Loops is now on Google Play
Loops (the Fediverse alternative to Tiktok) is now available for both iOS, and Android.
It was previously only available for iOS, or Android (via APK).
Loops is now on Google Play
We did it again. Loops is officially live on the Google Play Store. To everyone on Android who's been waiting, thank you for sticking around.Daniel Supernault (Loops Official Blog)
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Spooge
in reply to Teknevra • • •John
in reply to Spooge • • •Spooge
in reply to John • • •Yeah. The Fediverse DOES suck. You won't hear it from the users here obviously, because of self-righteous anti-capitalist views that drove them here in the first place. And I'm not saying they are wrong or it's a bad thing, but now you've got the furry/band kid table from the high school lunch room helping you form your political opinion and consume your time with AWFUL anime memes.
This place may be the right fit for some, but a lot of people are here because they don't fit in elsewhere. Some even claim that it's the way they like it, but niche communities fail while copies of reddit communities are the only ones with engagement. That and the confusing system for platforms/instances will drive away everyday users who are used to an easy sign up. Lemmy/PieFed and Mastodon will probably carve out a tiny base of users over the next few years, but it's doubtful that they will ever be mainstream. If reddit fails, another capitalist will swoop in and take their place.
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in reply to Spooge • • •I'm a "self-righteous" anti-capitalist, but I'm not a furry or band geek.
I'll never really understand this critique of lemmy/fediverse. It's not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don't like it, just pick another.
... Show more...I'm not sure about that. Most people prefer the twitter-like platform, short-form content. Reddit style is a dying model imo. It's not even that useful anymore, as everything is hidden away in Megathrea
I'm a "self-righteous" anti-capitalist, but I'm not a furry or band geek.
I'll never really understand this critique of lemmy/fediverse. It's not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don't like it, just pick another.
I'm not sure about that. Most people prefer the twitter-like platform, short-form content. Reddit style is a dying model imo. It's not even that useful anymore, as everything is hidden away in Megathreads.
But yea, I doubt it will ever be mainstream. I'm fine with that though. Nothing I do is very mainstream. I'm just hipster like that I guess.
Spooge
in reply to John • • •You overestimate peoples' abilities and wherewithal.
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John
in reply to Spooge • • •Spooge
in reply to John • • •queermunist she/her
in reply to John • • •Literally any effort at all is too hard for the majority of people. They want the smoothest experience possible, to never have to think.
John
in reply to queermunist she/her • • •queermunist she/her
in reply to John • • •Did I say it was difficult? Nope!
These people are basically babies, they want everything spoonfed to them.
myszka
in reply to queermunist she/her • • •queermunist she/her
in reply to myszka • • •myszka
in reply to queermunist she/her • • •Zombie
in reply to Spooge • • •Are you not a user here? Are you a figment of my imagination?
Ah, okay, so is that why you're here? Nobody likes or wants you because you're an asshole, so you thought you'd come and be an asshole over here instead?
This community has engagement. Is it a copy of a Reddit community?
Is that the goal of the Fediverse?
I miss when trolls used to put effort into their posts.
Spooge
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in reply to Spooge • • •meowcar420
in reply to Spooge • • •Krauerking
in reply to meowcar420 • • •That is not the point of Lemmy.
I'm so tired of people thinking the point of social media is to create a personalized echo chamber.
meowcar420
in reply to Krauerking • • •Krauerking
in reply to meowcar420 • • •LOL no. You dont just let an insane person run around wielding a knife cause they want to.
Saying its ok to want to only hear exactly what you want is not how existence works and you will crash against actual reality when it doesnt care to live up to the expectations of online.
meowcar420
in reply to Krauerking • • •Krauerking
in reply to meowcar420 • • •Because I am a part of the world and an avatar to enact its will.
Which means, yeah I'm just another person you have to deal with. The fact that I can is why you have to deal with it.
Its weak and completely anti life to hide from all others for your existence. You might as well not at that rate. Existence is in observation. If you want nobody to observe you existing then you really aren't living.
A life of no challenges and learning or differing opinions doesnt exist. Even rocks have to accept the opinion of rain.
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in reply to Krauerking • • •Spooge
in reply to Krauerking • • •Krauerking
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in reply to meowcar420 • • •ThorrJo
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in reply to ThorrJo • • •myszka
in reply to John • • •That's true of many platforms but I think Lemmy is an example of the exact opposite. I just registered on my instance and now I get loads of interesting content from the general feed.
In fact Reddit, which is supposed to have more content, failed to get me using it because I just found it boring, unlike Lemmy.
plutopos
in reply to John • • •I don't mind that, but what I do mind is that the advertised premise of the fediverse (one account for all socials) is kind of a lie
The way it's presented on jointhefediverse.net makes it seem like you can use one account across all federated socials. But it's more one account for each social, across all instances of that social, with some interoperability
John
in reply to plutopos • • •Cracks_InTheWalls
in reply to John • • •You can also do it the other way, and call out Mastodon users from Lemmy.
I did that to Jason Scott once, though I think he was less than happy about it. I was just shocked it worked.
Niquarl
in reply to plutopos • • •shrek_is_love
in reply to Teknevra • • •gemakey
in reply to shrek_is_love • • •I like shorts. Things like "DNS in 30 seconds."
It's not the format or the platform that turns me away, it's the content. I don't care about people twerking in the street or "kid drinks coke with mentos."
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in reply to gemakey • • •gemakey
in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •PoopingCough
in reply to gemakey • • •gemakey
in reply to PoopingCough • • •John
in reply to shrek_is_love • • •Spooge
in reply to John • • •daniskarma
in reply to shrek_is_love • • •My two most used platforms are actually tik tok and Lemmy.
But never actually used loops, or even peertube, because lack of content.
It's easier for content to be generated by fewer users in lemmy or mastodon.
PoopingCough
in reply to daniskarma • • •rumba
in reply to shrek_is_love • • •I haven't used it in a number of months.
It works as a short video delivery tool, but it's filtering is almost non-existent.
At the very least, let me limit what I see on a language basis.
The lightning in the bottle for shorts is providing you what you like to see and refining that list to make it even better.
It's also what makes shorts platforms so addictive.
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in reply to Teknevra • • •inari
in reply to Teknevra • • •Hasnep
in reply to inari • • •GitHub - joinloops/loops-expo: The federated short video sharing platform app.
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