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.

  • PeriodicallyPedanticEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    There are lots of reasons to want alternatives to social media mega-corps, and the people with those reasons have varied likes and hobbies.
    Even amongst the people who care about privacy, decentralization, etc, people still have varied interests. All you have to do is look at the popularity of Tiktok content about privacy, security, programming, etc.

    Dude is a basement dweller, and just assumed that was the norm for everyone who shared an interest with him.

    I have my own thoughts about hurdles that loops will face, but “fediverse is for snobs” isn’t it.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      Fair enough, but endless feeds and short form videos are also widely regarded as dangerous to mental wellbeing, so I agree with them on that point.

      But I’m more interested in getting people away from the adtech platforms, so also happy to see decentralised alternatives pop up.

      The great thing about decentralised social media is I’ll always have my anti dark pattern folks in one corner or other.