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

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/…

  • dumbassEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

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

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      2 months ago

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

      • dumbassEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

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

        • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
          54·
          2 months 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.

      • iso@lemy.lolEnglish
        94·
        2 months ago

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

          • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
            46·
            2 months 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??

        • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          2 months 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.

    • ad_on_is@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

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