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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39653865

John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed

It's brief, around 25:15

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo


If you've been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.

Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they're excited about the idea. I've really enjoyed reading through them :)

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[โ€“] peaches@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

His videos are uploaded on PeerTube as well. I donโ€™t know if his team is doing it or a fan. lastweektonight_channel@tube.fede.re

[โ€“] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago

given that the name contains "(unofficial mirror)", I'm willing to take a guess

[โ€“] Lemgen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

It says its an unofficial mirror

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a Roku client for PeerTube?

[โ€“] peaches@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like there is one PeerVue as per the following link:

PeerTube Third party applications

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Iโ€™ll check it out.

[โ€“] Parptarf@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might actually be kind of huge. Doesnโ€™t he have a pretty big outreach?

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Parptarf@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, so it didnโ€™t do that much then. Oh well, still good exposure!

Its like with normal advertisement. If you heard the name of it before, especially from a trustworthy source, then it instantly becomes more trustworthy to you. When people seriously start looking for alternatives, they will think back or try to find that episode again.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah the question is where does he personally have his social media? X, facebook, instagram by the looks of it?

I don't see him on mastodon

[โ€“] Parptarf@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Hmm. If people like himself were to start using Mastodon and Pixelfed, there would be a bigger increase of users for sure.

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

John Oliver's the GOAT, along with Jon Stewart.

[โ€“] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

John Goodman, John Candy, John F. Kennedy, John C. Reilly, John Denver. Trust in the Jo(h)ns..

[โ€“] D_C@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I would trust him to watch my dogs.

[โ€“] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago

I don't know, man, his seems pretty dead.

Don't forget John Green!

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thatโ€™s a lot of John son.

Johnson had a big johnson

[โ€“] harmsy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be careful around anyone whose middle name is John, though. There's this one guy with stupid hair that ruins everything he touches. Heard he's in charge of a whole country now.

[โ€“] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Jon Stewart and the daily show forged many legends

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 56 points 1 year ago

That was nice of him

[โ€“] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pixelfed is growing fast.

A few months ago, it was like me and six other losers. It's great to see!

[โ€“] letzlo@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What does it do? Is it a direct alternative for something?

[โ€“] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

It's an alternative to Instagram

[โ€“] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Here's my profile to get the gist

The landing page is terrible.

[โ€“] MemmingenFan923@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think discussion forum type apps are just niche by default. Reddit never courted the masses, it was a site for geeks (and now it's being turned into a site for the fedoraรจd clientele exclusively). And despite what Facebook hoped, Threads isn't exactly a household name.

[โ€“] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Threads

Oh right, that exists

[โ€“] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Signal? Does it have channels like Telegram?

[โ€“] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but a cabinet level government official has to add you

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago

So itโ€™s pretty easy to get in.

[โ€“] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now if only he promoted XMPP as well

[โ€“] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck BlueSky, they are full of shit.

Signal is centralized in the US.