Strypey@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz: Sure, now that Loops exists, it's probably the better choice for posting ephemeral microvideos, as part of a social conversation, like we do with text micro-posts. But Loops isn't constrained to this kind of social communication usage. It supports videos up to 3mins long, and people could just as easily use it to publish videos they might otherwise put on a YouTub channel. In the hopes they'll still be watched and valued many years hence.<br><br>(6/?)

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Strypey@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz (2026-04-15 07:03:48)
Now having given these software projects as examples, I want to make it clear I'm describing use patterns, either of which can be applied to any software.

After decades of blogging, I can't help thinking of what I do on Mastodon as publishing. I link to my old posts and dig through them to find stuff, just like I do on my blogs. Conversely someone could use PeerTube to do video blogging, auto-deleting their old posts after a while like people do with their micro-posting accounts.

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Strypey@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz (2026-04-15 07:16:24)
Sure, now that Loops exists, it's probably the better choice for posting ephemeral microvideos, as part of a social conversation, like we do with text micro-posts. But Loops isn't constrained to this kind of social communication usage. It supports videos up to 3mins long, and people could just as easily use it to publish videos they might otherwise put on a YouTub channel. In the hopes they'll still be watched and valued many years hence.

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Strypey@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz (2026-04-15 09:51:36)
Some of the considerations for social publishing services, that aren't so much of an issue for social communication services;

* persistence and responsible sunsetting

* storage and bandwidth costs

* accountable governance

* Bring Your Own Domain

To be clear, I'm not saying these things aren't helpful in communication services, they certainly are. They're just not as mission critical as they are in publishing services.

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