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A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source (www.theverge.com)

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

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[–] AI_toothbrush 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Very cool that its federated but to be honest i just dont like this kind of short form content. I ratherd watch a youtube video.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My biggest problem with short form content is I want to pick what I'll watch based on the uploader, title and thumbnail, not be algorithmically fed videos I may or may not be interested in. All of the video providers are going straight for the algorithm so I have zero interest.

The algorithm won't know what kind of content I'm in the mood for so I want to be in control to choose. The algorithm also likes to try to feed me content by some creators who aren't worth my time and I don't want to watch one second of their videos

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Especially repost bots, engagement bait, or just plain misinformation. It's rampant on Instagram.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

In recent months YouTube has been suggesting content that screams "meninist/right wing onboarding" so if I just watched whatever it recommended I might be in a very different place right now...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Short form content ruins people’s attention span. I’ll pass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Same