On Thursday, 28 March 2024 15:56:30 CET frances.tait wrote: > Hello Paul, Hello Frances, > I=E2=80=99m delighted to say we are able to offer you the GCompris videos= to post on > your own channels after all, Great! Please note we have no real incentive to post KDAB's videos, beyond= =20 helping KDAB reach a bigger audience! > and apologise for the hiatus while we sorted > this out internally. That's fine. I understand how different departments may see things from dif= ferent=20 perspectives and things need sussing out. > At some point soon I will give you the link to the latest video like we d= id > last time, and look forward to seeing it on peer tube as well as YT. Me too. > As for your other points below (about us having an account there and a few > other things), we didn=E2=80=99t have time to address that yet, but will = consider. >=20 > In the meantime, have a great Easter break! Thanks! You too. Cheers Paul > All the best, >=20 > Frances >=20 > > On 25 Mar 2024, at 12:51, Paul Brown wrote: > >=20 > > On Monday, 25 March 2024 10:35:47 CET frances.tait wrote: > >> Hi Paul, > >>=20 > >> Thanks for your understanding. I will nonetheless run it by my folks > >> again > >> to see if =E2=80=98both=E2=80=99 is OK. > >>=20 > >> Just to be clear, as I understand it, we didn=E2=80=99t fear folk woul= d switch > >> from > >> YouTube to PeerTube, rather I think the hope was the other way around: > >> that > >> KDE folk would watch it on Youtube instead of PeerTube, so we=E2=80=99= d get the > >> extra views, as it=E2=80=99s unlikely PeerTube users would also watch = it on > >> Youtube. > >=20 > > That is correct. That said, audiences on PT are significantly smaller t= han > > on YT and, as I explain below, you will not move the needle in any > > significant way regardless of your decision. > >=20 > >> What=E2=80=99s your thoughts on that? Do you think we exclude folk fro= m seeing it > >> by sticking to YouTube? > >=20 > > Definitely. There are whole swathes of the Free Software Internet where > > links to YouTube are banned. And then there are the members of the publ= ic > > who will not watch YT out of principle, because of the invasion of > > privacy, the annoying ads, the terrible community, etc. > >=20 > > The way to reach that kind of audience is through platforms like PeerTu= be. > >=20 > > Conversely, people who follow you on YT are not suddenly going to jump = to=20 > > PT just because you post there too. They are on YT because of inertia, > > convenience, they follow more things, they have their own channels, it = is > > what they know, etc. > >=20 > > The idea that just because you post to PeerTube, you are suddenly going= to > > lose views on YT is not based on reality and not based on evidence eith= er, > > mainly because there is none. > >=20 > > I can say that posting to PeerTube is probably a smart PR move if you w= ant > > to ingratiate yourself with Free Software community members. Other > > communities don't care and will be fine with YT, but posting to PT shows > > awareness for the principles of many users and developers. It is a bit > > like adding vegan options to food served at an office party, or > > respecting other people's pronouns. > >=20 > > You already have a KDAB Mastodon account, the next step is to have a PT > > account and link both. (By the way, your KDAB Mastodon account is not > > verified. You should look into that). > >=20 > > As mentioned some time ago, I can set you up with a channel on the > > KDE-and- > > friends instance at https://tube.kockatoo.org . I can make it look > > similar to what you have on YT and make it so it virtually manages > > itself, as anything you post to YT will automatically be replicated on = PT > > without human intervention. > >=20 > > I can then hand you the keys and you do your thing and see insights on > > each > > video if you need it. Insights are not as comprehensive as on YT, but a= re > > probably enough for most needs (see attached screenshot). > >=20 > > Cheers > >=20 > > Paul > >=20 > >>> On 22 Mar 2024, at 19:58, Paul Brown wrote: > >>>=20 > >>> Our original idea was to be able to give you coverage on YT _AND_ > >>> PeerTube, > >>> adding coverage, not subtracting from it. Since it is highly unlikely > >>> that > >>> YouTube viewers will go out of the way to go to PeerTube to watch your > >>> videos we were not expecting this to affect negatively your viewing > >>> numbers -- and indeed it wouldn't have. > >>=20 > >> ---- > >>=20 > >> Frances Tait | frances.tait@kdab.com | Marketing and Partner relations > >> Klar=C3=A4lvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > >> Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322) > >> KDAB - Trusted Software Excellence >=20 > ---- >=20 > Frances Tait | frances.tait@kdab.com | Marketing and Partner relations > Klar=C3=A4lvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > Tel: Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322) > KDAB - Trusted Software Excellence =2D-=20 Promotion & Communication www: https://kde.org Mastodon: https://floss.social/@kde =46acebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kde