Loops is Now on the App Store
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I mean Loops has a For You page, but the algorithm seems much worse than TikTok (unsurprisingly). Partly I'm sure simply because there is so much less content to pull from, so it might seem worse than it is purely because there might not actually be anything worthwhile on it to recommend to you in the first place. But TikTok's algorithm is famously extremely good at identifying things you would like, even things you might not know you would like yourself. To be able to be an alternative in the brainrot delivery market, Loops needs to be able to come at least closer.
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Right, fair, it's just not on any android app manager, you have to deal with it manually which is not great.
you can use Obtainium!
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I'm guessing maybe they mean instead of iPad too. Which is true.
Oh sry I meant it being apple store only. But that's also hilarious
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
Awesome, I've been looking forward to this! I warmed up to short-form videos, but still refuse to use TikTok and could use an alternative to YouTube Shorts.
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Funny enough I tried a few videos without signing up, and it doesn't seem as bad? It's a HUGE improvement, in fact.
Tiktok was putting me off because main content in its peak was "teenagers dancing."
Meanwhile the "average age in lemmy is 20 years older than reddit" rule applies to loops. I doubt they will ever have "npc streams."
Still dislike short-form content tho so I will pass, but pretty good community nonetheless.
Can confirm. There are lots of "boring" videos on Loops. Like, check this out. Yes, it's an entire channel dedicated to chickens. I mean, it's nice and relaxing, but nowhere near as addicting and engaging as tiktok or instagram videos. I'll still count that as a win.
Regardless, @billinkc still rocks.
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I guess it is an "improvement" that we can replace corporate brain rot with community brain rot, but this isn't going to change my mind about short form video.
Well, it is what de create, right? Why not encouraging people creating short form videos that are decisively not brain-rot?
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Funny enough I tried a few videos without signing up, and it doesn't seem as bad? It's a HUGE improvement, in fact.
Tiktok was putting me off because main content in its peak was "teenagers dancing."
Meanwhile the "average age in lemmy is 20 years older than reddit" rule applies to loops. I doubt they will ever have "npc streams."
Still dislike short-form content tho so I will pass, but pretty good community nonetheless.
For now it seems to be mostly very "fediverse".
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
F-Droid when?
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I guess it is an "improvement" that we can replace corporate brain rot with community brain rot, but this isn't going to change my mind about short form video.
It should be horizontal, amirite?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
Had a look out of curiosity only scrolled through about 5 in my browser but noticed the audio still continued from previous videos. I'd say that's rather a big issue.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
I just learned that loops is developed by the Pixelfed project! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed#Loops
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Funny enough I tried a few videos without signing up, and it doesn't seem as bad? It's a HUGE improvement, in fact.
Tiktok was putting me off because main content in its peak was "teenagers dancing."
Meanwhile the "average age in lemmy is 20 years older than reddit" rule applies to loops. I doubt they will ever have "npc streams."
Still dislike short-form content tho so I will pass, but pretty good community nonetheless.
Tiktok was putting me off because main content in its peak was “teenagers dancing.”
I mean it depends on what you want to get from social media. I would argue that things got worse afterwards when it stopped being teenagers dancing and started being right-wing influencers spewing their propaganda. Ultimately, social media should be made by the people contributing to it and how it develops depends on what the users want, not on what you want.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
it has actually good content too! and it's not all drowned in politics, which is good. most people don't wanna hear the 100th news article about trump in a week.
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They're packaging it for fdroid, so it'll be out soon
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It should be horizontal, amirite?
KOLANAKI
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42381980
What instance should I make an account on? I can’t use my lemmy account, right?
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I guess it is an "improvement" that we can replace corporate brain rot with community brain rot, but this isn't going to change my mind about short form video.
I do not understand the desire to have alternatives to the world‘s dumbest format. We had good video platforms that worked. Users had agency. Short form video stripped everything away that made the internet a great place once. It‘s poison for society. It needs no alternatives. It just needs to implode.
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It should be horizontal, amirite?
That makes no difference. The problem is the length and the passive acceptance of what the app serves to you.
