"DTube is Too Slow & Too Difficult To Use" - My Response To Some Criticisms that Have Come Across My Page

in blog •  7 years ago  (edited)



The fact that the steem blockchain is actually fully operational is a miracle in and of itself. The fact that there is a platform similar to YouTube in DTube is even more of a miracle. In any innovation, there will always be speed problems. You get a competitive advantage by being faster, cheaper and better. When it comes to new technologies however, speed eventually comes. It's just a matter of time. So that is and never will be a deal breaker for DTube. Speed will come. It's just a matter of time and innovation.

When it comes to the EASE or lack thereof DTube, I don't really think it's that difficult to use DTube. In fact, it's one of the easiest sites to use. Just drag your video in a box. Make a title. Write in the Description. Tag. Upload a snap. You're done. ANYBODY can use it. What they might have been referring to are common errors that occur. With that, I do agree that errors occur. In any platform in its infancy errors will occur. And just like the speed issue. They will take care of themselves.

Just think about this for a second. Your videos are going up on a blockchain. Forever. It is decentralized. Nobody can silence you. Nobody can demonetize you. No single central authority gets 90% of the profits. And it's WORKING!!! It's actually WORKING guys! :D

DTube is the future. It may not be there yet, but it's going in that direction.

Be Positive. Stay Positive.

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Hey guys, welcome to D-News on steemit and dtube. Bringing you the latest news in the crypto sphere!

My goal here is to share relevant news, tips, and any other helpful information to you. We cover anything and everything in the cryptocurrency realm.

If you have any suggestions or comments, please let me know and I’ll be happy to hear from you!

Disclaimer: This is NOT financial advice. I am not a financial advisor. Please do your due diligence and research in every topic. Never invest your bread money. Take care of yourself & family first. Don’t always follow the herd, follow your heart.

Thanks again, I’ll see you guys next time here on D-News on @dtube and remember to keep it D-centralized!

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Because I like your content so much I decided I would put you on as my auto vote, in future if you curation is up to par I may follow your vote as well. Busy day today I’ll read this and comment details when I get home tonight man.

I’ve also added @gasparcha for fighting the good fight and @ulqu3 as encouragement for daily posts.

I know ultimately this has nothing to do with your post but I had to comment let you know.

Whoa! You know I got your back, brotha Dookie. props Have a good day at work man! I want to see more of those vlogs I can upvote!

#onelovedtube my brotha

Upvoted - even though it already got 5, I will add to it.

One of those sell your vote things I enrolled for his giving me a massive Up vote on my replies I don’t know what I did but it’s awesome

Wahahaha! That's awesome brotha :)

You are right. Initially there are problems everywhere and the bug is sorted soon. We should encourage good things.It takes little time to be best from better .
Dtube is awesome

Yes! Agreed! You get an upvote for being on the winning team, my friend :)

#onelovedtube

hey man @dnews, not new to me though, i mean, even if all is going on fine without bugs, you will sure find those who would complain, there is no social media platform that got it right from the onset, the facebook team do update the app every now and then.

With little more patience, Dtube will sure get there.

Thank You

That's a good point! Even facebook and youtube are doing regular updates! And they've got hundreds of programmers working on it!

Welcome my brotha. Thank you!

I agree also, this platform is growing and people just need to be patient.

I found that by compressing my HD videos down to 720p it helped with uploading. A tip I learned from @paulsmuts :)
I also have trouble posting comments directly on Dtube so I just post on Steemit for now.

Wish I could make it out to the meetup but I moved from Toronto to Vancouver last year lol.

Maybe we can organize a meetup out here...

Hey bro! You're from the T-Dot?? So cool!!! Let me know when you're back in the GTA :D

You a raptors fan? GO RAPTORS!

#onelovedtube

Upvoted for being from the6

Yeah! Brampton specifically. I lived downtown too.

RAPTORS FOR LIFE DUDE!! :P

I'll definitely hit you up next time I'm in the 6 :)

Whaaaat! Dude let's meet up!

You coming on April 11 for our Official DTube Meet-up @Niagara Falls, bro?

GO RAPS!!! Let's make it to the finals

discord #onelovedtube

I would love to but I'm planning on heading to the Steemit Creator conference that weekend in Vegas.

Yes!! Raps All The WAYY!! :D

Oh! Is it that same weekend?

Didn't realize that. Let me know when you're free, let's meet up :) you on discord?

Can i use my phone to participate in Dtube.? It appears that almost everyone is into it. I have tried to do it with my phone but to no avail. Is it that I am not doing it correctly.
I like your post though, it is very interesting.

Yeah join the DTube fam! Unfortunately right now you'll have to use a laptop or desktop to upload. You can view videos on it, but I still haven't been able to upload with my cellphone. Maybe others have. They're working it out. I'm sure we'll see something in the next update :) I think if you have an Android you might be able to. I'll try next time I have my hands on an android, but I use an iPhone.

You get an upvote of love!

#onelovedtube

I believe because the dtube upload uses torrent you’re not able to do it on iPhone or iPad, I’m not sure about android I believe it should be possible but you might have to root your phone to allow access to the process required for torrent uploads.

Ahhhhh. That's why. Yeah the CTO of DTube commented on one of my videos that he can get it to work on android, but iOS is being a pain.

wow CTO of Dtube? dang bro looks like they dragging you up!

Bro, I owe it all to them man. I'm living my dream right now because of @dtube. Time to level up to insanity mode!

#onelovedtube

Check out my latest post @phototutorials !!! I give you a massive shoutout :D

Is DTube too slow and difficult to use or are some people just too hectic and impatient? People keep forgetting that all of this is still beta! Of course those bugs are being fixed but for a beta I’m already really satisfied with the overall experience on this whole platform.

Totally agree my brotha! I got your video in the works!! Promise it's coming :D

Upvoted!

#onelovedtube

Thanks for your information. i agree with you. but i hope it will better.

Welcome! Yes, trust that it will :)

#onelovedtube

Anazing. Very good post @dnews

Thank you thank you. You're amazing!

#onelovedtube

Upvoted

My biggest issue that I can't wait to see fixed is the way uploaders have to compress their videos to such a low quality in order for them to upload without issue. A lot of the videos on here look like they were filmed with a potato but I have faith that things will get ironed out and we will have an amazing experience in the future.

Don't we all hate those Potato cameras? So 1980s. :D

The larger the file, the longer the upload. I think that's why for now, people are settling with 720 or 480. I personally upload in 720. I used to upload in 1080 and I just realized it's so much faster at 720 so I've been sticking with that. It'll get worked out :)

#onelovedtube

Upvoted!

I agree with you. The platform is in its infancy! I have already experienced some of its problems, but I soldiered on. Like you said before, it will get fixed. I intend to post regularly over here!

Quick questions though... I haven't been able to directly post comments on Dtube. Any thoughts? am I missing something?

Also, is there any way to use html editing on the video description to make it look like a proper blog entry back over steemit?

Yes there is! Just click on the "advanced" tab when you're uploading and you can see the steemit article blog :D hope that helped!

With commenting - I'm not too sure. I can comment fine on my mac and also pc computers and also on my iPhone. Are you using android?

#onelovedtube

upvoted

I'm doing it from my MacBook Air... I must be doing something wrong!

Hmm...I've actually done it on my macbook air and it's uploaded fine for me. I'm using the latest version, maybe that has something to do with it?

dtube is still really new and has to do tons of work, but they are doing. Youtube is compared to dtube many years of developement ahead, but dtube will improve and evolve in the future getting better, faster and easiert

That's right. Agree 100%

#onelovedtube

You allways make great videos friend!
If you ever get to Croatia once again, let me know! :)

Da!!! Volim te moj frend! Hvala hvala!!!

Definitely man! I have my bestfriend over there! Let's go to split coast!!! So beautiful :D

Upvoted

#onelovedtube

Totally agree with you! Dtube is still so new and will get better and better as time goes <3 I love Dtube Xx

Oh man! I can't believe I missed this one! Upvoted!

Yes!!!

HEART DTUBE ALL THE WAY!!!

To be honest I've also been experiencing difficulties of my own trying to upload a video on DTube. Been trying to upload for 3 days to no effect. But I do understand that DTube is still fairly new and in Beta. So I'll keep trying until I get it right. It's in continuous development and I'm sure it's gonna improve with time.

Are you doing it from your computer? What error is coming up? Hopefully I can help.

#onelovedtube

I want to watch Dtube but these videos don't seem to load.

Did you try refreshing? Sometimes you need to just refresh it and it'll load :)

#onelovedtube

I'm having issues with changing my profile pic, how do I do that?

Go to settings and paste an image address in (you’ll have to do it from the steemit site)

Nice video @dnews. I might agree that it's a little slow but I don't think it's not that difficult. It's just on its very early stage so it's no surprise for me. I don't know for others.

Agreed!

#onelovedtube

dont give up people youtube has to go

It's gotta go, brotha. It's gotta go.

#onelovedtube

youtube has to go

As the famous philosopher nsync once said, "byebyebyebye"

@Dtube is the bomb. They don't know what's up. They don't see the potential. It will all change for the better.

A to the men, brotha.

#onelovedtube

Those upload errors aren't small things when someone is trying out the platform and their first impressions are ruined by being nearly unable to participate.

Thanks for sharing a contrary point of view! I appreciate that! I really do :) I agree that the first impression can ruin it for people trying it out. But I disagree that it is a big thing. Still a small thang my brotha ;)

#onelovedtube

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Fibre Optics here..... takes 5 mins tops as long I am not stuck in queue . Sometimes 3 attempts for it to be accepted into queue if its too long of a wait I believe caused by bandwidth issues, torrent nodes sharing the files being uploaded must get priority.

I wonder if there is a way of supporting the torrent network being used for hosting #dtube ..... hey @dtube can I help support the video sharing network? I have a wicked connetion! 25MB up 150MB down no data limit.

I will continue to resteem your work, I am so excited to see the results from this giveaway meetup!

Maybe I can be there digitaly!? lol strap a phone to your chest and discord video chat me!

Don't know if it reads from me like I think it does but I struggle with positivity, I roll with it though, there are necessary criticisms and if I can grow from them isn't that positivity in a cynical hue?

Yes you will be there with us at the DTube meet-up bro! I'll face time you or we'll skype or something :) I don't have discord. I should probably get it. Everyone uses it.

I wish we could send private messages on here. LOL - can we? I want to give you my #

You know, bro. A lot of us have faced a lot of negativity in our past and sometimes that makes it harder for us to be positive. The fact that you're fighting the good fight is a sign that the dark side will not win! You're a Jedi, my friend. You're a Jedi!!! The TUBE is strong in you (that sound kinda........ LOL)

Love ya, champ.

Keep at it.

#onelovedtube

No private not on here anyways I am on Facebook though!

I guess I should have skype setup on my all In one if need be, I highly recommend discord the app has come a long way and I believe there is talks about crypto adoption(4chan could be false). Anyways I believe the app will take over because anyone can host their own server.... colaberation?

The good fight.... there really is only one fight in life and that is how you view yourself, everything else is an extension of that!

Alright I’m going to check out discord brotha

There is no try! Do do! And not cow do do! Just do it do do!

#onelovedtube perfect name for our discord server?
https://discord.gg/vU65hZx
I have no idea how to really set up the permissions or anything but the name will fit for nearly anything

Nice!!!! Let’s do it up!

Hey @dnews, great post! I enjoyed your content. Keep up the good work! It's always nice to see good content here on Steemit! :)

Thanks a milivanili

#onelovedtube

With each update, Dtube gets better and better. I doubt YouTube worked perfectly in its first year, either. Bugs get reported and bugs get fixed.

Still on the process of consolidation. From the programmers to curators and to us.

I liked the video and I agree with what you said about the first point. However, I do personally disagree on the second part.

Speed does get faster, yes. But every situation you used was a situation where there was no better (faster) alternative at the time, DTube is different because right here, right now, we have much faster alternate platforms. Will it get worked out in time? I have no doubt. But for me personally speed is the biggest problem with DTube right now. I don't want to even bother browsing videos here because it is too slow for me (yes, I do have gigabit internet and am very particular about speeds haha), and like I said, other platforms are currently just so much faster. DTube has potential, and in time it will get better for sure. For now though, the experience here is just too painfully slow for me.

On a side note, video buffering is also far too long. I am not sure how it is hosted currently as I know they were asking for seeders a while ago. But it's definitely another factor that makes watching videos here no enjoyable an experience currently.

I did enjoy your video though, and definitely agree that the future is bright :)

Much respect to you my brotha for sharing your intelligent opinion! Thanks so much :) Just out of curiosity, what are the faster alternative platforms for DTube right now? That are on a blockchain and decentralized? I didn't realize there were working alternatives.

I love this comment, it's getting me to think :)

Thank you again, man!

#onelovedtube

Sorry, I should have made that more clear! Nothing on the block chain, I meant platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo. But when you say it like that I realise that they aren't really alternatives as they are completely different platforms.

I guess what I meant is alternatives for viewing, as for the viewer it doesn't matter if it's on a block chain or not, as long as it works and is pleasant to use.

I tried to watch some videos yesterday and they stopped in the middle to buffer :/ When they can fix the speeds I will love DTube though!

i have a lot of problems, but im in Venezuela so...

good advice bro,

I agree entirely, this platform is young in comparison to others so its to be expected at the start. An tbh its not that bad, living in China means I need a VPN for youtube and here actually is easier to upload to.

Hey Guy! Great video. I see most of you are having problems with uploading videos, im my case is playback. The buffer is too slow and the video is constantly pausing. Does any one have an idea how to solve it? Thanks