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

submitted 2 days 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 2 days ago (13 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] 38 points 2 days ago (10 children)

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

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

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

[–] VintageGenious 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

pixeldroid is okayish

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

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

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