Good to know it’s still moving forward. I thought the project died because I’ve never really heard anything since the initial promotion of it a couple of months back.
Loops - short form video with ActivityPub - is now open source!
Submitted 3 weeks ago by kernelle@0d.gs to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.1
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scytale@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Microw@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Well, it is developed by a sole developer who also solo-develops Pixelfed. The guy spreads himself way too thin, so development moves slow.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
@dansup@mastodon.social
On Mastodon
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I want to like Loops but I kinda do not like the lack of a recommendation system. And also it needs more users to actually have content. I keep checking it every once in a while, but 90% of what I scroll through are nothing but nature shots.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Everything has to start somewhere.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The “Explore” tab always has the same 12 videos. Look at it again 6 months later, same videos.
underline960@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Makes sense. It was in pre-alpha.
Now that it’s in alpha, you’ll have 13.
Once it hits beta, it’ll skyrocket to an even 20.
SoyTDI@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I remember when he announced that videos could be uploaded from the website next week…he said that in February. In August, he said it would be possible soon. There was an instance (loops.gay) that allowed you to do that, but it disappeared.
Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Is it finally ACTUALLY AP enabled now? Been waiting on that.
Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
box464@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Last I heard, and this seems to be the case as of this moment as well, only a few accounts are federated for testing (as in, maybe just one?). Mine definitely is not. Of course, this could change at any moment since it's released as alpha.
underline960@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Question: can they get sued for putting TikTok-like in the description, or does that only apply when you’re making money?
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
They built it with PHP? Oof.
Chozo@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
So does this mean it's in a state where people can start hosting their own instances and begin federating yet?
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Seems like it, but nothing here yet aside from the official instance
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
After announcing it ~7 times.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Again?
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
‘Open source’ misses the point of libre software.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Another salvo fired in the battle between Perfect and its mortal enemy, Good.
Coopr8@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Looking great! I'd love to add this to my fedi-toolkit
dil@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Videos are hella compressed, dansup commented months ago saying hed update that soon increasing the limit, never did, my shit looks terrible
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All 7 users will be pleased.
Luci@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
8 now that’s it’s foss
kernelle@0d.gs 3 weeks ago
Every platform had 8 users at one point!
wiki_me@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It actually reports about 27K monthly active users and is one of the more popular platforms on the fediverse.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
And I still can only get 0 like, 0 comment shaky cam video of a screen capture of ultra zoomed in tiktoks or blasting shitty electronika music at 100dB clipping all to hell with 2005 era Microsoft visualizer videos.
Just like pixelfed, there is no way to discover anyone except the same 10-12 rotation of people they put in explore.
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world [bot] 2 weeks ago
Fuck Insta. Garbage predatory app that depresses the fuck outta me. Why the fuck would I want an open source version of that? I don’t need social media that badly, I’ll survive just fine without it. Too many people perceive and live their lives through social media and doing it for the gram. Fuck that noise.
sgnl@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Pixelfed is more of the Instagram replacement.
Loops is TikTok focused.
No comment on the rest of your post, just FYI.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When it started, I liked it. It sucked after Meta bought it.
ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It was my experience when I tried it earlier this year. Around 5 people posting a lot and the other casual users just uploading tik tok videos.