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I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good (ani.social)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When I tried it in the past, I kinda didn't take it seriously because everything was confined to its instance, but now, there's full-featured global search and proper federation everywhere? Wow, I thought I heard there were some technical obstacles making it very unlikely, but now it's just there and works great! I asked ChatGPT and it says this feature was added 5 years ago! Really? I'm not sure how I didn't notice this sooner. Was it really there for so long? With flairs showing original instance where video comes from and everything?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

It did not, it was added 4 months ago, not 5 years ago:

Add SepiaSearch URL as default search index.

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v7.1.0

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In May 2020, Framasoft published a roadmap of the software for the later half of the year and created a fundraising campaign requiring €60,000 for aiding the development.[18] Five months later (in October 2020), PeerTube announced that they reached their fundraising goal of €60,000 after a €10,000 donation from Debian.[19][20] Throughout the later half of 2020, PeerTube has added features such as global search, improved playlists, and more moderation tools

End 2020, the meta-search engine Sepia Search was launched by Framasoft, allowing a global search on all PeerTube instances at once. As of 2021, Sepia Search covered close to 800 individual instances

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v2.3.0

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Sepia search is a cross-instance search engine, but it was never integrated into the actual Peertube UI until recently. Which made is extremely inconvenient. Pretty sure that is what OP was talking about.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If OP asked when global search was implemented the answer is 5 years ago. If they asked when SepiaSearch became the default index then sure, ChatGPT was wrong, but I'd bet they asked the first question

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If they asked when SepiaSearch became the default URL then sure

No one said anything about the default URL. It's the default search engine, as opposed to only searching locally.

I'd bet they asked the first question

now, there's full-featured global search and proper federation everywhere?

Agree to disagree, I suppose.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Add SepiaSearch URL as default search index

I updated my weird wording but.. you and they said something about the default [index] URL

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