Open Library Reviews

DTube Reviews

1. Guest

   4 months ago
   The pits but potential

   Vigilantes roam the platform downvoting members out of existence they don't like for one reason or another using huge bankrolls. There is no blocking function for protection from the these predators. There is potential but it needs to be cleaned up from this kind of trash. The platform is down frequently. Waiting patiently so see if DTube ever develops some integrity or slides down to the lower depths of depravity that it seems to be doing.

Open Library mentions (263)

• MLIS books available digitally?

  Check out https://openlibrary.org. You can search ´library science’, librarian’, etc, and something should come up. Just select the ‘ebooks’ option to search for items within the collection. And you can narrow the search by subject, etc. Source: 7 months ago

• NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month

  Right now I'm in the middle of the chicken and the egg problem where we don't have enough authors cataloging their publications and b/c of that obviously readers are not interested in using the site. I've gone back and forth with taking Open Libray's [0] catalog as that would at least flesh out our collection of books but then I'd have to deal with verifying authors to accounts so they can access their books.... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• is there any way to read books for free?

  Here's one: https://openlibrary.org/. Source: 8 months ago

• YSK: You can access many old and out of print hiking books from the Internet Archive's Open Library

  The Internet Archive runs what they call the Open Library, which is a unique concept on the traditional library. You can sign-up with minimal details and digitally check out many scanned books from libraries all over the world. The only caveat is that almost all of the books are older editions - ones that would be impossible to find locally. It's great if you're looking for old routes, a look back in time, details... Source: 9 months ago

• Searching for a pharmacy book

  I want to clarify that I'm a non-US citizen, so accessing physical copies from US libraries or buying it from Amazon might not be feasible for me. To give you some context, my personal research was guided by the wiki section of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/reading/). I've conducted research using various online resources, including the Ebook & Open Source/Access Libraries... Source: 10 months ago

DTube mentions (53)

• Top YouTube Alternatives to Watch in 2024 📹

  DTube 🎥- A blockchain video platform with a smaller but active user base. DTube enables uploading videos, liking, commenting and rewarding creators with cryptocurrency tips. Its decentralized nature provides censorship resistance. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers

  I'm not entirely convinced that youtube is actually worth $7 a month. Ofc, I'm also far away from saying it is worth nothing, but not gonna pay 7USD unless I'm getting something extra (I mean content, maybe movies???) than just no ads. Otherwise once blocked will switch to other platforms, eg. https://d.tube/, vimeo, etc... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Aside from mastodon what are some privacy friendly social media I should try out

  For YouTube alternatives: odysee.com, d.tube, and 3speak.tv are all decentralized and censorship resistant. Source: over 1 year ago

• Why has there not been a suitable competitor for YouTube despite their constant anti creator decisions?

  D tube, a proprietary bittorrent based video-sharing website https://d.tube/. Source: over 1 year ago

• YouTube is run by fools - ProZD

  DTube is the first Google search result for "YouTube alternatives." Did you actually search for alternatives? Source: over 1 year ago