#elefedivideos — Public Fediverse posts

Update: I just shared the Italian version of the Fedi promo video with my parents. (I hadn’t dared send them the English one because they would not have understood a thing).

My mamma had the most mom-like response (see screenshot). Now awaiting a bullet point rebuttal by dad 😆

I also plan to quiz them tomorrow: “so what is the Fediverse?”

#Italian #Fediverse #Italiani #EleFediVideos

Dear Fedi friends,

You asked for it and here it is: an #Italian version of my Fedi promo video:

https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverso-video/

Or as I like to think about it: a video about the #Fediverse that even my non-techie mom would understand.

I hope you'll find this useful in spreading the word about the Fediverse with your Italian friends and family.

Alas these are all the languages I speak (Italian, French, English) but there are other foreign versions by volunteers coming soon.

#EleFediVideos

Buongiorno amici del Fediverso! Hello Fedi friends!

I hope you had a nice weekend.

I'm currently doing the sound mix of the Italian voice-over of my Fedi promo video.

I used to hate listening to recordings of my voice, but after endless hours of rewatching the English version and the French one, I'm now totally ok with that 😅

Routine reminder that on Friday I published the French VO of the Fedi video. It's here: https://news.elenarossini.com/fedivers-video/

Italian version coming shortly 🇮🇹

#EleFediVideos

Good rule of thumb: don't spend your hard-earned time on any social platforms that do not have end users like @_elena creating videos like this about them. :fediverse: Very worth viewing and sharing:

https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01JXCDST00FXKN9KCAQJ1QCMRJ

#EleFediVideos. cc: @fediversenews

Awesome introduction video to the Fediverse for non-techies. Let’s spread this on other platforms. #elefedivideos

https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

Personal messages are out.

For those who come late:

Here is the link to elenas much expected and awesome Fediverse promo film:

https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01JXCDST00FXKN9KCAQJ1QCMRJ

This is also relevant for #SaveSocial

#EleFediVideos #TheFutureIsFederated

@j12t

If you star ⭐ this #ServicePost here you will get an automated personal message with the public link to @_elena|s Fediverse promo film which just premiered at
#FediForum.

Quote: "Tuesday it is!" 🤩

PS: Boosting this post will help to spread the video. :BoostOK:

#EleFediVideos

#FediForum premiere for my Fediverse promo film = done.

How did it go? So well that I've been fighting back tears for the past half hour.

Getting such warm, positive comments from builders and champions of the fediverse is EVERYTHING ❤️ Thank you @j12t for this opportunity.

I'm almost tempted to "deploy on a Friday" and share the link to the video now 😅 But nah, I know better. Tuesday it is! (Monday is a public holiday here)

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

#EleFediVideos

Oh no I just got some bad news: Monday is a public holiday in France; my daughter's pre-school will be closed. So I will have to wait till Tuesday to release the Fedi promo video on my site 😭

Launching it on a public holiday is the same thing as deploying software updates on a Friday afternoon.

How much time to work will I have on Monday? 0 minutes. And I want to be on top of things in case there are any issues... and respond to people's feedback.

So Tuesday morning? 🥲

#EleFediVideos

Update: we officially have Danish and Swedish subtitles too, thanks to the generous help of @fritjof (for 🇩🇰 ) and @ainali (for 🇸🇪 ).

Korean and Dutch subs on the way!

This community is truly the BEST ❤️

#EleFediVideos

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 171 (brainstorming edition) 🤔​

Good morning Fedi friends!

As I prep the launch of my Fediverse intro video (premiering this afternoon at #FediForum, then widely on Monday) I have a new plan to mitigate traffic surges and potential issues to my VPS.

I'd love your advice / feedback about my plan. You always have such smart insights.

Some background info that's relevant:

Remember how a few months ago the "Mastodon Hug of Death" would take my VPS offline within seconds of sharing a link to a new post (on my self-hosted Ghost blog)? The issue was so bad I had to turn the blog private till I had solid caching in place. Varnish cache solved this.

Problem is, my PeerTube is on another VPS that doesn't have Varnish... and I'm scared that direct links to my PeerTube video page from Mastodon would freeze or take offline the whole VPS. Not so much for the streaming per se - PeerTube has P2P functionalities that share bandwidth - but more for having hundreds / thousands of servers trying to fetch the video's cover image.

So, my plan:

Publishing the video as UNLISTED on my PeerTube (so that nobody has a direct link to it) and then embedding it in a blog post on my Ghost blog... so that when people share that link from Mastodon, Varnish will do its magic... the cover image from the video won't be affected because Mastodon will fetch the cover image of the BLOG post. Then I would let #PeerTube's P2P do its magic.

Thoughts?

Thank you in advance 🙏​

#MySoCalledSudoLife #EleFediVideos

Reason no. 756,392 why I LOVE the Fediverse:

An hour ago I posted a message asking for help, verifying the Italian and French translations of the subtitles of my Fedi promo video.

I got plenty of offers to help (including by a professional translator) PLUS brand new offers to have subs in Czech, Spanish and Portuguese.

I'm really touched by your generosity. I feel like I'm George Bailey in the final scene of "It's a Wonderful Life". I'm SO GRATEFUL for the love and support! ❤️

#EleFediVideos

Please move along, nothing to see here 🙈

But yes I just uploaded my Fediverse promo video to my self-hosted #PeerTube in case tomorrow I encounter technical glitches and need to share a link. The video is set to private (for now!), I will change its status to public on Monday. Sooo excited, it's finally happeniiiiiing.

Thank you @samaaberg @TheLifeofTarzan for your help with this!

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🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 170 (studying edition) 🎒​

Hello Fedi friends!

This account will hopefully revert back to tales of self-hosting in a few days. My Fediverse promo video is 99% done and I'm currently working on English subtitles. Then: French and Italian.

Monday will be a stress test for my #PeerTube instance and how well it deals with concurrent viewers. It'd be fascinating to see its P2P functions at play. In the meantime I'm getting an education in PeerTube optimization.

Very excited about premiering the Fedi promo video at #FediForum tomorrow (I was about to type in a couple of days but ahhhhhhh it's tomorrow).

My first #FediForum last September felt like my personal SuperBowl, plus Christmas plus birthday rolled into one. It was such a fantastic event - truly energizing and heartwarming. It felt incredible to be in the same virtual room as people I had gotten to know in my year on the Fediverse... It was such a special special feeling.

I never imagined that at the following FediForum I'd be showcasing a video I had made to promote the Fediverse to people who are not familiar with it. Plus I have the tremendous honor of showing it right after @cwebber 's presentation. She's an absolute legend and icon, whom I admire tremendously, and I'm super honored to present right after her. Thank you @j12t 🙏​

So: premiere at FediForum tomorrow. Video upload on my self-hosted #PeerTube on Monday: @ele

Now: subtitles! And final tweaks.

Thanks for all the support and encouragement. I hope you will like the video, it's been a real labor of love ❤️​

#EleFediVideos #MySoCalledSudoLife

The fediverse promo video just had its first spectator: my 4-year-old. She came to sit on my lap while I was editing and asked: "can I watch your film?" It was the sweetest thing ever!!! (it's the first time I show her one of my films).

I skipped over the part about the dark side of Big Tech (no need for her to see the worst people in the world) but she didn't notice.

When we got to the last sequence - the screen is black because I haven't had time to do the mosaic of fediverse avatars (yet) - she asked me: "why isn't it finished?" Aw little one, if you only knew how long it takes to do a 4-second VFX sequence, LOL. Tomorrow! Tomorrow hopefully the first rough cut will be complete.

And sort of related: when I was researching my documentary The Illusionists one of the saddest things was reading about the commercialization of childhood. Like how preschoolers already recognize hundreds of brand logos. I've been super present in her life (taking a step back from filmmaking work) and tried to shield my little one from commercial culture. But a moment of pride was this morning. My little one sneaked up behind me while I was editing the fediverse promo video. I pointed to the screen and asked her: "who's that?" She replied enthusiastically: "mamma e Mastodon!" (she calls #Plushtodon "Mastodon"). I found that adorable. My little one at 4 has no idea about commercial brands but she recognizes the Mastodon mascot. I LOVE THAT.

Wishing everyone a great evening and pray for me there won't be any overnight surprises - aka I can sleep a full 8 hours and finally tackle the last VFX sequence. It will be moving to compile your avatars in a mosaic ❤️​

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Good morning Fedi friends!

#EleFediVideos status update: I'm almost done with a first pass of the motion graphics work.

I just finished a long sequence about the toxic side of Big Tech and I'm happy I'm now moving on to more positive things... namely: the mosaic of profile photos of YOU for the very last shot of the film ❤️

I've got 700+ responses and I only have spots for 135 pics, so sorry if I can't include everyone.

I'm off to play LEGOs with my little one for a quick break... ciao!

This has temporarily become a film production account 😅​

26 shots done – 10 to go for the first #EleFediVideos.

I'm currently doing 8 hours of motion graphics a day. Eyes are a little tired but I just reclaimed a dormant superpower (typical of film editors): being able to spot a mistake in a film frame aka 1/24th of a second. We have 🦅​ eyes

Hello Fedi friends!

I'm spending every second of free time creating motion graphics for my short film introducing the Fediverse to people not familiar with it. It's coming together nicely but it's so much work 😅

Once it's done, I will release the animations with a CC license that allows other creators to re-use them.

I feel bad I haven't been able to interact with you on here but I will be done soon(ish). Maybe for a release during #FediForum?

Wishing you all a lovely day! 🌞

#EleFediVideos

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 156 (busy bee edition) 🐝

Hello Fedi friends!

Sorry I've been a little quiet over here but any minute of free time I have (aka when my 4-year-old is in pre-school) I spend working on:

1) a promotional video for the Fediverse with my two amazing interns @samaaberg & @patel.riyen -> #EleFediVideos

2) a presentation about how I use #YunoHost for digital sovereignty - at an upcoming #FOSS conference

I just realized - oh the horror - that it's the first time in 5 months I've been skipping my Monday morning routine of #YunoHost manual backups. So this week I'll be doing it on a Thursday, aka right now 😅​

The Fediverse video is coming together really nicely and I cannot wait to share it on here (actually, on my self-hosted #PeerTube).

I'm infinitely grateful to the Fediverse for getting me back to filmmaking and motion graphics after a long hiatus. It feels amazing.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

#MySoCalledSudoLife

@_elena

I realized I replied from my other, less active, account previously rather than this one. You are free to use this one as well

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

@_elena

Not sure if you are looking for logos of small podcasts but feel free to use us if you are.

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

Hello Fedi friends!

Thank you for the outpouring of support to my latest post. 599 of you wrote in to consent to the use of your profile pic in my upcoming Fediverse promotional video. I’m really touched ❤️

And a little sad that Nicole the Fediverse chick didn’t chime in. No no just kidding I don’t wanna summon her and her bot farm 😆

Wishing you all a wonderful day!

#EleFediVideos

@_elena

OK with me

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

227 responses in two hours? Wow!!! Thank youuuu 🥰🥹

Huge thanks to @samaaberg in advance - who has to download the profile photos of people who said yes 😅

Apologies if I can’t thank each and every one of you individually. It’s definitely a “RIP my mentions” sort of day.

I’m really grateful for this community ❤️

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

Dear Fedi friends, I need your help!

We are working on motion graphics for the Fediverse promotional video... and we would love to do a sequence at the end with a mosaic of people's profile photos. For that, I need your consent.

If you'd like to have a small cameo in our video, can you let us know if we can use your profile pic?

Thanks! 🙏

Can you please boost this?

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

Hello Fedi friends!

Another day of editing and motion graphics ahead - powered by coffee 😅

The other day when we were filming the #EleFediVideos I got in trouble. We had a coffee cup as a prop and I lost count of how many espressos I drank. I think I went up to 7 that day! 😱

Well, I found a solution: I’m borrowing my daughter’s abacus and I’m placing it next to my coffee machine to keep track of how many coffees I’m having.

Wishing you all a lovely day! 🌞

Team meeting this morning to do some filming for #EleFediVideos & to discuss the next steps. An issue that came up beautifully illustrates the power of the #Fediverse & decentralized social media.

The 1st video introducing the Fediverse to people not familiar with it will discuss Silicon Valley's #Broligarchy.

#YouTube could take down the video if offended right wing people complain about it.

But if I upload the video to #PeerTube... who are you reporting the video to? To ME! I'm the admin 🤗

Hello Fedi friends!

I've been busy filming and doing motion graphics for my first Fediverse video. Things are going splendidly so far and I cannot wait to unveil it - target release date: May 29th.

Super thankful for the excellent work of my interns @samaaberg & @patel.riyen

Even if I hadn't done any motion graphics in 3+ years, it all came back instantaneously. I even remembered all the shortcuts right away 😅

Wishing you all a fantastic week!

#EleFediVideos

Good morning Fedi friends!

Here is a sneak peek at the #Fediverse video I've been working on with @samaaberg & @TheLifeofTarzan. I feel super lucky to be doing this with them: they are brilliant! ✨

It's the 1st time in my life I'm in front of the camera - thank you Sam & Riyen for your patience (I'm sooo uncomfortable being on screen) 😅

You'll notice in the video #Plushtodon has a cameo - along with awesome stickers by @andypiper @yunohost @Mastodon and @molly0xfff

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