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

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    26 days ago

    I don’t really get why people scroll through short-form video, but at least there’s an opensource alternative in the works… Will be interesting to see if they allow non-loops users to contribute bandwidth because hosting all of those videos will be expensive af.

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      26 days ago

      It’s because it gives a nice dopamine hit. Just like a still-image meme but more so because it’s video.

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      25 days ago

      I like it for language learning. The books gets tedious as hell but some people have excellent short videos to help remember things and hear them pronounced by native speakers.

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          It’s easy block keywords so you don’t get dancing or politics, or at least, you can reduce it. The algorithm is also very good at serving your interests so if someone tells me all they’re seeing is dancing videos then it tells me they’ve been lingering on those for some reason :)

          I’ve also found it a great resource for novel and practical info about:

          • Cooking
          • ADHD & Autism
          • Music production with Logic Pro
          • Human rights news
          • Creativity