Technology @lemmy.world abbenm @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

The website for Loops.video now has a countdown timer, indicating three days until... something. Either Skynet awakening, or the opening for registration of the new federated TikTok style app.

Loops, explore and share short videos on the fediverse. Available soon!

I don't know if you have heard, but Loops.video is a Reels/Tiktok like app from the creator of Pixelfed. I recall it being announced, and checked just now on a whim. All of a sudden, it appears pretty close to ready to launch!

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I believe its the public beta announcement.

https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/747748570645880240
I choose Skynet. Can I choose Skynet?
- Do we get a choice? Because I also vote for Skynet.
  
  I also vote for Skynet and the inevitable nuclear Armageddon.
  
  May the atomic spark be struck, and spears of purifying nuclear flame rain from above.
- If it's between that and another TikTok, yes please do. These choices are as painful as a US presidential election.
release it or dont. i hate this spamvertisement/countdown bullshit
- It's marketing. People do it because it works.
Good luck to the creator. Pixelfed works well for me, despite being a bit empty, both on my instance and globally. The bones are there though and I personally prefer the way it works over Mastadon's Twitterish format. I wish I could use Mastadon more because that's where the mist fediverse users seem to be, but even decades later, Twitter style interfaces do not make sense to me. I'm a smart, nerdy, millennial, who grew up with computers. I can make sense of the IRS's 1040 form without using turbo tax, but for some reason I can't make sense of this horrible illogical interface that millions of people love.

In regards to the tiktok tok style app, I think it'll have a good chance of success simply because it is TikTok's less assholey cousin and even though many people will trade privacy for functionality, tiktok is about due to become a lame, cringe app for old folks.
- but even decades later, Twitter style interfaces do not make sense to me
  
  Oh I feel the pain
- I haven't used Pixelfed, but does it fail to work with with microblogging fedi platform content so bad that you feel you'd have to use Mastodon? Outside of the group/community/threadiverse federation issues in Masto and Lemmy not letting you follow accounts, I my understanding was everything worked pretty well talking to eachoter.
We dont need more tiktok like sites.

We need to kill the ones that already exist.

They are social cancer.
- isn't it mostly because of their overly addictive recommendation algorithms? taking away infinite scrolling would also help a lot to make it more healthy.
  
  I know people, 40+ in age, who just want to see some fun videos in their work breaks, when nobody's around to talk with
  
  People were able to watch funny videos long before tiktok. Tiktok is cancer.
- holy shit gabbo
  
  gabbo. Gabbo. GABBO!
I've never cared much about TikTok but old Vine memes make me wish I had been more involved with that platform. If Loops ends up being cool, it might be neat to help pioneer something for once.
Dansup (the creator of mentioned site) runs several projects including Pixelfed (federated Instagram) but also an AP messenger (which doesn't seem very useful to me imo).
- What's an AP messenger? (This better not be the setup for a punchline).
  
  Messenger that uses ActivityPub as protocol.
I am betting on Skynet.
- God, I hope so.
  
  AI apocalypse sounds much better than anything the current timeline can offer.
  
  Certainly better than more TikTok...
I'd prefer Skynet if I'm gonna be honest.
my money is on it being skynet
I really hope to see more queer centric content, and less hate generally.
It's probably just Chris Jericho again doing Chris Jericho things.
please be skynet
Looks like the timer pushed back. Now it’s at 12 days.
are they going to sell bulk nitrogen gas?
TikTok x Fediverse should be the worst conbination possible. Ben diagram with no space shared
Remindme! 4 days

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