Some platforms are more equal than others. I have not used Youtube for uploading too much, since the censorship is tight and they basically push ads to content they have not created. There are many alternatives, but choosing the right one is a difficult task.
A short wave video is very easy to put up in YT and it works in most platforms too, convenient but the rights are owned by the Alphabet. Now pushing the 2-phase authentication and banning people left and right, the future is pretty dark for the platform.
Another option is connected with Hive already, called Dtube. It has some minor issues still, but no lags and a possibility for IPFS is a big bonus. 3S is kind of a competitor, but the organization behind it is shady, to say the least. Also have mostly bad experiences with the developers, so preferring Dtube at the moment.
https://d.tube/v/debt1llus1on/tjq7pwbep60
Depending the Dapp used, the videos might automatically show up or seen as a link. Ecency and PeakD have some differences on integrations, for example. Since have not found the perfect solutions yet, most of the time goes in coding an all-round dapp with a spiritual approach.
A pretty fresh new video platform for Finnish audience is called Tokentube, which is almost uncensored and already videos gets more views, than in YT. So people are ready for alternatives, at least the ones who keep their eyes open.
https://tokentube.net/v/1643040636/Andaluusian-rannoilla
Perhaps one day the second version of Tokentube is based on p2p technology and new code language, PHP with thousands of lines of code is pretty impossible to fix. Have helped the owners with some bug reporting and users with problems, have the weird habit to see potential, which others tend to ignore.
A year ago I found Hive, half a year from that Tokentube started and recently found an awesome development platform Quasar. Based on Vue3 and the Composition API, making new interfaces is a breeze. With little prior JS skills it was really fast to learn the curve. So many built-in functions make writing the code less time-consuming and errors are quite easy to spot.
https://codesandbox.io/s/kissatesteja-l3j2f
Lets say money is created based on nothing at all, somehow it has value. Blockchain based on data and social interactions has limitless value, if we ignore the price tags for a while. Also when everything is open and free, the only limit the is human creativity!
Thanks for the insights on a couple of video sites. What do you think about BitTube (bittube.tv)? Is it worth looking into?
Proof of Work blockchains usually have the growing transfer fee issues, and mining requires certain hardware. So compared to Staking solutions it is hard to see bittube having a chance in open service markets. Not very familiar with the platform itself, or connections to exchanges etc.
One thing is the userbase, YT is still the most used, but Tokentube became the top Finnish video platform through a so-called bush-radio (puskaradio) method, where censored Ytubers started putting their material to Tokentube and the followers followed there.
So even there are variety of bugs and some random server issues, people do go where the interesting material can be found. A small community thing growing, which is a long-waited trend in Finland.
I agree on the PoW and don't understand why any social media kind of site would use it. Their roadmap does state that they are going to change to PoS or PoC (Proof of Capacity) at some point in time.
I once browsed the TokenTube when you mentioned it the last time. Maybe it's time to look at it again to see where it's going.