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 2 months 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 2 months ago
Microw@piefed.zip 2 months 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 1 month ago
@dansup@mastodon.social
On Mastodon
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months 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 2 months ago
Everything has to start somewhere.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
The “Explore” tab always has the same 12 videos. Look at it again 6 months later, same videos.
underline960@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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 months 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 2 months ago
Is it finally ACTUALLY AP enabled now? Been waiting on that.
Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
box464@piefed.social 2 months 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 2 months 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 months ago
They built it with PHP? Oof.
Chozo@fedia.io 2 months 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 2 months ago
Seems like it, but nothing here yet aside from the official instance
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
After announcing it ~7 times.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Again?
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
‘Open source’ misses the point of libre software.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Another salvo fired in the battle between Perfect and its mortal enemy, Good.
Coopr8@kbin.earth 2 months ago
Looking great! I'd love to add this to my fedi-toolkit
dil@lemmy.zip 2 months 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 2 months ago
All 7 users will be pleased.
Luci@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
8 now that’s it’s foss
kernelle@0d.gs 2 months ago
Every platform had 8 users at one point!
wiki_me@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It actually reports about 27K monthly active users and is one of the more popular platforms on the fediverse.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 months 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 months 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 1 month 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 months ago
When it started, I liked it. It sucked after Meta bought it.
ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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.