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Loops is a new short form platform created by Pixelfed creator Daniel Supernault. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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This app could potentially supplant Tik Tok overtime. As Tik Tok's censorship following it's acquisition by US investors such as Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX, and UpScrolled already having questionable ethics, this may be the path forward.

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[–] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (16 children)

What is the point of recreating media format designed exclusively to grab attention as much as possible and monetize it?

Edit: I'm not saying that loops is planning to monetize it. I'm trying to say that the short video format was designed as being additive, so that the addiction can be monetized.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    I'd say it's to help replace unhealthy addictions with a platform that's smaller and less easy to fall into infinite scroll rabbit holes. Like nic-patches to stop smoking.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    and monetize it

    Have you used TikTok? If you had in the beginning, it was full of people doing history videos, diy, etc. I suspect it will be something like that. I don't use it anymore, but it was great in the beginning,.I suspect that if you're on Loops, especially at first, monetizing it isn't your first thing. The meme communities are probably going to go nuts.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    It still is that way, it just depends on what kind of content you engage with. People on reddit/lemmy LOVE to hate on short form video content but it isn't inherently destructive or evil IMO., it just depends on how you interact with it.

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  • [+] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)
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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    People also want to use drugs that cause addiction. Is that a good reason to design and create more of them?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    You could also implement features that reduce the addictivity as the EU might be demanding of Tik Tok in the future. When it's a federated open source platform with no profit motive that's going to be something much more easy to get in.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Someone with a vested interest in s healthy, functional society of educated adults.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    If you were an educated adult, you’d know that banning drugs tends to cause more harm. You’d also know that some drugs have positive effects on learning, cognition, attention, memory, mood, emotional regulation, and empathy, when used appropriately and responsibly. All of which contributes to a society of healthy and educated adults.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    I was talking about specifically about drugs that cause addiction, not all kinds of drugs in general. Also, I said nothing about banning drugs or anything else. I just don't understand why to produce more of that shit when we as society can't deal with what's already out there.

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