This is very interesting, but makes me wonder if nonprofit initiatives will be able to host video sharing platforms in the fediverse, because of the server damends of it.
Makes me wonder if we could get an open source Google-style ad platform that only works in the fediverse and directly funds whoever’s server is being used.
Oh man I can’t wait for the rational, level-headed discussions that would come out of this.
But yeah I do think a project like this will be inevitable, it just remains to be seen how palatable people will find it
Fucking hate short videos but if this gets normies on the federated side then I’m all for it
Wait, you want the normies here?
I consider myself a normie. It took me awhile to understand the fediverse.
We are already here.
Normies = lurkers
Great name
I was wondering when someone was going to create a Fediverse platform like this. Figured it would be the folks at either PixelFed or Peertube. Can’t wait to try it out!
That sounds cool. We’ve been needing some sort of federated video sharing platform.
This is well timed considering the TikTok ban timeline. Loops will have enough time to sort out any bugs or issues right now with a slow trickle of traffic and then probably grow exponentially in the power vacuum left behind when TikTok vanishes from the various app stores.
I don’t think Loops will have the addicting effect like TikTok, which is a good thing, but I feel like that’s what most people want.
Good.
Been following this for a while and can’t wait to see what it brings to the table. :-)
Sean is really going the wrong way integrating that with pixelfed as the reels counterpart would have been better as the pixelfed servers aldready support big enough file size for a 30s or a minute videos . Like lemmy definetly has got a chance coming out on top against reddit but pixelfed will never overtake or be on par with insta if it goes this way people need groups and calling features etc. because insta is mainly about being a social platform rather than sharing pics my guess would be even tho pixelfed aspires to be insta which is pretty clear it does based on its ui ( don’t argue its supposed to be a place for nerds to post pics because atleast the dev doesn’t see it that way and is often advertised as a fediverse instagram alt ) but it’ll stay as only a place for nerds to post their pics and eventually be unactive and die out .
The devs on fediverse seem unable to grasp the concept that it is not big enough for a thousand projects to spring up suddenly and will do more harm stretching the aldready thin userbase than good . Maybe try making the aldready good softwares than reinventing the wheel ? Its not like we can’t fork it in the future no need to have a couple of alternatives built for just incase scenario or anything . But still i hope it works out well enough for the devs and gets some of Americans as tiktok is banned there no i think and maybe there is a market for alternative .
…pixelfed aspires to be insta which is pretty clear it does based on its ui…
So this is why the Pixelfed UI is pretty bad?
Try different clients if you think the default one is bad .
Got any recommendations?
Sure try pixeldroid from fdroid . Not really a recommendation as in i like it but a recommendation as this is an alternative UI you may or may not like .
I hope there will be a filter to filter by content format
Love the fediverse.
If anybody’s interested in signing up for the rolling beta, here’s the link
Cool, a whole new way to learn about what every type of penis looks like
Open source Tiktok?
