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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

not to be a Debbie Downer or anything but I bet it runs like shit

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds cool for hosting videos! Maybe I'll try it.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (14 children)

ITT: People in their mid-twenties or later, who feel superior to those that like one form of media over their preferred media.

Elitism aside, I don't really see what federation solves here. What benefits does federation offer the user? How does the recommendation algorithm give users what they want? How will a decentralised platform perform the kind of centralised events a platform like TikTok is known for?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Authwalls, data sovereignty, self controlled open source algorithms for finding content without manipulation by corporations, etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All true, but what explicit problem do they solve for the average user?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Federation can solve the danger zone content for you, how about a federation network with just kids content, other with more adult ones, etc to the just nsfw isolated from each others?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's...actually a really good use case for something like this. I'd argue that a recommendation algorithm that tailors to the best content a given federated service can provide for their use-case is probably a better source than what you'd get from a single source of truth that could give you everything and nothing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You may see shorts in lemmy in the near future because of that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ITT: People in their mid-twenties or later, who feel superior to those that like one form of media over their preferred media.

You're just waving away an important fact, which is that shorts and their equivalents are notoriously known for killing attention spans and disrupting the management of dopamine in the brain, causing depression in particular.

We are no longer simply in the traditional custom of the elderly who despise the activities of the younger generations, we are talking about health.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

While true, how is that any different to the arguments that were used for TV? Additionally, Lemmy is a social network in the same way that Reddit is. Is this not also dangerous?

As has been the recommendation for practically everything for the four decades I've been on this earth, moderation is key. Instead of hating new media, either regulate it (if the evidence is truly that great) or treat it with healthy moderation.

Let's be blunt here. Most of the people in this thread aren't worried about health. They don't like short-form video/foreign-owned companies/things they didn't grow up with, and their elitism is getting the better of them instead of them letting people like what they want to like.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I made a rule that i only do social media on desktop pc. Phone is only for emails and rss feeds. Seems to work

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not interested in the short-video concept. But I like the name, though. Short, sweet, doesn't sound too "techy", not too complicated to pronounce or spell.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bröthër, whërë ärë my lööps?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

big Pete why are you so BIG

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Awesome! This sounds like a much better way for me to share the occasional video of either or both of my dogs being super cute on c/dogs (and on other non-Lemmy forums) than relying on an anonymous YouTube account.

(I may have partially used this post as an excuse to share a video of one of my dogs being super cute.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is pretty cool. I'll check it out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Nice profile picture!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wanted an account, verification email is not arrived.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The waiting list is still very long at this point. Probably don't expect to get in for like 2 weeks...

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