Nick
March 1, 2026, 2:33pm
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Other issues/opportunity for cooperation I see:Many Pirate PeerTube, as well as Mastodon servers are unmaintained and/or out-of-date.
Status PeerTube:
Last month Version v8.0.2 got released.
Ideas PeerTube :
While we could again take this up each on our own I see opportunities for synergies, although with some caveats.
Having a well working video server generally speaking is a good idea, that way we dont have to host on YT or other platforms (potentially with other downsides when embedding to our web sites etc)
Making them Federate is just an overall improvement, lots of content can be interesting not just on our web pages, but also for a wider audience. Being able to follow, comment, share and like our video channels would therefore be nice.
Although I see some issues when maintaining one unified VoD platform:
We might see a bloat of disc space usage, and whoever hosts the server might face a lot of costs.
Therefore it should obviously be invite only, no public user registration, which could add friction that prevents local party branches from using it. Thereby defeating the point a bit.
Which is why it might be better for now if most Pirate Parties handle their own server, although I personally would be open to cooperation.
Status Mastodon:
Who
What
Version
About - Piraten (nonofficial PPDE)This community server will be phased out next month(potentially migrated)
v4.5.7
About - Piratenpartei.AT-Mastodon While it seems to be somewhat maintained, the description is lacking
v4.5.5
About - Mastodon - PiratesBE (PPFR)While it seems to be maintained and active, interestingly enough the PPBE (admin) account hasnt posted for 2 years
v4.5.3+glitch
About - Mastodon - Parti Pirate While the server is active, its lacking a bit behind with updates and the About section still has a WIP marker, linking to a thread from 2022
v4.2.17
I actually expected the situation here to be much worse,
Ideas Mastodon:
My initial idea was similar to the question of @boiert , but seeing how most are somewhat maintained I think for now we should focus on PeerTube and having some Fediverse presence of the PPEU in general(aka an PPEU Account).