Peertube instance to recommend to a group of people new to the platform?

I’m planning to introduce Peertube to a fairly large group of people who are new to the fediverse. Which instance is the best in terms of how easy it is to get an account and watch federated content as well as having something to discover locally?

I’m currently running TubeFree.org, backed by my public charity BT Free (btfree.org).

I do not agree you should put someone on the largest instance with the most reach. There’s a LOT of terrible shit out there. I personally set up a script that reaches out to certain servers I trust, gets their follows, and I follow them. I call it a chain of trust. I think Peertube is working towards implementing this as well.

But honestly, I think the best way, run your own. Or I’d be happy to help you set one up. That way you can have your community, you can pull things in from servers you want to federate with, etc. I honestly think small local communities that interconnect are the way to go. You control the content, you set your own rules, etc.

Thank you! How fast are new accounts generally accepted?

Running an instance is what I eventually want to do, but I don’t currently have good enough hardware for that.

Also, could you please share your script? I like the idea!

I try to do it within 24 hours, but I wait for folks to verify their accounts as well. It’d usually just me, so I have to do real life, but I get alerted and try to adoptive ASAP.

I’m a Small Social Specialist ( new title I’m testing out ) so I’m happy to help you install Peertube if/when you need.

If you’re running a Peertube you can use my public index generated from the script here: https://ptindex.btfree.org/

Here’s the script I created: https://git.btfree.org/BTFree/PTIndex

It’s not great, but it works. :-D