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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

shorts are not my cup of tea. Pretty sure shorts have a negative impact on peoples attention span. I'd still be happy to see people watch their shorts on the Fediverse rather than at tiktok/yt. Of course, but still....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Is google recaptcha still only good option?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I tried to register on it but when they said they would give further instructions on mail, I did not receive it. Now when I try to create again it shows email and username is taken :\

[–] AsudoxDev 1 points 1 month ago

Be patient. It seems like they are manually sending out activation emails. You should receive it this week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Just a tip for the developer/sysadmins of loops.video, as a developer myself: Seems like loops.video has no DKIM or SPF configured (if that's the domain being used to sent activation links/codes), so the tendency is for most email providers to block the mail or move it straight to Spam folder. The situation worsens when many users try to sign-up for an account, so loops.video sends a lot of sequential emails (which is something that could be seen as "spam behavior" by email providers). The developer should ensure that mail delivery is properly configured, particularly the trust headers (DKIM and SPF, as mentioned before) needed for sending emails.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Could I use my lemm.ee account and connect to it somehow?

Edit: signed up using my lemmy user ([email protected]) I have no idea if this will work or not.

[–] AsudoxDev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, Lemmy does not support OAuth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Damn that sucks. Cause I tried to sign up under another email and it says the user is taken

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

So feediverse tictok?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A non-evil, non-corporate tiktok has some huge potential.

I hope it works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Finally a place to post my tom shelby sigma edits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do I need to create a new account for it? At least it should let me sign in with pixelfed account right?

[–] JackbyDev 1 points 4 weeks ago

No, you've never been able to sign into different fediverse instances with your account (to my knowledge). You can interact with other instances through yours, yes, but you don't go to the others and sign in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nice! I just wish it specified how short they're going to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully it's time it's not postponed 😄

[–] AsudoxDev 2 points 1 month ago

Fingers crossed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AsudoxDev 2 points 1 month ago

A federated short video sharing platform. Basically YouTube Shorts or TikTok.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm really interested to see where this goes. i feel like a lot of the dorks (i say affectionately as a dork) who use the fediverse and people who do this kinda shortform video are two circles that don't touch, so this could very well die on the vine- no pun intended- or it could give the fedi the jolt it needs to enter the mainstream

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I use TikTok (around a hour a day) and use the Fediverse too(Mbin and Misskey fork), so I guess I am a target audience, so they do touch, pfft

Also there's Pixelfed userbase, I think they would like short form video platform, cause Instagram has it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Storage costs is the biggest hurdle for decentralized video platforms. I wonder how instances will handle that.

[–] JackbyDev 1 points 4 weeks ago

Even Bluesky is limiting video uploads heavily. And it's centralized. (As far as I understand.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, has anyone given it a try?

[–] AsudoxDev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People seem to be waiting for the activation email

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

all the activation emails should be out by today

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113346938783519339

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

will it have direct messages? it would compete with snapchat a little too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly, this whole thing is a mess... first a countdown, then a website with basically no information and that's only the start.

More than 24 hours after signing up, I finally got an email with just about zero information:

Hi @dfyx,

We're thrilled to welcome you to Loops.video!

We're in the process of onboarding all our new users, and we can't wait for you to experience the magic of short looping video.

Keep an eye out for another email from us later tonight or tomorrow (depending on when you signed up). It will have all the details you need to get started, including how to create your first Loop.

Welcome to the Loops community!

Regards, The Loops Team

And from some random comment that dansup made on pixelfed I found out that this beta is only for Android. Apparently, iOS will come later and there is no info on a browser-based version. That info should have been on the website. Also, what about selfhosting? This is the fediverse after all...