Has no one here heard of bitchute, odysee, rumble, brighteon? Come on man!

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It would be bad ass if we could archive SaidIt links to a YT to a PeerTube and/or Invidious thing that auto-discovered the alt-mirror links on other platforms.

Or perhaps have a registration service of sorts. Get all the content creators who are mirror-decentralizing to register their stuff so we can scrape the various data without having to download the videos - then present the aggregated links to the many options.

I'd like to suggest your new improved SaidIt but all of these features are not needed. Further, it seems to me that this might be a perfect use for a limited-feature decentralized Lemmy instance with a singular purpose: each sub is a dedicated feed for each content creator's channel. These feeds of course can be shared over the Fediverse, and that Lemmy can become a practical utilitarian hub aggregating mirrors. And when other people mirror the content on PeerTube, IPFS, etc etc etc they can add theirs in the archived feed lists (in bulk may require scripts and permissions). And there are more developers on Lemmy.

AltMediaMirrors.com or MirrorAltMedia.com ? = Lemmy for sharing mirrors of media.

Plus, there could be an auto feed of SaidIt posts on Lemmy with scripts running there to log stuff in need of mirroring or sorting or auto-finding mirrors (ie matching URLs) in the Lemmy database, then a bot can autopost the mirrors on SaidIt.

Lots of work. But perhaps it's a good enough idea to recruit help from other communities too - and thus bring in others and/or cross pollinate social circles.

If you think it's a good idea I can polish a better draft for Projex.

Thoughts?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Well right now someone could be manually making feeds/subs for particular creators. But I've never seen it done. I don't think there's any demand for something like this.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. If there was a demand you'd likely see it.

Obviously not a top priority, but as a new utility supporting alt-media, previously unimagined, a decentralized creators' content aggregator, I suspect it might be an exceptionally powerful tool. If widely adopted, it could potentially become the preferred way to "google your alt-media".

It could be a terrific boost to the Lemmy platform's popularity. Not only would it be a practical alternative to content creators having to build their own website and community (ie. CorbettReport.com, Viva.Barnes.Locals.com, etc), but it might even lure some existing content creators and their communities into migrating their former community platforms to Lemmy where they might be exposed to more people and the Fediverse.

IMO, this open database could be a great way for people to participate and keep up with their favourite content creators - and not lose any of their content for whatever reasons. Plus we could eventually build bridges to other platforms for auto-generated lists, etc. rather than hand generating them.

And, I think it would be a good example of how folks could potentially utilize a Lemmy instance in new ways. Sure there's the Reddit-style post+comments in communities or on topics, but folks could also use the feeds for blogging, publishing chapters, or keeping track of content creators AND their mirrors.

Alt-media mirrors may have been the catalyzing idea, but it seems like content-creator content feeds only would be ideal for a purpose driven Lemmy forum, as opposed to personal, community, or topical subs. More specifically, IMO, limiting the feeds/posts to audio/video creators might be in order. There are a few folks who cross over, like Corbett who creates videos and articles. Articles or other expressions are too common, and easily scraped or backed up.