Plot twist: TikTok's "secret sauce" is recommendation ML + video encoding (likely ffmpeg like the rest of us).

They built their empire on open source foundations.

We're doing the same with @loops but keeping it open, federated, and yours.

The magic was open source all along.

Who's really disrupting who?

joinloops.org/why-loops-matter…

#loops #fediverse #tikTok #activityPub

Why Loops Matters.

In a world where platforms rise and fall at the whim of governments and boardrooms, we're building something that can't be shut down, sold off, or taken away.

^{joinloops.org}

The PewResearch 2025 poll on Social Media use of adults in the US is out - and #Mastodon doesn't exist? 🤯

#PewResearch #Poll #Statistics #SocialMedia #Social #Tiktok #WhatsApp #Instagram #Bluesky #Threads #Facebook #Youtube #X #Twitter #Reddit #Snapchat #Graph #graphic #PewResearch #TruthSocial #news #Us #USA #Unitedstates #america #americans #results

#TikTok drosselt Reichweite von AfD-Politiker Maximilian Krah deutlich …
#noafd
spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpoliti…

@EU_Commission @EC_Commissioner_Vestager @EC_Commissioner_Breton
above reads “TikTok significantly reduces the reach of AfD politician Maximilian Krah”.
I thank TikTok for restricting EU Nazis.

urgent:
Hereby I do notify you again and publicly that MEP Krah uses his secure EU infrastructure for organising and managing events which are directly against EU fundamental values and the German Constitution.
ENOUGH!

/ cc @1br0wn

Verstoß gegen Plattformregeln: TikTok drosselt Reichweite von AfD-Politiker Maximilian Krah deutlich

Maximilian Krah hat über TikTok zeitweise ein Millionenpublikum erreicht. Weil der AfD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl unter anderem gegen Flüchtlinge gehetzt haben soll, zieht das Unternehmen Konsequenzen.

^{Max Hoppenstedt (DER SPIEGEL)}