I got my loops.video account activated today (loops.video)
from Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to fediverse@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 06:13
https://sopuli.xyz/post/18701308

So far, there is only some user settings accessible in the web interface. I don’t have an iPhone, hence I cannot say for their app. The android app will come later, apparently.

I really wonder if this is just a different frontend for pixelfed that is video-centric, or if it will be something else.

Since it is supposed to be the TikTok of the fediverse, I really wonder if it will, like pixelfed also just feature a chronological timeline? Because what makes TikTok so popular is not the short videos, but the recommendation algorithm that doesn’t even require people to follow any accounts.

If it’s just another chronological media feed then they could have just modified pixelfed to only allow video upload and would jabe archived the same thing. So far I am really wondering if loops is a new thing, or if it will be just another reskin of mastodon/pixelfed/…

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MimicJar@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 06:36 next collapse

So far, there is only some user settings accessible in the web interface. I don’t have an iPhone, hence I cannot say for their app. The android app will come later, apparently.

I don’t give a shit about TikTok or short form video but legitimately how is this expected to succeed with these limitations? Clearly people like this stuff but can a fediverse service really afford to be iPhone only? This truly seems doomed to fail.

dumbass@leminal.space on 02 Nov 06:58 next collapse

The android apk should be here this weekend. It’s a one man team working on the development atm.

MimicJar@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 07:19 next collapse

Honestly that’s great news, but wouldn’t a web version have made wayyyyyyy more sense?

iso@lemy.lol on 02 Nov 07:23 next collapse

If apps are native, I think it makes sense. No one watches short videos from PC.

MimicJar@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 08:01 next collapse

Sure, but my first month of Lemmy was via the web. I still use Mastodon on the web (no app). Whenever I find myself on Reddit (via search) it’s web only. If someone sends me a random YouTube link, I open it in the web. On the off chance someone sends me a random TikTok link, web only.

Again I don’t use any of these apps, but if someone sends me a loops link and it says install the app, I’ll just ignore it.

Voyajer@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 08:21 collapse

I am no one

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 02 Nov 09:21 collapse

me too. apps are for children.

wtf is the point of federation if it doesnt work on the systems its federating to like the boatload of browser-based systems??

dumbass@leminal.space on 02 Nov 07:32 collapse

Yeah he’s decided to work on a web ui, no eta on that atm tho.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 02 Nov 09:25 collapse

prolly should have spent more time on that than marketing an unfinished 'product''. its kind of telling also that it works in an app better than a simple web api. im betting this shits not going to scale well.

ad_on_is@lemm.ee on 02 Nov 22:07 collapse

wait… one-man-show? the same guy who maintains pixelfed which still hasn’t a proper mobile app yet?

VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works on 02 Nov 22:41 collapse

pixeldroid is okayish

ad_on_is@lemm.ee on 02 Nov 22:54 collapse

just tried it out and it crashed when I tried to open a video… so yeah

scytale@lemm.ee on 02 Nov 07:09 next collapse

I’m more concerned about scalability. Hosting video gets expensive pretty quickly once people start signing up and using it.

jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 08:24 collapse

It’s a temporary situation. This is early adopter alpha stage shit.

iso@lemy.lol on 02 Nov 07:24 next collapse

I got the email too but can’t install from TestFlight.

nokturne213@sopuli.xyz on 02 Nov 12:49 collapse

I did not get the TestFlight email yet.

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Nov 07:29 next collapse

the TikTok of the fediverse

Gee just what the Fediverse needed…

horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works on 02 Nov 07:55 next collapse

Thats the power of federation, you dont have to.

xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Nov 10:35 collapse

It already has Twitter-like and Instagram-like platforms. How much worse can it get?

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Nov 10:44 next collapse

Hmm… Touché.

ad_on_is@lemm.ee on 02 Nov 22:09 collapse

still waiting for an onlyfans alternative … 🫣

pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 02 Nov 07:31 next collapse

im waiting for the android app i guess

ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works on 02 Nov 11:05 next collapse

I wonder who is gonna host all those fediverse videos for free…For me that’s a barrier to make peertube more popular

Wiz@midwest.social on 02 Nov 22:03 collapse

There are PeerTube servers that allow a certain reasonable amount of content for free.

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 02 Nov 20:46 next collapse

My account got activated but I still can’t see any videos or anything. Its just an empty settings page.

twotonebax@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 20:58 next collapse

They sound kind of shady, TOS for them is a bit rough.

lemmy.ml/comment/14583823

FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 03 Nov 10:49 collapse

Sounds like the person who wrote the TOS was all over the place. Likely it’s AI generated.

Loops is currently a one man operation and I imagine TOS was the last thing they were worried about.

hperrin@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 04:04 collapse

Is it possible for me to get an account? How would I go about doing that?