdated. You could, of course, use Relatica or Raccoon for an actual native mobile app experience, but Iโve notice a lot of people (myself included) are trying to use the webapp. And it needs improvement.
I redesigned the mobile view to look and function a lot more like people expect a mobile app to work these days. One specific thing that was asked for was a way to get the toolbars out of the way in landscape mode, particularly on phones with small screens. The mobile landscape view now hides the toolbars and presents you with a limited set of buttons down the left and right sides of the screen if, in landscape orientation, the viewport is less than 400 pixels high. Thatโs going to be the majority of phones on the market today. Need more controls? Just rotate your phone back to portrait.
Iโve extensively tested this new UI on more than a half a dozen actual mobile devices, including an iPhone 5s, iPhone 8, two different recent Samsung phones, and older iPad Mini, two Android tablets, and two old Android phones.
EDIT: Post with more details about the new Mobile UI
AUTO VERSION!
More than one of you specifically asked for a version that would automatically switch between Light or Dark depending on which mode you have set on your device. It was tricky to implement given all the colors that are set server-side in PHP variables, but I came up with a pure-CSS way of doing it. It doesnโt even need to set a browser cookie. Enjoy going over to the Dark Side. Or Light Side. Whichever.
Unfortunately there is no auto version of the user content stylesheets for the client-side. The client-side styles require the underlying โFrioโ theme be set to Light, Dark, Black, or Custom (which is based on Light). There is no way for a client-side stylesheet to automatically switch the server-side theme scheme, so there will never be an auto version of the user stylesheets.
LOCALIZATION & CUSTOMIZATION
Under the Settings > Display > Theme Customization options you could previously only set the Accent Colors. There was a "Link Color" box below that but it didn't do anything. Well, now it does. You can set almost any color you please ("almost" because it does error-catching to make sure you don't set it to the same color as the background).
Iโve moved as much as possible into CSS variables at the top of the stylesheets, so modifying Bookface to your liking is easier than ever. Just change the variable in that one place and everything else follows suit.
One thing in particular Iโve noticed from peopleโs screenshots is the engagement counts on Action Buttons being changed to match the button color or made black, etc., to make them less distracting. Personally I like them being in my Accent Color so I can quickly see which posts/comments are getting engagement and check them out. But I can also understand that all those colored โdotsโ could be distracting while scrolling. So I added CSS variables for โcount-colorโ and "count-bg" that let you change the engagement count tex and background color to whatever you want.
But I took it beyond just the colors. Bookface sets a bunch of labels as pseudo-elements, and they are in English because thatโs the only language I know. I saw a comment the other day from a German user on a German server that has implemented Bookface note that the labels were in English and thought they should be localized. Well, yes, they *should* and now I made it super easy for server admins to do that!
Just change the CSS variables for the labels at the top of the stylesheets to your language!
Bookface Action Button labels localized (if the translation is laughably wrong blame Google Translate, I don't know any other languages)
COVER PHOTOS!
Every other social media platform seems to have a โCover Photo/Header Pictureโ for your profile page. But not Friendica. ๐ Until now! You can add images to your profile description and/or custom profile fields. You can also put things inside โclassโ containers. So I coded Bookface to detect a class container named โcoverphotoโ and treat whatever image(s) are in it as your big, bold cover picture.
You can also decide, depending on where you place it, whether itโs only visible on your actual โProfileโ page or if itโs visible on all your profile pages, or if you want to show different cover photos on your profile and the other profile pages. If youโre really indecisive you can place up to 4 images in the container and Bookface will turn them into a striped collage.
As for what that looks like to other people who arenโt using Bookface? Well, they still see a thumbnail of your image(s) in your profile, it just wonโt look really cool to them.
EDIT: Post with more details about Cover Photos
PRETTY TAGS!
What is social media without hashtags right? And itโs cool that in the Fediverse you can follow a hashtag like you follow a person. But Friendicaโs tags look...kinda bad. A bit distracting. Too small. Too hard to read. And some people really go wild with a wall of tags in their posts. Iโm apparently not the only one who thinks they could use some improvements. There are discussions about this in Friendicaโs GitHub issues going back several years.
First of all, I donโt think we need the little lightning bolt or person icons on them anymore. Itโs 2025, people know what a tag and a mention are. I also replaced the โ(x)โ on categories with an โXโ icon. Next I made the tags the same size they are on Mastodon, which is also makes much better touch-targets on mobile devices. To make them less distracting I gave them an โopenโ design, and recoded them so only the tag you are hovering/focused on switches to a โfilledโ design. For consistency I kept similar colors to the existing โFrioโ tags, but adjusted them for better contrast against either the Light or Dark mode versions.
The image shows how the tags appear in both Light and Dark modes and against the different background colors for posts and comments. The first row for each background color is how they normally appear, the second is the rollover effect when you hover on them.
GO GET IT!
12 Feb 25: LINKS BELOW UPDATED FOR VERSION 1.4
Server-side: If you run a Friendica instance.
Bookface v1.4 Scheme Files (gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookfโฆ)
Client-side: If the Friendica instance you're on doesn't offer Bookface.
Bookface v1.4 Userstyless (gitlab.com/randompenguin/usersโฆ)
Everything is well-documented in the README files.
Bookface Mobile UI
The mobile UI has been completely reworked to look and act a lot more like a modern native mobile app. It is not a native mobile app, of course, and there are limits to what I can do with just re-skinning the website. But I hope people like it and find it easier to use.
The Channels overflow and other drop-downs, along with the Notifications Menu now pull down to fill the screen, as one would expect them to do on a phone.
For those who aren't using Frio, or at least haven't used it on a mobile device, here's a side-by-side comparison of Frio Light with Frio Bookface Light:
One piece of feedback I received was about how much of the screen was taken up by the toolbars in landscape orientation on phones. I was asked if they could be hidden or something. Well, yes, they can be and something. The landscape view now hides the toolbars and limited controls are shown, pushed out to the left and right sides.
The normal number of controls includes a logo button to the home page, your profile pic to open the main menu, a sidebar button, and the search button.
The maximum number of controls adds the "Compose" button, a scroll-to-top button, and a bulk-delete button. On search screens the โComposeโ button is replaced with a โSaveโ icon, to save the search/follow a tag.
You may have noticed that the Action Button labels disappear on phones in portrait orientation. This is because, if all possible buttons are being shown, there simply is not enough room to also have labels under each of the buttons. They spill out the right side of the posts!
Initially I thought about just targeting button bars that had too many buttons and not show labels in that circumstance, but it made the UI inconsistent and, frankly, like something was broken. There was also no way to differentiate a button bar with all the buttons from one with fewer on older browsers. So the best solution was to just hide the labels in portrait for all phones.
I tested this mobile layout extensively, not just in emulation but on a number of actual devices including: an iPhone 5s, iPhone 8, an old LG phone, two recent Samsung phones, an iPad Mini, and two 7โ Android tablets.
Tablets may get the phone UI or a "hybrid" UI in portrait mode, it really depends on the viewport size. Here's a screenshot of what it should look like on an iPad Air in portrait orientation:
On my iPad Mini, however, I get the phone UI in portrait because the viewport is 768x1024. Also, my iPad Mini is stuck on an old version of iOS which means the Safari Mobile browser on it doesn't understand newer CSS things like ":has()" so it doesn't drop Event response buttons to a second row even in landscape orientation (where it gets the Desktop UI) so it just shows them in a column, which looks a little weird but at least the buttons don't mess up the layout.
Obviously this is not as good as having an actual native mobile app, and it still has all of the performance issues the Friendica progressive web app and "Frio" theme have. I just gave it a facelift and pushed some buttons around. The HTML for the Friendica "Frio" theme is pretty code heavy because it needs alternatives in it and javascript-triggered stuff so older browsers and devices can use it. If it were focused on only targeting current browsers and devices I think the code could be streamlined considerably. And I may tackle the templates next, if I can find the time and energy. In the meantime you've got the Bookface scheme.
However, if what you really want or need is an actual native mobile app, you could try Relatica or Raccoon.
Martin's pipe dreams
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Juho Mรคntysalo
in reply to Martin's pipe dreams • • •@pipe_dreams @SadMonk
Kind of tragic what with their logo being a rainbow.
Martin's pipe dreams
in reply to Juho Mรคntysalo • • •TatiMitStift
in reply to Martin's pipe dreams • • •Did we ever have it in the first place?
Possumantha
in reply to TatiMitStift • • •yes late nineties/ early naughts they were pretty cool.
Rosy
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Rosy • • •@lalah
I don't know of one, but you might find something on PeerTube's official search engine at sepiasearch.org
Sepia Search
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Photorat
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •This is a good place to search as well:
instances.joinpeertube.org/insโฆ
PeerTube instances
instances.joinpeertube.orgFedi.Video
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •p.s. Let me know if you're on PeerTube, I give shoutouts to PeerTubers via @FediFollows and @FediVideo to help get them noticed.
PeerTube is not just about Linux and FOSS any more, you can have a look at fedi.video to see all sorts of accounts that have uploaded.
If you're not a video creator but you follow someone on YouTube, you might want to politely suggest to them that they mirror their channel on PeerTube so that people can watch without having to use YouTube.
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Fossery Tech
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •My channel @fosserytech_channel is on TILvids, which is a great instance for educational content (currently it's mainly tech, but other educational content is also welcome)
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Robert Kingett
in reply to Fossery Tech • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Robert Kingett • • •@WeirdWriter @fosserytech
Hey Robert!
I'm not sure which one is most useful to you so I've listed them all:
The RSS link for the channel is tilvids.com/feeds/videos.xml?vโฆ
The account web link is tilvids.com/a/fosserytech/videโฆ
The channel web link is tilvids.com/c/fosserytech_chanโฆ
Fedi.Video
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@WeirdWriter
p.s. I think the RSS one is maybe what you want as it is for the podcast app?
Phil Rudland
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •I'm on PeerTube trying to play the Theremin.
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Coralie Renรฉe
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows
I was hesitating publishing on youtube for sharing my work.
It might be better for me to be on peertube even though, I have no idea how easy it is to be seen...
Thank u 4 the reminder.
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Robert Kingett
in reply to Coralie Renรฉe • • •Coralie Renรฉe
in reply to Robert Kingett • • •@WeirdWriter @FediFollows
Really good to know. Thanks
Podcasting has been on my mind for a while now.
Podcloud might be where I will host.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Coralie Renรฉe • • •@globcoco
If you publish on PeerTube and want a shout out, send me a message. I try to promote PeerTube accounts as much as possible ๐
Coralie Renรฉe
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •That is so kind.
The themes will be coaching, about helping people clarify and act on their projects and massages. ๐
I will also interview people.
Pekka Kurki
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Hi! Just put out our first PeerTube video, and more is coming soon. So nice to be a part of the Fediverse! ๐
makertube.net/w/aMX8zaAw9o9nUvโฆ
#musicvideo #avantpop #artpop #music
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Robert Kingett
in reply to Pekka Kurki • • •Pekka Kurki
in reply to Robert Kingett • • •Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows I have @groupnebula563@cuddly.tube, as well as two channels @furbland_channel and @furblandalt
no idea if this is the sort of stuff youโd shout out though
Fedi.Video
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •p.p.s. It's not as difficult or expensive as you might think to start your own PeerTube server. There are managed hosting services which do all the techy stuff for you (installation, upgrades, maintenance, fixing any problems etc), and these start from US$6.99 per month inclusive of everything (fedihost.co/pricing).
You can ask @fedihost about entry level PeerTube hosting, and @Cloud68 is also a good one.
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William B Peckham
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to William B Peckham • • •@wbpeckham
Then you get it even cheaper! ๐ฅณ
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •I think most of the channels I watch on YT aren't going to migrate to PT, because it's nearly impossible to monetize.
But... I think I may need to leave YT anyway.
Even the ones that I also Patreonize...
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Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
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Fedi.Video
in reply to Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข • • •@GroupNebula563 @BoydStephenSmithJr
A lot of YouTube channels no longer make much in direct monetisation, they often make more from Patreon and sponsorships.
Patreon and sponsorships are platform-neutral, so they can be done on any video platform including PeerTube (for example @thelinuxexperiment mentions sponsors at the start, @michellemay mentions Patreons at the end).
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Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Blahmage
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Don't get me wrong, I've been looking into peertube recently because I want to get rid of yt. But the monetisation via sponsors is nowhere near what you can make on yt.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Blahmage • • •Oh yeah of course, I just mean there is not a technical barrier ๐
If someone's PeerTube started getting large numbers of views, they would be able to get a sponsor the same way they do on YouTube or any other video platform. And you can have sponsors on multiple platforms, in fact it's probably easier so you can upload the same file everywhere.
Also, patrons are available at any scale, I have patrons for my Fediverse accounts.
Cambionn
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Mark Wyner Wonโt Comply
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Yay! Iโve posted my lectures to PeerTube, as well as some personal fun videos.
vid.northbound.online/a/markwyโฆ
Thank you!
@FediFollows
Meljoann
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows thanks for your work! Iโve stopped uploading to YT this year.
Got two PT channels, if youโd consider sharing that would be amazing ๐
- tv.gravitons.org/c/meljoann/viโฆ = all my music videos (hyperjack, R&B, pop)
- tv.gravitons.org/c/mustics/vidโฆ = my โhyper-capitalist lifestyle brandโ (๐คก)
sebulon
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows
I'm running a Peertube instance sharing my gaming streams:
peertube.inparadise.se
๐ Barbapulpe ๐ แดนแตหขแตแตแตแตโฟ
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows
Our member @logan regularly publishes on our PeerTube instance tube.gayfr.online, he might be interested.
@Khayman
Eddie Biggins
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@FediFollows
I'm on Makertube: makertube.net/a/eddiebiggins/vโฆ
I need to figure out the mirroring and how the Apple podcast thing works.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Eddie Biggins • • •@EddieBiggins
You don't need to do anything special for the podcast, just tell people to follow the instructions at fedi.tips/how-to-subscribe-to-โฆ
How to subscribe to PeerTube channels through podcast apps | Fedi.Tips โ An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tipsFedi.Video
Unknown parent • • •There are PeerTube instances for gamers:
video.gamerstavern.online
video.hardlimit.com
video-cave-v2.de (in German)
...but bear in mind these are being paid for by the instance owners. Usually they only cover costs for videos that other people might want to watch.
If you upload only for your own viewing, it seems reasonable to ask for payment? YouTube is only "free" is because it is spying on people and filling videos with advertising (and now it's allowing hate speech).
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Cardboard!
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Cardboard! • • •@cardboard
No law AFAIK, it's just them being greedy and thinking they can make more money by pleasing Trump.
They want government contracts, they want favourable laws in other areas etc, and they see that Trump responds to people who suck up to him, so this is what they do.
I hope the staff at YouTube/Google walk out over things like this, sounds like a horrible company to work for.
Dec [{()}]
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •If they didn't walk out over the abusive copyright trolling situation, they probably won't walk out over this.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Dec [{()}] • • •@dec23k
I fear you're right... ๐ข
โจ Miaโs Simulacrum ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโจ
in reply to Cardboard! • • •preemptive obedience to fascist
โ ตโ ปโ ทโ โ ญ ๐ฅ๐โช๐น
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP ๐จ๐ฆ๐น๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ท ๐บ๏ธ
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Anyone know how long it will take to move 46 videos.
I guess first step is setting up a Peer Tube Account.
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
in reply to Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP ๐จ๐ฆ๐น๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ท ๐บ๏ธ • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข • • •@GroupNebula563 @the5thColumnist
Yeah, it will vary a LOT depending on how long the videos are, how large the files are, how high quality they are.
Best way to find out is to ask the admin of the server you want to go to, or the hosting company if you want to set up your own.
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in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข • • •I don't know them specifically, but unlimited storage doesn't sound very sustainable?
It might be better to find somewhere that has been around a while and offers a sustainable amount of storage.
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Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP ๐จ๐ฆ๐น๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ท ๐บ๏ธ
in reply to Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข • • •@GroupNebula563
If you do that do they stay on peertube. if you get rid of your Youtube account.
Also I may lose my Youtube videos that are posted on blogger.
I have to figure out how to do this with least damage.
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in reply to Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP ๐จ๐ฆ๐น๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ท ๐บ๏ธ • • •Cainmark Does Not Comply ๐ฒ reshared this.
Jรธrn Zeiler
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •ShiroBloo
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Snap2Success
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •David
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Dean F.
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •TanekRune
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •I'm going to have so much free time now! YouTube has now made it unsafe to use their platform for me, even though I've had to suffer creative folks finding ways to say basic English words that scare advertisers for years now.
Found my breaking point.
whitefish
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธCupcake
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Philiphobo
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •# Free Hatespeech against minorities for all.
/sarcasm off
Michael Bucklebob
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Fedi.Video
in reply to Michael Bucklebob • • •@hello_buckers
It is hard yes, but we have to start somewhere and it doesn't have to be done all in one go.
Even if a single channel gives people the option of following on PeerTube, that's a great improvement for that channel's followers ๐
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jenbanim
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
Unknown parent • • •Indeed! The real world effects are potentially the worst part of all this: social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/โฆ
FediThing
2024-06-08 13:35:46
Photorat
Unknown parent • • •I know of this channel. They host video game content.
tube.fediverse.games/videos/ovโฆ
samiamsam
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •youtube has always been as bad as facebook
not sure how they flew under the radar
Darcy
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •I'm so very tired of hearing people use the term Woke when they have no idea of it's meaning.
Woke simply means treating ALL people with Dignity and Respect!!!!
It's really sad that the right can't just treat people with dignity and respect!!! ๐ ๐
Adrian Morales
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Jaypee
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Jaypee • • •@Jaypee
Are you wanting a shoutout for something on there already, or are you inviting people to sign up there? ๐
Jaypee
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Jaypee • • •@Jaypee
Okay, brilliant! ๐
ozoned
in reply to Jaypee • • •Jaypee
in reply to ozoned • • •If anyone knows how to get auto embedding of links, in Mastodon's toots, working through a nginx proxy, I appreciate the help.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Jaypee • • •If you have techy questions about hosting PeerTube, the official forum is pretty good:
framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38
PeerTube
FramacolibriJaypee
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@ozoned
Great resource, thanks. Curiously when I googled this, it didn't come up. Also, if I google "peertube xxxxx" xxxx being any other term, it always returns 0 results. I may have to switch to duck duck go.
Thanks though
Fedi.Video
in reply to Jaypee • • •@Jaypee
Thanks for bringing this up by the way, I've now added a link to the forum on the fedi.tips guide.
Jaypee
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Gregly
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Gregly • • •Don't worry, totally understand the "one thing a time" thing! ๐
App situation slightly complicated ๐
-There is no Apple TV app, but you may be able to follow PeerTube channels through its Podcasts app (at least you can on the iPhone), more info at fedi.tips/how-to-subscribe-to-โฆ
-There is an iPhone app, but it is severely restricted by bizarre app store rules which don't really suit federated networks. I'd recommend using the website or podcast options as they're not restricted.
How to subscribe to PeerTube channels through podcast apps | Fedi.Tips โ An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tipsKabbaway
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Kabbaway • • •@Kabbaway
We can only do what we can ๐
It's good to be aware of the options whatever you decide to do.
thomasstanford80191
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to thomasstanford80191 • • •@thomasstanford80191
It's much, much better than it was five years ago. That's why I run this account and the site at fedi.video, to highlight the interesting new stuff appearing on it.
thomasstanford80191
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •bit101
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Kevin Russell
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
Remove google entirely from our lives. And apple. And Microsoft. I am done. Not another dime, remove, re arrange, uninstall, delete, download, stop.
They arranged it, they paid for it, they slopped cash him, they surveil, they lie, they destroyed search. Among and together they arranged Americas fall, a democracy's fall.
Remove them all. Google microsoft apple
Toastface
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •The current hate speach policy page includes "Sex, Gender, or Sexual Orientation"
support.google.com/youtube/ansโฆ
So this seems to just be straight up not true.
Please consider researching any articles you might want to repost as in this case you are spreading misinformation.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Toastface • • •@Toastface
Here's what GLAAD (who specialise in protecting LGBTQIA+ rights) says in the linked article:
โYouTube quietly removing โgender identity and expressionโ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety and content moderation,โ
"โIf YouTubeโs hate speech policy really does still protect people from being targeted with hate on the basis of โgender identity,โ the public-facing policy should continue to say that."
Fedi.Video
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Not only this, YouTube also removed this from an example of rule-breaking:
โ[Protected group status] is just a form of mental illness that needs to be cured,โ
...so they seem to be now allowing people to be accused of mental illness if they are LGBTQIA+ etc.
Accusations of mental illness is how LGBTQIA+ groups have been persecuted, it's why it was illegal in so many countries for so long. Allowing this kind of language is opening the doors for awful and dangerous bigotry.
Chris
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Spitfire
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Spitfire • • •@gcspitfire
Let me know if I can help!
Miakoda
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •It's becoming apparent I need to scrap this convenience and build a streaming box to watch on my TV, cause everything is becoming nazified and I need to move more and more to alternatives that aren't on mainstream devices.
Fedi.Video
in reply to Miakoda • • •@hellomiakoda
If you have a browser on PS5 it should be able to show you PeerTube's web interface?
Miakoda
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •Fedi.Video
in reply to Miakoda • • •@hellomiakoda
Darn, okay... ๐
Fedi.Video
Unknown parent • • •Yeah, to confirm:
PeerTube is NOT blockchain, nothing on the Fediverse is blockchain!
PeerTube and the rest of the Fediverse are just ordinary traditional files on ordinary traditional servers. It is totally possible to delete them if you want to, just like any other file.
It is also possible to ask other servers to carry spare copies of your videos in case your server breaks down, but this is optional and up to the video creator.
Fedi.Video
Unknown parent • • •@GroupNebula563 @davethepitt
On PeerTube videos, they are streamed from the original server even if they have federated elsewhere. The file sizes are so huge, it isn't practical to automatically copy entire videos to other servers the way that text posts are copied.
The only exception to this is if you've asked other servers to make backups of your video so that it can still be played if your server goes down. But this is up to you and totally optional.
Schalk Neethling
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •It is truly interesting to compare web.archive.org/web/2025011914โฆ with support.google.com/youtube/ansโฆ
Do they not know that this service exists?
Hate speech policy - YouTube Help
web.archive.orgFedi.Video
in reply to Schalk Neethling • • •@schalkneethling
Considering this particular service went down just before the US elections last year due to an attack, guessing that at least some people don't like it existing and bringing up what they said before.
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodonโข
Unknown parent • • •Fedi.Video
Unknown parent • • •It's a long story but basically don't use the app. The rules on app stores aren't suitable for federated networks and have made it very difficult for PeerTube to make an app store app that gets approved.
I'd highly recommend using a server's website and then installing it as a web app, this will give you full access to all the features and bypass the app store restrictions completely. Here's how to install web apps: fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-aโฆ
How to install Web Apps for Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips โ An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tipsRobert Kingett
Unknown parent • • •Jargoggles
in reply to Fedi.Video • • •@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
Go figure. All of us saying that these huge corporations that made token displays of support for the LGBTQ+ community would completely change their tune the second it became more profitable to do so were right all along.
This is why corporations should have *never* been allowed at Pride. That debate had better be fucking settled once and for all at this point.
ChrisDouris
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in reply to Fedi.Video • • •IBRAHIM ABDEL
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