They want you to think β€œSkylight” is the future of short-form video.

But it’s just another closed, investor-owned clone.

Loops is different:

🌱 open source
🌍 federated
βš™οΈ production-ready
πŸ“œ better ToS
πŸ“š full API docs
πŸ“± official app coming soon

I kept my word β€” no VC money, no walled gardens.

Because we deserve a real TikTok alternative, built for the people. ❀️

https://joinloops.org

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@dansup at least one skylight dev is in solidarity with bsky team's "waffle" nazi dog whistle, skylight takes funds from Mark Cuban, their app sucks and it's barely a bluesky client...

@iamlip
> bsky team's "waffle" nazi dog whistle

This is hyperbolic and deeply unfair. Context;

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/waffles-eat-bluesky/

Jay was lampooning a ludicrous call to ban Jesse Signal. For the thoughtcrime of trying to take a nuanced approach to a complicated and emotionally-charged issue. Documented here;

https://glaad.org/gap/jesse-singal/

This reminds me of nothing more than the ADL's characterisation of any coverage of Palestine that doesn't privilege Likud's perspective as "antisemitic". FTS.

@dansup

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

TechCrunch

Whether or not Singal gets it right is not the point. He's clearly not writing hate pieces with the goal of increasing mistreatment of trans people. Implying that he is, that this makes him a "Nazi", and that anyone who criticises the dogpile on him is posting a "nazi dog whistle", is Peoples Front of Judea level laughable;

https://strypey.dreamwidth.org/6069.html

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Everyone - Part 3 - What's Going Wrong With the Green Party?

Fair warning, this gets long. Very long. That's why I've broken it into sections, so you can skip the boring bits:<br /><br /><b>Prologue:</b> Who am I and why do I care enough to write this, carefully edit it over weeks, and then make it public? Not a Green member, but a Green ally.<br /><br /><b>P

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@strypey omg you are lying...

@iamlip @strypey

> @strypey omg you are lying...

Steady on! That is quite an accusation. Strypy may well be wrong, but lying?

Some context would help.

@strypey @dansup this is very fair and very exact 🀷
@dansup I can still not browse videos on the web version? If I log in and go to loops.video I only see the login page again?

@xanathon Not yet, I'm working on updating Loops.video to the new (open source) codebase, but first I have to ship a new mobile app version!

Give me a few days, and Loops will be a much better experience for guests and users alike πŸ˜‰

@dansup Man, I’m so excited for this!
@dansup Shortform platforms built on recommendation algorithms will eventually result in the same mentally toxic environment as TikTok.
@dansup I saw the post that loops is federated now. Does that mean I can use one app or one user to use loops as well as Mastodon from one experience?
@musingmouse Loops API is not compatible with Mastodon apps, so you will need to use a dedicated Loops app
@dansup @musingmouse ActivityPub works for following & comments, not posting. Did I have it right?
@dansup hadn't even considered that Skylight might be closed before... that's a great point. Wonder if all the other heavily marketed Bluesky offshoots like Flashes etc. are too.
@dansup I could be interested in hosting an instance in Europe. πŸ€”
@dansup
Why are Loops and Pixelfed not one product?
@sloanlance Because they serve two different purposes, and keeping them separate is important.
@dansup
OK. I was thinking that they're not so different. As visual media, they both have a lot in common. Personally, I'd appreciate an app where I can view or post either type. I'm interested to see how things turn out.
@sloanlance @dansup because ton of people went from instagram to pixelfed because they hate videos
@hiphopheaven @dansup
Oh, that's interesting. Seems like a good solution would be to give the user a feature in the UI to choose whether they see images, video, or both.
@dansup Open the door for me Dan and set me loose! I'm really looking forward to loops getting Federation. 😎

@dansup
We do need tiktok alternative now but I think none of these short-video platforms should've exist in the first place. These 30s short video platform's are ruining everything including our attention span. I never used tiktok. I ditched Instagram when Mark Fuckerberg added algorithm & reels.
Pixelfed & Mastodon is good.
Pixelfed seems like the earlier version of Instagram except stories.

"When we invent the ship, we also invent the shipwreck."