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The website for Loops.video now has a countdown timer, indicating three days until... something. Either Skynet awakening, or the opening for registration of the new federated TikTok style app. (loops.video)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I don't know if you have heard, but Loops.video is a Reels/Tiktok like app from the creator of Pixelfed. I recall it being announced, and checked just now on a whim. All of a sudden, it appears pretty close to ready to launch!

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ll be passing on that.

I don’t enjoy my content being the same format as advertising.

Glad to hear of any federated internet updates though.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you feel the same way about Mastadon? Twitter was the "look at me" social media. I feel like you just shout things into the void and people give you points for agreeing with you. Its impossible to carry on a real conversation on Twitter (a proper threaded message board like Lemmy excels at this). It seems tied in with the cult of personality whereas we need to shift to a culture of ideas.

I'm probably just a stupid millennial who doesn't get it, but Lemmy seems like the only really good fediverse structure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I feel like you just shout things into the void and people give you points for agreeing with you.

Lol at first I thought this was a direct criticism of the person you were replying to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fully agree, I have masto/pixelfed client on my phone but Lemmy is the the one I used most by a long shot.

Idk why it is but on other platforms I feel like I'm intruding on someone else's conversation, but I can freely reply here no problem (to some extent).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Right. And if you say something constructive, we can respond, and if you don't, the conversation branch dies.

Twitter/Mastadon do feel weird in that way, but I am thankful for Mastadon's success even if it's not really for me.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Do you feel the same way about Mastadon?

Yes.

I'm not sure that's my reason, but I've never understood Twitter/Mastodon. It's just shouting into a void.