A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse
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Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.

Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

  • Unknown1234_5@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Sick, that’ll get rid of like 60% of my reason to use YouTube (bc I use YouTube shorts, aka Google giggles). Edit: signed up, waiting on my email

  • archchan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    I really hope this gets a proper foss “for you” algo. Personalized content and people discovery features are lacking on the fediverse.

    • LukácsFan1917@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      This is entirely possible through Mastodon/Misskey apps but not having it bound to local data would be awesome. Predictive engines are something most people want an ethical alternative for.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 hours ago

    Everybody’s heads are up their asses about this. It’s a great idea for a fediverse thing.

    The real issue is nobody can use it because the damn confirmation emails don’t get sent.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      yea this is really their biggest thing here, by the time conf emails get sent everyone will lose interest lol

  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    10 hours ago

    I’m interested, and I hope it’s successful.

    I’m not sure how they’re going to attract creators, when Tiktok already has the same features, has a larger audience, and pays… But I hope they can because I’d love to dump Tiktok for something open source.

    I wonder how their FYP will work, because honestly that’s a huge part of what makes Tiktok good.

  • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
    1·
    21 hours ago

    Tiktok is the type of social that is meant to redirect people elsewhere, I don’t know, I think that this could work with the Fedi. Tiktok doesn’t really pay it’s creator well AFAIK.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    41·
    2 days ago

    so far it seems like an over-marketed unfinished piece of vaporware. there was nothing to look at when it was first dripped months ago. or when the magical countdown stopped. or when no one received beta invites despite it being ‘this week’

    just seems like a lot of spamming the fed community now. happy to be proven wrong

    • wander1236@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Dan seems to have trouble sticking with a single project. Sometimes it feels like he announces some new thing every week that never gets finished.

      • randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Yeah I still remember his fediverse direct messaging platform. Haven’t heard about it since he announced it.

        Maybe he’s just too busy?

  • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Can’t see this doing well, who’s gonna want to host it and pay the bandwidth and storage costs?

    I know people would be willing to do that for a YT alternative, but I don’t think there’s many people who want to shell out so some kid can post their cringe dance video.

    Also, who tf gonna use it? I’d imagine Tik Tok users are the social media group that cares the least about the fediverse, open source, and privacy…

    • Hadriscus@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      Also, who tf gonna use it? I’d imagine Tik Tok users are the social media group that cares the least about the fediverse, open source, and privacy…

      Perhaps it’s one way to change that

  • Misk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 day ago

    People who care about decentralisation, privacy and data sovereignty etc are usually smart enough to understand that endless feeds of short form video is the new asbestos. You’d have better luck selling big macs to vegans.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    01·
    2 days ago

    Have you ever seen a TikTok video? Why on Earth do we want that on the Fediverse? Not everything that exists deserves to be copied.

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      2·
      1 day ago

      Because wanting braindead content that you don’t have to think about or form a critical opinion over is a valid request. There’s a big reason the Fediverse doesn’t see widespread adoption: the content sucks, it’s all politics from the farther edges of every end of the spectrum and FOSSbro tech discussion that’s about as insufferable as cryptobro subreddits.

      If the Fediverse wants to attract more people, then it needs to start expanding into what those other people actually want. They don’t want to have a furry with a Stalin profile pic explain Linux kernel to them, they want to laugh at inconsequential videos of children falling into things that they can leave a “heart” on and quickly share a link to their friend with.

      • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        01·
        1 day ago

        If the Fediverse wants to attract more people, then it needs to start expanding into what those other people actually want.

        I’m okay with more people, but not those people. We are here in the Fediverse for some degree of quality, of which furries explaining the Linux kernel is one example of kind.

        • Chozo@fedia.io
          1·
          1 day ago

          I think you’re underestimating who “we” includes when talking about the Fediverse. Normies want a place here, too.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      There are good short form videos. There are also bad ones. No different than long form video.