After I shared this great new Mastodon promotion video by @_elena, I am seeing quite many replies stating that her sharing it on YouTube is bad, because YouTube is evil.

YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users (yes billions), so if we are to get more people to join Mastodon, that is the perfect place inform people.

You do not catch more fish by fishing inside your own boat.
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Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:

Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING short film, which explains why people should quit the fascist social networks and come join us in the fediverse.

Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!

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in reply to Randahl Fink

Le sigh. You are also falling into the trap of "negativity sells"? Ignore those voices and just add that it was originally distributed on PeerTube and we, the #Fediverse, focus on the message and not the tool. Elena knows about all of this. She published first on PeerTube, added Vimeo as alternative and now added YouTube too. And she is right. Audience beats fundamentalism. And PeerTube is growing and the better way. If using YouTube to promote the #Fediverse helps, wonderful!