1d ago

Loops is now part of the Fediverse!

blog.joinloops.org

Loops Joins the Fediverse

Anyone know if they've actually open sourced everything yet? I haven't kept up with things and I know that was an issue for a while

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wit @lemmy.world 1d ago
I had no idea what Loops was. Nice I guess, though short form content is just not something with which I want to engage.
- dublet @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Would you say you were..... out of the loops? 🌞 😎
  
  ripcord @lemmy.world 1d ago
  
  No. No I would not, dad.
- artyom @piefed.social 1d ago
  I don't mind short form, but I loathe vertical videos. But I guess these days those are basically 1 in the same.
- Cris @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Yeah, short form content isn't really my cup of tea either. I'm glad it exists though :)
troed @fedia.io 1d ago
I believe they have - announced a few weeks ago.
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server
- Cris @lemmy.world 1d ago
  I think someone told me in another thread a while back discussing loops that at the time it was only like certain libraries and whatnot? I wasn't sure if that was still the case, or if that person was right, or what 🤷‍♂️
  I'm not an especially technical person so I don't really remember details though 😅
  
  troed @fedia.io 1d ago
  No they were right - but now it's the whole server so people can stand up their own.
KeenFlame @feddit.nu 1d ago
Is this real? Seems like pretty strange data. Maybe it's displayed wrong?
- troed @fedia.io 1d ago
  It launched without being decentralized and without federation. Might've been a mistake.
  
  KeenFlame @feddit.nu 13h ago
  But it can't be right that twenty thousand users stop like the same day? It's gotta be some error
- Cris @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Weird...
- tpyo @lemmy.world 15h ago
  To be fair..
  I did the thing where I signed up and got the app and promptly never used it
  I don't particularly like short form content (at all) but I was hoping that there'd be some relevant connection between the platforms
arox @lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1d ago
Its nice to have choices.
ekZepp @lemmy.world 1d ago
Nice.
Nindelofocho @lemmy.world 1d ago
Would be nice if they could work on their iOS app. Right now it’s functionality is so bad I dont even want to use it
Nima @leminal.space 1d ago
it'd be cool if their android app could get updated. and they fix the feed from just showing you the same string of videos constantly.
other than those two things im sure it will be awesome.
- Bo7a @lemmy.ca 1d ago
  I have been doing some uploading there for a few mths. My biggest gripe is that they support 60 second videos, but anything over 15 seconds (for me) never finishes uploading.
  I have seen the repeats too though.
  
  Nima @leminal.space 1d ago
  I see a lot of these threads praising loops and i have never been able to use it effectively despite my efforts. =( and I have really wanted it to.
  I am curious about the length restriction as well. I wonder if these are all things they're going to address and fix. but you'd think they'd have done all that before making announcements and whatnot.

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