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A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source (www.theverge.com)
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Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think if you're just looking for quick news breaks then it can be useful...

No, even then, that format is even worse. Good journalism often has a nuance and detail to it. The short-format video nonsense barely has enough time to get through a headline and a broad summary.

The 24h news cycle is bad enough without trying to shorten it further to 90sec ragebait clips.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

I addressed that actually. I said if you wanted more detail then youtube or peertube might be better.

But if you just want a quick glance, then that's why I said then maybe the short form content might be preferred.