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          In fact, the word “pagan” appears to be slightly derogatory, along the lines of “hillbilly” or “redneck.”

          The word “Celt” does not carry that kind of connotation, at least not in the word by itself.

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            The word “Celt” is largely meaningless. There were no such specific societal group as “Celts”.

            “Celts” refers to speakers of similar (though not the same) languages within a celtic language group which includes Gauls (Who became Germans), Celtiberians, who became Portuguese, the Gaels, who became the English and Irish, etc… etc…

            Saying that “Celts” are a society is like saying Peru, Argentina, Mexico, etc… are all one single people. (pro tip…they’re not)

            So no, “celt” isn’t derogatory, and it certainly isn’t a synonym for “druid”.

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              The Celts originally occupied the Iberian peninsula, Gaul, Germania, Ireland, and Britain. What we know of the Celts comes primarily from the Romans, since the Celts didn’t have a written language. What little bits of writing remain from the Celts was near the early Roman Empire, and in vulgar Latin.

              Of course, the Romans ultimately conquered a lot of those areas, into Britain up to about Hadrian’s Wall. I believe they semi-conquered Cornwall and Wales, to the extent that they “ruled” those areas, but still left them generally to their own devices. Only Wales really retained its relative independence, as is evidenced by the fact that Welsh still exists, while Cornish is barely holding on after having become extinct and then revived.

              The reason I compared “pagan” to “hillbilly” and “redneck” is because plenty of people wear those names with pride, too, even while many other people continue to use them in derogatory ways.

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    5 months ago

    I wish PeerTube was a reasonable alternative to YouTube but I have a hard time imagining it will ever be.

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      Yeah, I don’t think so either. For lots of creators, YouTube is about earning money with ad revenue with their videos. And the audience comes to watch their videos. So unless we introduce lots of ads to PeerTube and pay the creators, it won’t become an alternative to Youtube (in specific).

      I think Peertube will stay it’s own thing and not become a clone of Youtube. And as such it’ll always target a different audience and have different content available. So it can’t really become an “alternative”.

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        YouTube is about earning money with ad revenue

        If you watch anyone who actually discloses their income, adsense is usually a fairly small %.

        Most of it comes from donations, direct sales, product placements, etc.

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          Sure. I just think at that point it’s no longer a “alternative to YouTube” since YT works a certain way and this changes quite a lot about the dynamics. It’d be more an alternative to something else, just not YouTube.

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            That’s fair, but the number one complaint about YouTube is the ads, and I do think content creators deserve to be compensated for their time. Perhaps a way within Peertube to donate to the creator?