Dansup promises Loops federation beta 'later this week' (mastodon.social)
from flamingos@feddit.uk to fediverse@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 12:48
https://feddit.uk/post/26772935

He also said the Loops backend will be open sourced along side this.

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Coelacanth@feddit.nu on 02 Apr 13:04 next collapse

I know this is a contentious topic around here but what’s the news of Loops’ recommendation algorithm? Does it have one?

flamingos@feddit.uk on 02 Apr 13:07 next collapse

Irrc, a ‘For You’ algorithm is on the road map, but it doesn’t currently have it.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 13:33 next collapse

If it is open source and on-device (for personal recommendations) then I see it as a great thing.

Lemmy has demonstrated that it can really work. Quiblr even has personalized recommendations on-device (not open source though and it’s now open source).

Mastodon and others should take note.

Coelacanth@feddit.nu on 02 Apr 14:29 next collapse

I agree. For stuff like Mastodon and Loops I really want “For You”, not a simple chronological feed.

flamingos@feddit.uk on 02 Apr 14:40 collapse

Quiblr actually is open source now: github.com/Technicolor-Dreamcoat/Quiblr

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 01:35 collapse

Thanks! I must have missed that one.

kobra@lemm.ee on 02 Apr 13:38 next collapse

Probably won’t have one for a while. Pixelfed still doesn’t have one afaik and that’s another of their projects.

meldrik@lemmy.wtf on 02 Apr 21:47 collapse

No. Posts are chronological.

rglullis@communick.news on 02 Apr 13:38 collapse

I want to support the guy, but damn does he like to overpromise and underdeliver…

We’ve been hearing about Loops being open sourced (which would imply the ability to be federated) for months already. Just publish the thing and let the community help, @dansup@mastodon.social !

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 02 Apr 13:51 collapse

maybe he’s worried about people implementing a premature protocol?

rglullis@communick.news on 02 Apr 13:56 collapse

One more reason to be asking for help from the community and to be doing everything in the open.

He doesn’t need to know everything. No one is expecting him to deliver flawless software. But I’d have place more trust on someone that works in the open than someone who keeps saying “next week!” out of fear of being judged by the initial quality of their software.