I set up a peertube instance last night!
It can be found at https://bolitoglossa.com
The name of Bolitoglossa comes from the genus of the mushroom-tongued salamanders, which are arguably some of the coolest salamanders out there. I’ve modified the style CSS to match the style of mander.xyz and to give it what I think is a clenar look, feedback is welcome.
In my opinion, what the ecosystem needs is more ‘regular’ videos, similar to old-style youtube. Video blogs, amateur tutorials, home experiments, videos about a birds eating food in the backyard - simple content that anyone can share. Things to make people engage with each other through video. So I will moderate the instance with this view in mind - most topics are allowed, but NSFW, hate speech, and misleadingly dangerous content will be removed.
As of now I have the registration unrestricted and a 20GB daily upload limit. If I run into problems with these settings I will adjust accordingly in response.
The data is stored on an SSD that I physically own. I will leave the instance running indefinitely, but if for any reason I have to take it down I will do my best to give a fair warning and I will try to make sure the owners can keep their videos. But as an amateur self-hoster I am not able to make stronger guarantees.
Feel free to use this instance to upload content, or ask me questions about how to set up your own.
One of the nice things about the fediverse is that different communities can have different standards and as long as nobody gets banhappy or instance block happy we can coexist.
Different admins are going to have different levels that they are comfortable with. I see people using my instances to be a jerk, and I don’t like it but I tolerate it. On the other hand, one time I saw an isis video end up on one of my instances, pretty sure that’s crossed the line for me. On the other hand, my peer tube has a whole bunch of commercial videos that I don’t particularly like but I allow because I’m not their dad, I don’t need to condone every thing I see and the user is playing nice otherwise.
Yeah, it is a balancing act. With regards to federation I am a lot more open. The line to block another instance is a lot farther - I’ve never even considered blocking an instance yet on here.