A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse
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Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.

Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    I don’t really get why people scroll through short-form video, but at least there’s an opensource alternative in the works… Will be interesting to see if they allow non-loops users to contribute bandwidth because hosting all of those videos will be expensive af.

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I like it for language learning. The books gets tedious as hell but some people have excellent short videos to help remember things and hear them pronounced by native speakers.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It’s because it gives a nice dopamine hit. Just like a still-image meme but more so because it’s video.