I’m just wondering what other Peertube instance owners think about users who request accounts and then after several months, never produce anything?
I have a managed hosted instance which means I have a limit with my storage. I can only take on new users if I have enough storage to offer. For example I only have 5 users currently. I plan on taking on more as soon as I can find the $$$ but my problem is that after 2 months two of the users have yet to log in let alone make a video. So my question is, how long should I wait before I tell them that their accounts will be removed for lack of content? I’m not about paying for users who don’t make anything.
So what do you think is a good time to wait? I’m thinking 3 months is more then long enough? What do you think? (Also I’ll be adding this to my TOS so that people know when they register.)
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Why would the number of users have anything to do with your storage? A user that does nothing should take up like 20 bytes of storage.
Because I only give a certain amount of storage per user. If the user isn’t using that storage, then I could give it to someone else who would. But I can’t because that storage is allotted for that user unless I remove them.
Also, it stated clearly in my terms that all accounts are for people making videos.
So there’s no technical reason why, it’s just an “I don’t want to” kind of thing.
Let me try this another way…
I have 35 gigs of storage. I have 5 users. Each user gets 7 gigs. If a user doesn’t use any of the 7 gigs, that means I’m paying for that person to not use the space given to them. That space could be used by someone who is looking to put good content on the Fedi. I can’t give a new person that space unless I remove the original user.
Now, if you’re asking a different question, like why I don’t allow accounts that don’t post video and just use it to subscribe and comment, there are two reasons for that…
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Most instances don’t for the same reason I don’t. It creates more work for the admin. They could be using it as a bad actor and create problems for other instances. That’s why in my terms I tell people to use their Mastodon accounts to comment and subscribe.
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People can use other ActivityPub services to comment and subscribe. There’s no need for a PeerTube account to do that.
To restate, the reasons are “storage restrictions” and “it’s a hassle and not necessary.” If you want to call that “I don’t want to” then fine, that’s what it is. 🤷
You should just make it very clear that this instance is for people who make videos. Once that’s out of the way, you can set the wait period as low as you like. Maybe even just 1 month.
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What do you mean by producing, content? Comments? Likes? Some users maybe never produce own content, some might even not comment. And with the limited content it is sometimes even hard to like many videos. I would prefer activity for orientation, if possible. Three months or more as inactive would be a reason for deactivation, in my eyes. Maybe send some form of warning beforehand, with a reasonable timeframe for them to react. But I really do not have a clue which metrics are available to you.
In my Terms it states “Accounts are for users who intend to upload video content to enrich the federated internet. For Commenting and subscriptions please use another activityPub platform such as mastodon and remote subscribe/comment instead but you are welcome to bookmark this instance for general use.”
In other words, if you have an account with me, it’s for making videos.
Sounds to me like your terms are very clear. I’d kick them out
I dunno man, seems like a month to make the first video is already pretty generous. If you aren’t already in motion to have a video finished, why make the account?
After that, a set time might not be as useful since the pace of recording, editing, etc can be slow if someone isn’t a major hobbyist or pro.
