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I got my loops.video account activated today (loops.video)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am no one

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago

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??

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] VintageGenious 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

pixeldroid is okayish

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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