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> where they don’t have enough pull to bootstrap an alternative

Maybe I'm thinking too easy, but what about self-hosting. Some "all inclusive" hosting with Hugo or whatever static page builder you like.

That should be enough to get your content out to the masses.

Throw in Disqus if you really need to, set up an RSS feed and a newsletter and let's go.



Congratulations! You've solved the easiest part.

Now get back to us in 5 years, when you'll have managed to build a comparable audience just by using SEO.


Wait. Is building an audience using SEO supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing?


It's neither, it's just not a trivial undertaking.


But is it really necessary in the scale that YouTube does it? Or would word-of-mouth (and light SEO) take you far enough to reach your audience?


The fact that 95% of indie video creators are on YouTube (or their ilk, like Instagram or TikTok) seems to be answering your question.


For video hosting I'd go with Peertube.


No!

These networks, no matter how they work under the hood, are obviously the problem, as they are single points of failure.

Run your own stuff. Most channels will not have enough visitors/viewers to kill a shared webhosting package, so there's no big deal in doing this on your own.


Peertube is tube site software that you can run yourself. It is a way to run your own stuff.

https://joinpeertube.org/


Curious how does the network deal with adult or censored content? If self-hosting does one need to join the network?


So "the network" in context of sites like Facebook or YouTube is a fancy marketing term for "the website." Peertube servers actually federate, so there is actually a network there.

You don't have to federate. As host, you can host whatever you want (you are of course subject to laws in the country you're hosting in) and censor whatever you want on your server. You can basically do anything you want.

If you host adult content like pornography it is very likely the larger federation will not federate with your server, and for adult content that isn't pornographic in nature it is probably best to require content warnings.




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