Re outreach and YouTubers

[Chris Were]

Thank you for the warm welcome, I can certainly provide links to my 
PeerTube content.

These are my tech videos on PeerTube
https://share.tube/video-channels/chrisweredigital/videos
and my full set of PeerTube content can be found at
https://share.tube/accounts/chriswere

I'm always happy to take feedback and suggestions - and thanks for your 
ideas in the last email.


On 2021-02-09 17:56, PJ vM wrote:
> On 2/9/21 5:59 PM, Chris Were wrote:
>> Hello Gemini mailing list,
>> My name's Chris Were and I run a small PeerTube/YouTube.
> 
> Could you give a link to your Peertube channel? If anyone on this list
> would want to give feedback on the Gemini content, I'm sure they would
> phrase it kindly (because hey, you're here talking on the list) and
> would send it privately.
> 
>> Please forgive any breach in protocol, I'm not used to mailing lists.
> 
> You're doing fine as far as I can tell.
> 
>> I noticed that YouTubers were mentioned as part of gemini outreach
>> and wanted to let you all know that I, for one, am incredibly
>> excited to be part of this growing community of talented individuals.
>> I'm no-where near as knowledgable as those on this list, but I'm
>> thoroughly enjoying learning about self-hosting and this amazing new
>> internet protocol.
> 
> That sounds great!
> 
>> I'm open to feedback as to how I might help grow the community, but I
>> also understand there's a degree of animosity about YouTubers. I'd
>> just like to say that I really hope to be a constructive community
>> member when it comes to gemini outreach and I'm sure speak others in
>> that sentiment. We may get things wrong, but I assure you all that
>> our hearts are in the right place.
> 
> Not sure whether there's animosity against YTers per se...? In any
> situation where you see someone explaining something when their
> experience with / understanding of it is smaller than yours, it is a 
> bit
> weird.
> 
> I think there's a general acceptance that people can and will discuss
> Gemini in any way they like, and that Gemini will become more widely
> known to some extent. There is some disagreement about how popular
> Gemini would ideally be, but at least I (and I hope most would agree)
> think the popularity of Gemini is something that we should let go as it
> goes.
> 
>> I'll be talking about gemini more on my channel, but I'd like to ask
>> the list; are there are any specific things you'd like people to
>> know, such as common misconceptions, or certain strengths gemini
>> has? Is there any misinformation about gemini out there you feel
>> might need correcting?
> 
> What metalune said, plus maybe the following two answers to common
> reactions if you encounter those reactions frequently:
> 
> - section 2.5 of the FAQ
> - to "But I would like to make things look nice": Gemini is focused on
> text content, and the idea is that rather than the author determining
> how they want readers to view it, the readers should determine how they
> want to view it; and as it's text content, a reader probably wants to
> view everything the same way.