I signed up for Loops the first day. I didn't get an email confirmation until two days after, and I still haven't been given a way to sign in.
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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Lemmy’s final boss..
Then again, Lemmy and ActivityPub are (by design) wide open to anyone, including TenCent
Anyone actually got an email? I have signed up and haven’t gotten one all week :(
I got this email 5 days ago and nothing since
Hi @Fitik, We're thrilled to welcome you to Loops.video! We're in the process of onboarding all our new users, and we can't wait for you to experience the magic of short looping video. Keep an eye out for another email from us later tonight or tomorrow (depending on when you signed up). It will have all the details you need to get started, including how to create your first Loop. Welcome to the Loops community! Regards, The Loops Team
Thought I put in the wrong email or something and was super confused for a while myself 😁
Not yet... Just waiting
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I don't think TikTok community is compatible with the idea of fediverse
TikTok exists to give you large floods of endorphins via either an algorithm trained to your interests or by giving you big numbers. And this is not exclusive to TikTok, this is just how modern "social" media works, it's the sole reason why bluesky succeeded more than mastodon
Modern social media is mostly a hive mind of people affirming each other driven by algorithms. Fediverse on the other hand, always boils down to a old fashioned usenet style network made just so people can talk with each other. You can't really get addicted to fedi
I wasn't really alive during the wild west internet (im 19). I got into the net during the transition from forums to modern social media and reddit was my first social. I tried getting into facebook and instagram because everyone else was there but I just didn't like it much.
I don't know why but "the algorithm" is really boring for me. I only tried algorithm driven feeds on reddit (after u/spez) and on tumblr but the recommendations were always extremely "fake". Other sorting methods like "new" or "by most active" just feel more like as if there was someone on the other side of the keyboard
You can’t really get addicted to fedi
Hmm... anxiously eyeing my Lemmy post history...
I had some days that I spent hours debating with people, other days I just chill and chat with people, particularly on Mastodon.
and then theres.. Lemmy, I was probably addicted to the hardest. The score system would keep me checking it and i'd be interested in keeping my score up high. I'd even argue that it made me a better human being.
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My problem with tiktok/reels/shorts is not that they aren't federated. It's the entire format/concept I hate.
I think if you're just looking for quick news breaks then it can be useful but if you're looking for detailed content or lengthy movies, or skits. Something like Youtube would be more preferred. I think for me it depends on the content.
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I don't really need any form of TikTok im afraid
Who is going to pay to host all this content?
Also wish it were 5 or 10 minute limit rather than 60 seconds.
the idea is that you just watch them when you have a tiny gap to kill (and thus you become addicted)
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anyone actually get an account? i signed up as soon as it was announced a year or so ago and haven't heard a peep.
Granted, TicTok is worse than cancer so technically speaking this is of course a "good" step. But I have such a distaste (or rather hatred) for this type of content (same with Shorts), that I still cannot feel good about it.
Im guessing it's going to be missing all the features that make tiktok popular like duets and pedophilia.
I think you just perfectly described Roblox
What does duets mean in this context?
It's a feature of TikTok where you can put your video side-by-side with some else's video. This seems like a decent explanation.
Thanks for the uncomfortable chuckle.
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