Sippeon1Loops is a new short form platform created by Pixelfed creator Daniel Supernault.
Yup and it’s closed source, it’s of course likely to be more lax for a time than Tik Tok&Instagram until it takes over…
pelespiritThat’s misleading, they plan on being open sourced according to pubs:
Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor has it completed its integration with ActivityPub, the protocol that powers Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and other federated apps.
However, both those efforts are in the works and when complete, will allow Loops to add another layer of social activity to the growing open social web known as the fediverse, which now has north of 11.6 million users and over 1 million monthly active users. (Mastodon accounts for roughly 65% of that activity.) Growth in this space has also encouraged other apps to adopt ActivityPub, like social magazine app Flipboard and Meta’s Threads. The latter is not yet fully integrated but already has more than 200 million monthly active users.
RobotToasterThat article is over a year old and it’s still not open source.
Isn’t piefed open source? You might be right, but we’ll see, yeah?
Edit: What would be the benefit of waiting to become open source? Piefed seems to be a great platform, that’s why I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt. But again, I could be wrong and he’s super greedy.
whyNotSquirrelPixelfed ≠ Piefed
but it is open source
Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license. github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed?tab=readme-ov-file#l…
You’re right, I thought it was the Piefed guy.
lumpenproletariatPixelfed (Instagram-like) not PieFed (Reddit-like)
theneverfoxThe benefit is less distractions and pointless organization for a project in the early stages
Open sourcing things is a pain in the ass. It’s common to get the core project working before doing so
Wait, what’s this if it’s closed source? github.com/joinloops/loops-server
I’m not trying to fight with you, I’m trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe we could get the creator to come in here and explain what’s going on.
So Loops is open sourced then?
Oh, that makes a lot more sense.
Oh, that’s good to know.
There is now no reason to care about it.
What is closed source ? Aren’t those up to date?
github.com/joinloops/loops-server#license
Loops Server is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.
Tbf Lemmy is still lacking on many things like media(comics, games, tv shows, cartoons, anime/Manga etc), Reddit right now is THE place aside from niche sites specific to each median, but as for Discord I agree, alternatives are not so hard there… Lemmy is getting there though.
Use Reddit for reading only; read and contribute to Lemmy.
BlazeUpScrolled is also for-profit right?
It would be amazing to ditch the company control and so. The main problem is that it’s difficult to get users to join it.
I mean just look at how many people still use reddit and discord.
Die4EverIt’s a chicken and an egg problem. We don’t have to worry about what other people do, only ourselves.
It’s getting there, but still needs a good amount of ui fixes. The below mentioned are my personal issues with the app.
- scrolling is sometimes wonky with flicking to the next video and goes past 2 to 3 other videos
- double-tapping to like is a sorely missed feature
- tapping the home button should refresh the feed
- using foldable cause issues with how things are displayed and sometimes causes a takeaway you back to there beginning of the feed
All this being said I still use it. They are making progress and I hope they keep going.
cosmicrookieIt needs an app
And it needs to render uploaded videos to the maximum allowed file size. Regular people don’t know how to make their videos smaller. I only managed to do it by uploading to you tube the then downloading it from there. Then it was small enough to to be uploaded to loops
Also, easier sign up and more content
Pika
Schwim DandyIt needs an app
There is an app both for apple and android. Just scroll down the page a bit: https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta
caseyweedermanIt needs third-party apps.
It has an app, it is kinda weird how you get it though. When you click tk join it gives you the choice of app. It’s not on an app store for android. Not sure about apple. So for me updates dont seem to happen to it that I know of.
I’m a developer looking for a new pet project. This sound line a fun challenge :) open source multi platform compose app. I might just start it today
Keep me informed!👌👍🤞
My problem with loops is I can only scroll four videos before it stops scrolling. No matter what. I’ve tested it a few times on different devices because I wanted to try moving friends off Tik Tok.
I can’t figure out why it just stops.
Same!
It’s not very helpful but I don’t get this issue, I can scroll for as long as I want and keep getting served content.
I definitely seem to be in the minority with this issue
InfiniteGlitchUpScrolled already having questionable ethics
Which questionable ethics? I’m out of the loop.
flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)I’ve seen other people on Mastodon/Bluesky mention that the site takes an ‘anti-censorship’ approach to moderation, so there’s a bunch of far right people doing Nazi stuff on there.
GreatWhiteBuffalo41That mixed with not having an algorithm, I’ve seen a lot of sexual stuff I was not looking for.
That mixed with not having an algorithm
Is not that a part of the advantage? You, the person; deciding what you want to see and follow. I think Mastodon and BlueSky are similar in that regard.
I’ve seen a lot of sexual stuff I was not looking for.
Follow the developer of the app and you’ll understand why;
I’m fine with not having an algorithm I just don’t feel the need to see some ladies twat unless I’m looking for that content specifically. I’m not saying the platform is bad, just it needs some work still.
I’m fine with not having an algorithm
Then why even mentioning it (in a more negative than neutral tone)?
I just don’t feel the need to see some ladies twat unless I’m looking for that content specifically. I’m not saying the platform is bad, just it needs some work still.
Whether you use the platform or not, does not really matter (to me). You are right the platform needs some work and they’re putting the work while being one of social media platform that’s being targeted by Zionists.
I have written what, I wanted to write. I have shown the text and image the developer wrote. That’s about it. I’ll leave it at that, I guess.
I mentioned the algorithm BECAUSE that’s why I saw sexual content. No algorithm means when I was scrolling the discover page, I was just getting the most recently uploaded content therefore, sexual content. To be fair, when I first signed up for TikTok back in the day that’s what the algorithm tried to shove at me as well.
I have been on UpScrolled for about 23-25 days and have not seen any Nazi stuff. However, I keep my feed and the people I follow mainly about Anime and Palestine.
If there’s indeed Nazi stuff on it, I hope the developer removes it. Zionism and Nazi are both insanely shit ideologies that should have never come to existence.
I don’t know what upscrolled is, but if it’s not federated then who cares?
I don’t know what upscrolled is, but if it’s not federated then who cares?
You care enough to write about the specific app that, you don’t know about.
Your account is 4 days old, that says enough. I won’t respond to you after this comment.
Alright, shill.
There is absolutely no ethical consumption under capitalism.
Kierunkowy74and UpScrolled already having questionable ethics, this may be the path forward.
I am definitely Out of the loop on this.
Loops has a lot of bugs, but my biggest issue with it is the video quality is awful for anything with lots of motion, especially moving water. If I wanted videos without motion I’d take a picture.
When I asked dansup about this his reply was “we’re happy with the quality”, glad he is, no one else is though.
The app has had more “coming soon” announcements than anything actually materializing.
I appreciate his vision and effort but not his delivery, and dear lawd his egotistical posts, yikes.
I would love to see Loops turn into what he keeps promising but so far, it hasn’t.
Yeah I know. I just don’t like ActivityPub from a technical point of view. But that’s the same with VHS vs Betamax. You just have to go with the popular choice, even though it is worse than others.