N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere

N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere(nhpr.org)

21 points by foxhound6 5 years ago | 5 comments

Is there a video streaming service that has at least a limited form of moderation besides YouTube?

Ignoring politics, YouTube needs competition because its algorithms suck and remove uncontroversial videos, and Google support sucks so they don't get re-instated.

But an alternative platform needs moderation, at least for the practical reason that otherwise it gets over-loaded by trolls. Even if you believe in radical unconditional free speech, it's in your benefit to at least hide the provocative videos from your front page. If you really want to encourage free expression, you ultimately need to be friendly or you'll scare people away.

stevenicr 5 years ago | |

I agree, and what I've been chalking up ideas for is a set of 'bouncer-bots' - that people can employ - maybe a browser extension may part of the platform if that platform choosing to add 'filter by bouncer bots - list saved in account' or something.

This way you can have different filtering for different people - and the bots would be open and forkable - public discussion about them open - like the adblock lists maybe?

people would likely make easy choices - take the popular pg-13 bot - but you could clone it and remove keywords or top level urls from it to open up certain subjects that others might want buried.

More on this idea - open to other's thoughts to hone it - need to blog it instead of commenting about it when these things come up I guess, to be more thorough and collate comments for ideas to enhance.

klyrs 5 years ago |

I can't help but wonder how long this will last before their host / ISP refuses to do business with them. But I think the more interesting story here is the latter half,

> Another part of the company’s anti-establishment model is the creation of its own cryptocurrency.

> On YouTube, popular video-makers earn U.S. dollars. On Odysee, content creators earn LBRY Credits, which are digital tokens. Users can spend them on the website, as well as other apps, while investors can buy or sell the token on third-party exchange sites.

> That’s caught the eye of federal regulators. In March, the SEC filed a lawsuit against LBRY, alleging that the company sold big batches of its tokens to institutional investors and venture capitalists. The agency says LBRY is treating the cryptocurrency as a security - almost like a stock - but failed to register it.

sthnblllII 5 years ago | |

At present, the Commission leaves crypto entrepreneurs few good options: a) create a functioning platform with a native currency and wait for a dreaded SEC inquiry; b) go through a costly registration or qualification process with perpetual reporting obligations and annual six-to-seven-figure compliance costs; or c.) move to a different jurisdiction and don’t sell tokens to U.S. citizens.

https://cei.org/blog/lbry-cryptocurrency-prosecution-shows-s...

Not using YouTube is an act of political revolution against the United States government. People need to stop lightly crossing the ADL and SPLC's censorship regime and thinking they can get away with it without removing the corrupt oligarchs currently in power in the United States.

retox 5 years ago |

It's Odysee/LBRY