Mike

no rush! thanks.

Also if you want to add my little instance and see more dog videos: https://piped.chrisco.me/c/teddy_the_dog/videos feel free to add

https://piped.chrisco.me/

to the list

So im not seeing the option for “Automatically follow platforms of a public index” after federation.

I believe(?) I found it under Settings->Configuration->Basic:

Automatically follow instances of a public index
⚠️ This functionality requires a lot of attention and extra moderation.
See the documentation for more information about the expected URL

Im going to replace the main https://instances.joinpeertube.org/ with your index and see what happens.

Ill give it a shot and let you know how it goes!

Or make your own. We are pretty flexable.

Looking forward to the new book! DCC 😁