• Katrisia@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    Honestly? I don’t think it’s ready for the migration that’s going to take place in January (supposedly, January). The USA will ban TikTok and people still debate in the comments what should be the new short videos platform. I really want to spread the message about Loops, but I was unable to create an account just a few days ago. It won’t work for thousands and thousands of people that want something efficient and do not appreciate the Fediverse effort as we do.

    Mastodon itself couldn’t compete against BlueSky. I think Loops has a month to be a real TikTok alternative or it faces the same destiny as Mastodon (or Lemmy).

  • Tenebris Nox@feddit.ukEnglish
    141·
    12 hours ago

    I joined as soon as it was open. Very quickly it was full of junk TiKtok videos (many with the Tiktok logo). As others have said you have to keep scrolling through the same videos in the same order to see anything new.

    The feature that’s missing is some sort of “filter creator” that would enable users to build their own algos.

    (To be fair, I can’t see why Tiktok works as an app other than as some global-scale brainwashing tool.)

    • m_fOPEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      The new build 11 released yesterday lets you see only loops from people you follow. There’s also a “For You” option that I assume will eventually do what you’re looking for. Right now it shows loops sorted by newest, like before

  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    11 hours ago

    I dont really care for short form videos anyway and have never used the likes of Instagram / tik tok etc but now that I’m seeing loops videos pop up on my Lemmy feed I’ll occasionally see something I’m interested in. However not being able to mute the video before starting to play it instantly puts me off and as such I ignore anything loops based already…

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netEnglish
    362·
    21 hours ago

    Is Dansup personally building the entire fediverse? I didn’t realize loops was a fedi thing, tbh. Just started noticing it the other day, seems awesome.

    Was there every any progress on sup? I’d love to find a way to get my family to ditch whatsapp

    • vodka@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      13 hours ago

      Definitely won’t without an algorithm, the general public would hate just seeing random videos not tailored to their preferences.

    • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      15 hours ago

      I hope so, but I feel like people will move to youtube shorts or whatever instagram calls theirs before they would consider Loops, just like they chose Bluesky over Mastodon.

      • Katrisia@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Instagram reels.

        Exactly, these users want a relatively efficient app with an algorithm that shows interesting content without the effort of looking for it.

        I personally love the things TikTok puts on my feed (philosophy, science, arts, political opinions, medical advice…). I don’t think I would have been able to find a lot of those things on my own. For instance, it’s been amazing to understand some of my health conditions: a video about a random symptom (and how to address it) sometimes shows on my feed and it’s like: “Wow! I didn’t know that! Thank you”.

        So… it’s not just laziness, not in my case. I hate that algorithms have been radicalizing my parents politically. I love that my algorithm helps me with advice (for me, my cat, my home…) and it connects me with similar people. It’s a bittersweet technology, I guess. Anyway, without it, Loops might not be a solid alternative.