How do you guys feel about Loops?
How do you guys feel about Loops?
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Some are calling Loops (https://pixelfed.social/loops) the FediTok (Federated TikTok). What's your personal stance on this?
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I never got into the short form video thing but anything to get more people onto the Fediverse is a good thing
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Short form content without a profix-maximizing algorithm pushing it to you does sound interesting, not gonna lie
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Yeah, I can't do Instagram or TikTok because within 3 videos I'm either getting something inflammatory or selling something. An algorithmically neutral version would be amazing.
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As a heavy tiktok user I would probably only use this if it had an algorithmic feed.
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I am very, very excited about it! I check for updates nearly every day lol
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Lmao same! I quit TikTok because of their TOS and Privacy Policy. I've been looking for an alternative ever since, but none are privacy respecting.
I wonder how it will work without an algorithm, though 🤔
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The algorithms are what makes these services. Most interactions aren’t searching and selecting something specific or intentional, they’re just opening a fire hose and expecting the algorithm to pick content they find entertaining for them. It requires the algorithm to have a lot of information, both about the specific user, and about similar users.
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I'm not a fan of Bluesky, but i hear tell they got some sorta customizable sorting algorithm thingy right? Maybe it'll have something like that!
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Bröthër may I have some lööps
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I never got into vertical video, not my type of thing.
But if something like that is a way for someone to reduce stress or do anything in a bored moment, then why not.
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That's a refreshing take to have on things.
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Ofc! That's what I use them for haha, destressing.
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I'm happy about any new features that draw more users to a federated alternative :)
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Can't be bothered, tiktok is cancer, and I don't need an alternative.
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They are working on loops but yet Pixelfed doesn't have push notifications yet.
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I hope they support UnifiedPush
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I don't watch reels, shorts, tiktoks or any other short for videos and Loops is not an exception. I moved from Instagram to Pixelfed for the sole purpose of getting atleast some audience for my photography since Instagram wants you to post videos instead.
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What's your profile? Let me drop you a follow!
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I've been waiting for something like this. A FOSS, federated TikTok alternative that doesn't send my data to the Chinese and doesn't sell it to data brokers sounds pretty great.
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I was thinking about Loops earlier today. I'd love to implement Quiblr's For You recommendation algorithm for Loops and see how it performs. I haven't joined the beta though so not sure how baked it is yet
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I still haven't figured out why people like them except to annoy everyone around them by playing the audio through their phone speakers.
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I'm more looking for a federated RPAN than a tiktok.
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I was never into this type of content cayse I don't wanna touch tiktok nor instagram. This does seem interesting though
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How do I join the closed beta?
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I'm not a fan of short form videos at all, but it's cool that exists for those who do :)
If it has an embed API, I'll probably add support to Tesseract if there's interest.
Lol I'm not a huge fan either, but I love being able to doom scroll after a tiring day at work.
My friends will usually send me the good stuff so it spares me the scrolling. They get to share something cool they found, and I don't have to scroll. Win-win 😆
Same. I dip in occasionally, but much prefer long-form (and landscape) videos. Always happy to see more fediverse projects though.
I'm not a fan of crack at all, but I'm glad it exists for those who do
I don't think short-form video is quite that addictive, but your comment made me chuckle.