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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] 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Anyone actually got an email? I have signed up and haven’t gotten one all week :(

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Who is going to pay to host all this content?

Also wish it were 5 or 10 minute limit rather than 60 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I have the same question, because many mastodon instances are barely keeping up with the costs of hosting pictures + text.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Headline should say coming TO the Fediverse.

"It's coming for you!" has a more aggressive meaning.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

I'm still waiting for the further instructions they promised to send by mail lol

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Granted, TicTok is worse than cancer so technically speaking this is of course a "good" step. But I have such a distaste (or rather hatred) for this type of content (same with Shorts), that I still cannot feel good about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

(insert here the "The TikTok at home" meme format) So actually I did my own with PeerTube (self hosted server side) and Latrix (mobile client to live stream) and you can see the result at https://video.benetou.fr/w/p/hfPcHz1kCgnM6zKhfPrS4b (playlist of 6 short videos with progress over time).

I'd argue it... works. Is it necessary or useful? Well I didn't keep up with the format but it potentially can be. My point being... we already have quite a few tools in place.

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