A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse
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Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.

Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

  • Misk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2010·
    10 days ago

    People who care about decentralisation, privacy and data sovereignty etc are usually smart enough to understand that endless feeds of short form video is the new asbestos. You’d have better luck selling big macs to vegans.

    • blibla@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      hear me out. The toxicity of social mefia comes from algorithms and advertising. Lots of short videos by the community can be fun/interesting and not addictive/ brain rotting.

      endless feeds of short form video is the new asbestos

      that’s like saying Mastodon is bad because Twitter ruined society, I mean how often do you find yourself raging endlessly at Mastodon.

      I would love to have a chill way of scrolling these videos without having to live with one of the evils.

      That being said i am also sceptical if this is it, I mean why do they want my email?

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 days ago

      Yep. Agreed - except it is yet another avenue for monetization should it take hold. People keep acting like the fediverse is some kind of incorruptible platform.