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First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Loops aims to be an open Fediverse alternative to TikTok, Snapchat, and Vine. We take an early look at the app, and talk about what it's like!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

To me, an alternative model would be deep-linking/embedding 3rd party videos that you own.

For instance, sign up at @server, then:

Connect your YouTube account
Post Video 1 to YouTube
You now have a Video 1 in your federated feed with a YouTube embed
Connect your Vimeo account
Post Video 1 to Video (same hash and/or title)
Your feed entry of Video 1 is updated to support both back end videos

This way your "feed" is federated, but the efficiency of centralized video content is used. If a provider goes down, or you choose to leave, you can re-up to another provider and with the connected account/title matching, your feed could be auto-updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

That’s a very interesting idea. It might also incentivize creators because it gives them a more stable audience that’s at least a little insured against viewership changes on any single platform due to changes in that platform outside of their control.