I downloaded it. It's very barren right now, no more than a few comments per post, if any. Hopefully it gains some traction

Cool to see how much loops has grown even just in the last year. It gets more and more viable as an alternative all the time. Love seeing the fediverse continue to grow

It must be really demanding in terms of hardware and network to host video content like tiktok. I wonder if the fediverse voluntaries will be able to keep up with it if the userbase grows too much

Oof, this still isn't up on F-Droid or either main app store. That's a shame, I thought this moment would be a great time for Loops to get some user base, but it seems like it's still not ready for wider adoption.

That said, it does look a lot better now than it did a few months ago when I last tried it. Here's hoping it picks up some momentum. I finally tried TikTok last year, and was really impressed by the breadth of videos and how quickly it was able to start showing me things I enjoyed. With the recent change in ownership, I don't know that I'll revisit it much if at all. Would take quite a lot to replicate even a little bit of the zeitgeist TikTok had going. But like with Lemmy and Mastodon/Bsky, I'm hoping I can do my little part by choosing where to put my attention. Just don't know that I'm going to find much there I care to see, for now.

I like it 😃

I don't feel old.

I just feel correct and justified in never installing a foreign weapon which exposes every contact, photo, nearby device, and message to an evil dictatorship that wants us all dead in a fire (up to 2 dictatorships now).

I feel you on that. Even not being on xyz social trend of the day you still get exposed to the mentality of it by the people that are. To some extent that's fine, but it can get old really quickly.

I don't want to doom scroll all day and night. I don't want to socialize on media and follow people or have followers. Random people are not my entertainment. I don't need my phone in my hand 24/7.

My take is that I will live my life by my culture. If people see me be me and follow my example, great. If people think I'm a weirdo, oh well I'll just go do my own thing.

Now you can see 30 of the same reposted tiktok spam blasting low quality live music instead of 10!

Oh well I guess it doesn't matter anyway because if you try to update the app anyway it just downloads an invalid APK lol

...We can't keep doing this, guys

fingers to temples

The fucking top is formatted right, then this lmao. We look like ass at first impression. I'm on a Oneplus 11. Is this fringe hardware?

for the one peertube server i wanted to follow something on, i couldnt figure out how to point the peertube ios app to an arbitrary peertube server. seems not in the fediverse spirit

That's because Vine was designed to be fun and simple. Users only had 7 seconds to make a memorable video, and so people got really creative with it. You can't possibly convey anything of value in such a short duration, so people just used the platform for fun.

the only socially acceptable interaction with a nazi, is punching the nazi.

Whatever the current "administration" billionaires touches turns to shit, dies, and rots.

FTFY

Yeah exactly. 150% is good. 1500% would be better.

If you’re on iOS there are add-ins and such so that the link opens in mobile view in safari without issue.

That’s what I use to view my wife’s TikTok videos she sends me still after I deleted the app.

You can kinda use it to watch a single video on firefox on android, but you have to log in (that's my experience)

It was always a rightwing propoganda machine, it helped Trumo get elected.

Now its 50% Blue Fascist in addition to the Red Fascist.

A lot of these services really hinge on a tight-knit community of active content producers who fuel engagement and reap some kind of dividend on the back end.

Loops is a technology but it's not much of a business. The company is literally run by just two guys. They're not going to bring on prolific content producers without a much more aggressive marketing strategy.

The same songs and sound effects to some stupid reaction video.

Dear God. My friend sent me a video about some Japanese person with some cooking method or something that he recommended I should make try. The video he sent me was annoying as fuck. It was a couple screaming at each other: "OMG IS THAT THE NEW JAPANESE ____ METHOD?" "YES I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THAT" interspersed with the actual narration-free video. Had to stop it after 4-6 seconds.

I asked my friend how he could even stand watching it the video and he said his brain filters it out. I don't know why it just repulsed me so much.

There's also many videos with some person just playing another's person's video and they just point a finger upward to the actual playing video with some useless look on their face and the nodding.

I think this is the nature of these TikTok videos but I'm not really on TikTok much, I just get them sent to me every once in a while.

I do hope TikTok crashes and burns so the new owner loses on their bid.

They bought it to control the narrative on important topics so a loss isn't a big deal to them. You apparently already can't talk about Epstein and anti-ICE stuff gets hidden.

But so much of the content is uncreative.

Enshittification, baby. Once people know where the feed bar is, they just keep slapping it until pellets stop falling out. The Algorithm rewards imitation, not invention.

But so much of the content is uncreative. The same songs and sound effects to some stupid reaction video.

How is that different from most social media platforms, though? Have tried browsing an uncurated YouTube recently? If there's any incentive to boost views and engagement, people will optimize for that.

I’m also fairly sure that Gen Z has been moving on for a while now.

Yeah if 4 people uninstalled the program last time, and 6 people uninstalled it this time, that's a 150% increase from last time.

The main thing that TikTok had going for it was it was open to both left and right contact and it would show you exactly the content you are interested in due to there algorithm.It being purchased as caused a lot of issues with that feed being laggy and having issues with mostly left wing content spreading what is happening with Ice and stuff.But yeah a endless scroll-able system isn't for everyone obviously.

You probably uninstalled it before the algo figured out what really hits your engagement, which is the point at which it becomes addictive.

You must be 80 if you can't understand these very basic concepts that attracts kids.

That era is still alive and well, unfortunately. I had to use a browser without an adblocker the other day and I'm pretty sure it gave me PTSD.

Right? Didn't want Chinese propaganda or Chud propaganda. Ezpz

Facebook, Insta, YouTube. I know they're fun and entertaining. But they're all destroying your mental health. I promise you'll be happier if you pull the plug on all of them. Delete your account. Touch grass. Volunteer, talk to your neighbors, start a social club.