Hello! Im Trying out peertube and have some unanswered questions. Iv been having some troubles figuring out how to use that platform. One problem is that it takes much time to find an instance with open registration. But its Ok, not a big problem.
So I registered, but what is happening? Where is content from other instances? I cannot simply find my fav channels from other instances just by typing the name. But if you try to search with @channel@instance.name it surprisingly works. Well, may be my channel should be visible from other instances, right? Looks like not either.
But its not completely broken, some channels visible from X instance on Z instance, but on the other side Z channels on X instance undiscoverable.
Each instance also has different tranding and discover pages, which looks weird to me.
In other words, how do we know as content creators, if our channels can be discovered from other instances? And its not just about using Sepia Search (that only works if user knows what they are searching), but also displaying content on different instances in “Tranding”, “Discover” and “Recently added” pages.
Another concern is about privacy.
We all know about P2P, and that when you connect to peers you reveal your IP address. How peertube protects users from stealing leaking their IP addresses?
Thank you! :3
You can disable P2P.
You will only see content from other instances, if your instance federates with them.
However, some instances allow “global search”, which means you can practically find everything through search, from all the other instances.
It’s also possible to subscribe to channels from other instances, even though your instance does not federate with said instance.
If you go to the About > Network page, you can see which instances is federated with yours.
This is how the settings look like for a PeerTube admin, regarding global search and subscribing to remote channels:
Thank you for respond. But how do i know if instance supports “global search”?
I think if you start typing in text to the search bar, it slides out and gives you the options to either search locally or globally.
Look for this, under the about page of the instance.