If you're starting a brand new account on a Fediverse server, it's not a good idea to post lots of content before you have followers.
The only people who can see your posts on the Fediverse are those on your server, those on other servers which have at least one person following you, or those who see your post shared.
If you post all your best content up front on a brand new account with no followers, no one outside your server will be able to see it. Even if they follow you later, the posts you made before that will not be visible to them, because Fedi platforms don't backfill old posts on accounts you follow.
It's much better to gradually add content as your follower numbers grow.
You only need one follower from a server in order for everyone on that server to see your post. Even if you only have a dozen followers, that's up to 12 other servers that can see what you post.
(Sorry for repost, I phrased original post really badly!)
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I wouldn't say nobody can see your best stuff even with 0/followers ...
- People browse from other users / other followers
- They go from your website (if you have one)
- You can 'get' viewers / followers from mentioning it on a post in Mastodon
- and other ways
And even those following are following 10/100's of people so probably don't see your post UNLESS they press FOLLOW *AND NOTIFICATION BELL*
So there is a bit of balancing there, so you could decide if you add 10 best videos that might be better than adding 2 and waiting or thinking people will bookmark you / add to favourites / subscribe + notification etc.
If you put about 10 video (for example) instead of just 2 I think there is a difference and people might leave and not see the point or not see what you're about...
But yeah I get the whole as you go thing... but I think probably giving your best... is best...
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Add videos mostly with yourself in mind because
- PeerTube doesn't have that many users ( some do browse )
- Mastodon doesn't have that many active users
- but in combination + your website + actively being in conversations and recommending relative links
THEN you can get moving with freedom or whatever it is you do and are aiming for :D
I would also recommend PeerTube only as giving a sample or indicator of your material if you are not producing your own stuff.
Obvious TV series of stuff or general crap you can just put on your server or download place / remote storage / kinda dropbox but better (forgot name) / FTP... because the names of file will be self-evident and the whole hassle of NAMING, ADDING DETAIL is a PeerTube waste of time...
Directory of downloads / listings / FTP filenames are good enough for most obvious material...
I think the whole streaming thing is a power drain and duplicates copies at different resolution... so unless it's truly your stuff your want to display and rare or something then just a sample of your stuff will do and not just uploading copies of commercial stuff found on youtube and elsewhere
If you're worried about YouTube then try filtering ads and tracking via yewtu.be and many other filters
The whole streaming thing is too much of a luxury and needs moderation and advice on it's usefulness and why else it gets very expensive (hosting and energy and time typing all the filenames!).
