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<p>Gave up on <a href="/tags/loops/" rel="tag">#Loops</a>. Signal-to-noise ratio fell through the floor lately. So much noisy crap and attention-seeking tiktok cross-posts. Not the heartfelt video forum I was hoping for.</p><p>Thinking about starting a <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#Peertube</a> account somewhere for infrequent uploading.</p><p>Any suggestions on instances?</p>
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<p>đș PeerTube Co-op FAQ: Building a Member-Owned Alternative to YouTube</p><p>The future of video doesnât belong to platforms. It belongs to people.</p><p>Weâre building a PeerTube co-op: a member-owned, democratically governed video platform based in BC. No algorithms deciding what matters. No corporate choke points. No waiting for permission.</p><p>This is about taking control of the infrastructure, the governance, and the cultureâand doing it together.</p><p>Why a co-op?</p><p>Because co-ops give people ownership, governance rights, and collective resilience. Instead of handing data and control to a platform, members pool resources, share decision-making, and shape policies together.</p><p>BC has a strong legal framework for co-operatives, which makes it a natural place to explore this seriously.</p><p>Why PeerTube?</p><p>PeerTube is federated, open-source, and already battle-tested as a decentralized alternative to YouTube. Itâs not perfectâbut it provides a solid foundation for a co-op structure to build on top of.</p><p>The idea is to pair federated tech with co-operative governance, so neither corporate control nor a single admin dictates the rules.</p><p>Whoâs behind this?</p><p>Right now, this is being organized by me (<a href="https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet" rel="nofollow">@atomicpoet</a>) and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Crissy" rel="nofollow">@Crissy</a>, along with a growing group of interested folks: creators, privacy advocates, security experts, and co-op thinkers from around the world.</p><p>Weâre still earlyâthink founding conversations, not bylaws and board elections. But the energy is real.</p><p>How much does it cost to join?</p><p>What follows is the proposed model, not something set in stone. The final structure will be decided by the member-owners once the co-op is formed.</p><p>The idea is to keep membership affordable for individuals while ensuring the co-op is financially sustainable from the startâwith no ads, no data harvesting, and no outside investors. Just members pooling resources to run the platform together.</p><p>Base membership: C$5.95/month<br>Medium tier (10â100 GB/month): +C$3 â C$8.95/month<br>Heavy tier (100 GB+): +C$10 â C$15.95/month</p><p>At scale, with a typical user mix (80% base / 15% medium / 5% heavy), this works out to about C$6.90 per member per month, which comfortably covers hosting and operational costs.</p><p>Thereâs also a one-time buy-in of C$50, which funds initial setup (domain, CDN deposits, buffer) and helps keep the early months profitable without raising dues. When spread over the first year, thatâs roughly C$4.17/month in effective cost coverage.</p><p>What happens if the co-op grows faster than expected?</p><p>The financial and technical model is step-wise, not linear. As membership increases, transcoding nodes, storage/CDN tiers, and egress commitments scale at defined traffic thresholds.</p><p>The co-opâs development will unfold in three phases, with member-owners deciding collectively when to move from one to the next.</p><p>Do I need technical skills to participate?</p><p>No. Technical expertise is welcome but not required. Governance, policy, communications, creative, and community-building skills are just as valuable. Infrastructure will be professionally managed, with costs shared through dues.</p><p>Will the co-op run its own infrastructure or rely on third parties?</p><p>The proposal uses managed hosting as a baseline, scaling as membership grows. This provides reliability early on while retaining the ability to self-host more components later.</p><p>How will moderation work?</p><p>Moderation scales with user base and federation breadth:</p><p>Member reporting and rotating stewards handle first-line triage<br>Paid moderation begins once activity reaches 10â15+ hours/week<br>Budget estimates: up to C$270/month for ~100 users; part-time moderation (~C$1,755/month) for ~500 users</p><p>Will the instance federate with everyone or be selective?</p><p>The proposal starts with a curated allowlist of trusted instances to control load.</p><p>It will also:</p><p>Adopt shared blocklists as a baseline<br>Document defederation criteria and appeals to keep the process transparent</p><p>As membership grows, federation posture can be revisited by member-owners.</p><p>Whatâs the timeline for incorporation and launch?</p><p>Weâre not working toward rigid datesâweâre building deliberately, in three clear phases:</p><p>Phase 1: Formation and groundwork. Incorporation, drafting bylaws, establishing MVP infrastructure, and setting out the core policies (ToS, AUP, takedown).<br>Phase 2: Growth and refinement. Expanding membership, activating the hybrid pricing model, introducing stipends, and refining federation posture.<br>Phase 3: Maturity and expansion. Adding part-time moderation, building reserves and insurance, and exploring potential expansion into other Fediverse services.</p><p>Each phase builds on the last, and decisions about when to transition between them will be made collectively by member-owners.</p><p>What drives costs the most?</p><p>Egress and bandwidth dominate, not storage. P2P offload reduces egress as viewer concurrency rises, but outbound data remains the biggest expense.</p><p>How does the pricing hold up financially?</p><p>At as few as five members, the co-op becomes cash-flow positive, and margins scale significantly with growth.</p><p>100 members â estimated monthly surplus C$587<br>1,000 members â estimated monthly surplus C$6,870</p><p>Iâve never been in a co-op before. Will there be guidance?</p><p>Yes. The initial bylaws and governance structure will include clear documentation. New members will be onboarded through AGMs, published policies, and transparent reporting, as required under BC Co-operative Association law.</p><p>Will you use open-source tools for internal communications?</p><p>That will ultimately be up to the member-owners to decide collectively.</p><p>For now, tools like Google Docs are being used temporarily to get everyone aligned quickly. Yes, the irony isnât lostâitâs like holding a union meeting in Jeff Bezosâ living room. But this is just to get the ball rolling, not a long-term choice.</p><p>How will governance work?</p><p>Weâre still defining this collectively, but the plan is to follow BC co-op regulations while ensuring member governance is meaningful, not symbolic. Expect conversations around:</p><p>Founding member structure<br>Board or steering committee setup<br>Decision-making processes<br>Transparency and accountability measures</p><p>Iâm not a PeerTube user, but Iâm interested in the co-op structure. Is that relevant?</p><p>Yesâvery. Some participants are here primarily because theyâre passionate about co-operatives, not necessarily PeerTube. That expertise will be crucial for getting the legal, organizational, and governance frameworks right.</p><p>Will non-members be able to watch videos?</p><p>Yes. As with most PeerTube instances, most viewing will be public, but uploading and policy decisions are reserved for member-owners. The co-opâs primary responsibility is to its members, while still providing an open and accessible platform for viewers.</p><p>What will the co-op be called?</p><p>The official name and branding will be chosen collectively by the founding member-owners after incorporation.</p><p>How do I get involved or stay informed?</p><p>The next step will be setting up an initial coordination space (on open-source infrastructure, if members choose that path) to keep everyone looped in and start shaping this together.</p><p>If you want to be kept informed, reach out privately or share your email so you can be included when that happens.</p><p>Isnât this ambitious?</p><p>Yes. But the response so far has been incredible. The mix of skills and motivations showing up this earlyâtechnical, organizational, privacy, culturalâis exactly whatâs needed to make something real.</p><p>đ Closing Thought</p><p>This is still early days. But somethingâs formingâa group of people who see the cracks in the platform world and want to build something better, together.</p><p>If that resonates with you, youâre welcome here.</p><p><a href="/tags/peertubecoop/" rel="tag">#PeerTubeCoop</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/cooperative/" rel="tag">#Cooperative</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://atomicpoet.org/objects/2289eb47-0f39-463d-a056-8568e12e70f3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="atomicpoet.org/objects/2289eb47-0f39-463d-a056-8568e12e70f3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">atomicpoet.org/objects/2289eb4</span><span class="invisible">7-0f39-463d-a056-8568e12e70f3</span></a></p>
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<p>finished playing <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.kevga.de/game/0UI1XnPrYtCGb2Q6Ijbfik" rel="nofollow">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition</a> đđđđđ <br>The video game I have spent more time with than any other. It is showing its age these days, but no doubt I will visit it again some day.</p><p>In fact, I am contemplating a "Let's Play <a href="/tags/skyrim/" rel="tag">#Skyrim</a> with a Folklorist" stream on <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> ...<br></p>
<p>I have released my latest song and video. It's available on my PeerTube site. Enjoy and please boost it if you like it!</p><p>"Down Down Down"</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/rBGqmzt8CKA659kdbe8tTz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/rBGqmzt8CKA659kdbe8tTz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/rBGqmzt</span><span class="invisible">8CKA659kdbe8tTz</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/newmusic/" rel="tag">#NewMusic</a> <a href="/tags/tunetuesday/" rel="tag">#TuneTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/guitar/" rel="tag">#guitar</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a></p>
<p>Und das sind die verschiedenen Marken von <a href="/tags/heise/" rel="tag">#heise</a> auf <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>:</p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/collections/116855552752651763" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="social.heise.de/collections/116855552752651763"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.heise.de/collections/11</span><span class="invisible">6855552752651763</span></a> </p><p>Abonnieren kann man hier aber auch unsere Accounts auf <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#Peertube</a>: <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/c/ct_3003/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/c/ct_3003', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/video-channels/ct_3003', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ct_3003</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/ct_uplink/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/ct_uplink', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/ct_uplink', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ct_uplink</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/heise_ct/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/heise_ct', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/heise_ct', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heise_ct</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/makemagazinde/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/makemagazinde', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/makemagazinde', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>makemagazinde</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/hakendran/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/hakendran', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/hakendran', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hakendran</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/ct_phasenlage/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/ct_phasenlage', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/ct_phasenlage', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ct_phasenlage</span></a></span> </p><p>Oder fĂŒr einfach alle Videos:<br><span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/peertube/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/a/peertube', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://peertube.heise.de/accounts/peertube', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peertube</span></a></span> </p><p>Und dann natĂŒrlich noch Botti <img src="https://neodb.kevga.de/media/emoji/social.heise.de/botti.webp" class="emoji" alt=":botti:" title=":botti:"><br>đđ» <span class="h-card"><a href="https://federation.network/@heiseBotti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heiseBotti</span></a></span> đđ»</p><p><a href="/tags/followfriday/" rel="tag">#FollowFriday</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/it/" rel="tag">#IT</a></p>