@delegatevoid @gsevillano @i0null @loops
Ok it took them nearly the full 48 hours they warned me it might take but I got the invite and the platform seems pretty nice. The iPhone app works pretty well too.
Throw in the Murdoch's history of running a social media site and TikTok's downfall will be studied for years to come.
Project Open Loop, or simply Open Loop.
Open Loop was a social software and collaboration platform developed by Sun Microsystems. The goal was to create an open-source competitor to products like Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus Connections.
Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle in 2010. After the acquisition, Oracle discontinued many of Sun's open-source projects, and Open Loop was one of the casualties.
@fluffgar anyone who thinks people will switch to this has not paid attention. It's like people thinking users would switch from Windows 7 to Linux (they picked W10) or from X to Mastodon (they picked Blsky).
But I guess YouTube shorts will explode...
loops.video/
It's a fediverse (intended, AP support is on the way) tiktok replacement that's in beta. Made by the pixelfed guy.

@i0null “why does _anyone_ trust Oracle these days?”
Giant, highly suspect government contracts.
“Oh, right.