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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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I would not recommend using tilvids.com. They do not federate with anyone and do not have global search enabled, which means search only shows videos from tilvids.com. It is however, possible to follow channels from tilvids.com from other platforms (instances).

Simply copy the link from tilvids.com and paste it into the search bar of an instance that has global search enabled.

Platforms can also follow channels directly from tilvids and the videos will show up on said platform.

Discoverability can be a bit finicky on PeerTube. Especially if you don't know how to fine tune the filters.

If you take a look at this list: https://peertube.wtf/home and this one https://lemmy.wtf/post/15810205, you'll see that there's plenty of content creators to follow. I discover new ones almost every day.

There really isn't any other big content creators on PeerTube, other than The Linux Experiment, but if you wanna see your favorite creator on PeerTube, ask them.

If you are looking for a platform (instance) to register on, I recommend looking at this list: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15816115

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Simply copy the link from tilvids.com

...what link?

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Veronica explains is one channel I always enjoys (if you like Linux).

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 hours ago

She is on her own instance now

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I just rejoined PeerTube after I had a quick look years ago, and it's gotten way better since then, actually. I found out Space Quest Historian is on it, too!

But yeah, discoverability isn't good. Lack of an algorithm also makes bingewatching impossible - for better and worse, I guess.

As you linked them, I'd also recommend peertube.wtf - they even reacted very quickly when I reported a transphobic german conspiracy channel/server.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That's my instance! :D

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Excellent instance!

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

Oh :D

Well, you are doing a great job, and I like what I have seen so far! Keep up the good work!