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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[–] Intergalactic@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just horrible discovery leading creators to abandon the platform.

[–] farcaster@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, that must be it. It's a real shame because the core technology seems to be solid. Streaming 1080p videos from other instances just works. But finding channels to follow seems impossible.

[–] prof_wafflez@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah that’s been my experience with most of the fediverse so far. It’s not going anywhere unless someone comes up with a solution to the discoverabilty problems.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I had the exact same experience including the videos you linked to. There was nothing to be found.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Which is silly because most instances will auto mirror your YouTube channel. Literally takes no effort to post to both.