💌 Hello everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that all the previous VRLewds links has been updated to the new one.
We've been working hard to create a platform that's centered around adult VR content creation without restrictions that many platform has while promoting discoverability. This is a long term project and we hope to continue to improve the experience for everyone. Right now 2.0 is a lot better than 1.0 and is incredibly feature rich. There's an ongoing action of working with NSFW friendly payment processors and setting other legalities up.
I'll include some new features below for anyone interested.
-Stella
˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚₊‧⁺˖✮-----------------------------✮˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚₊‧⁺˖VRLewds 2.0: What’s New vs PeerTube
TL;DR
VRLewds 2.0 is a custom platform built for our creator community, not a generic video host.
What’s Better for Creators
Native livestreaming built directly into the platform.
Live chat with dedicated moderation controls.
Channel staff roles:
Channel Editors
Channel Chat Moderators
Built-in chat bot suite (per channel):
Custom commands
Timed messages
Follow-thanks
Polls
Raffles
Better creator dashboard for stream/content management.
Studio + collaboration workflows for team publishing.
Video scheduling + early-access release options.
Better viewer UX:
Watch history
Resume progress
Continue watching
Tag preferences (favorite/blacklist/blur behavior).
Safety + Moderation Upgrades
Stronger report/triage workflow for moderation teams.
Explicit consent model for sensitive features (including Vibealong behavior).
Staff-level controls to disable high-risk features when needed.
Central identity/account system for consistent auth and enforcement.
Scalability + Reliability (Why 2.0 Is Built to Grow)
Uploads go directly to Cloudflare R2 (app servers don’t handle giant raw uploads).
Transcoding is queue-based and horizontally scalable with worker nodes.
Web/API can run multiple replicas (stateless scaling pattern).
Video delivery is CDN-backed for global playback load distribution.
Live and VOD are separated (live traffic won’t choke normal VOD usage).
Realtime chat runs on dedicated realtime infrastructure (Soketi + Redis).
Operations dashboard provides infra visibility and faster issue response.
Why We Moved Off PeerTube
PeerTube is solid for generic federation-style video hosting.
VRLewds needed creator-specific workflows, live ops controls, custom moderation logic, and specialized community features.
2.0 gives us product-level control, faster iteration, and infrastructure we can tune specifically for this audience.