Short-form video might in fact be the next frontier for federated media. The dev behind a popular photo-sharing platform is diving in headfirst.

The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He’s helping other projects in the space, too.

  • Omniraptor@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Peertube actually uses some pretty nifty p2p tech (not quite BitTorrent iirc but same principle) to mitigate load from popularity spikes.

    • small44@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What about how hard it is to have an account on any instance. Pwople can’t even comment on video without an account