Now John Oliver is promoting alternatives!tive
Now John Oliver is promoting alternatives!tive


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 :)
Fuck BlueSky, they are full of shit.
Signal is centralized in the US.
4 0 ReplyJohn Oliver's the GOAT, along with Jon Stewart.
45 0 ReplyJon Stewart and the daily show forged many legends
4 0 ReplyJohn Goodman, John Candy, John F. Kennedy, John C. Reilly, John Denver. Trust in the Jo(h)ns..
17 0 ReplyDon't forget John Green!
5 0 ReplyJohn Wick?
11 0 ReplyThat’s a lot of John son.
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His videos are uploaded on PeerTube as well. I don’t know if his team is doing it or a fan. lastweektonight_channel@tube.fede.re
54 0 ReplyIt says its an unofficial mirror
7 0 Replygiven that the name contains "(unofficial mirror)", I'm willing to take a guess
38 0 ReplyIs there a Roku client for PeerTube?
2 0 ReplyLooks like there is one PeerVue as per the following link:
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This might actually be kind of huge. Doesn’t he have a pretty big outreach?
56 0 ReplyHe did that a month ago: https://feddit.nl/post/29282674
37 0 ReplyOh, so it didn’t do that much then. Oh well, still good exposure!
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That was nice of him
52 0 Replyisn't this that skibidi biden guy
2 0 ReplyPixelfed is growing fast.
A few months ago, it was like me and six other losers. It's great to see!
17 0 ReplyWhat does it do? Is it a direct alternative for something?
1 0 ReplyHere's my profile to get the gist
The landing page is terrible.
2 0 ReplyIt's an alternative to Instagram
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Signal? Does it have channels like Telegram?
5 0 ReplyYes, but a cabinet level government official has to add you
38 0 ReplySo it’s pretty easy to get in.
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Signal is more like snapchat with people you know. With its stories.
4 0 ReplyWhatsApp. It's a direct WhatsApp clone.
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