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Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it'd be the following:

  • LinkedIn
  • Meetup
  • Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

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[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

youtube would be a big one.

big creators could run a bot which just uploads their videos on it.

although monetization would be a difficult one, FOSS users aren't fond of subscriptions. (at least that's my impression)

made even worse by the insane costs of video hosting/streaming.

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

For youtube there is peertube. A big instance it TilVids. It integrates very well with Mastodon!

It supports videos and live streaming, and uses webtorrent (bittorrent over webrtc) to reduce the bandwidth costs of the server.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is there any way to be able to search in all peertube instances at once in the search bar like in Lemmy, rather than having to access each instance separately?

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Gitlab. It isn't a social network but federating instances could be really powerful if done right.

[–] diaruemnus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

GitLab is working on federation last I checked.

[–] AnnaPlusPlus@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

I think Gitea is working on this, but I have no idea what the current status is

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't think we could get something as fully featured as GitLab to be federated but a semi-social and distributed code host would be cool. I think there are such things on Tor or I2P networks.

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub -1 points 7 months ago