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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] 23 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Very cool that its federated but to be honest i just dont like this kind of short form content. I ratherd watch a youtube video.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is pretty cool. I'll check it out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Nice profile picture!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I hope it has its own instance for it, just like lemmynsfw.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I wanted an account, verification email is not arrived.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

The waiting list is still very long at this point. Probably don't expect to get in for like 2 weeks...

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Ignoring the myriad of other issues listed in this thread, the bit about training AI is pretty misleading. It's not hard to scrape webpages for whatever kind of data you like, even if loops doesn't outright hand things over for third parties for that purpose.

And the kind of people who are downloading the entire internet to train AIs are the type to be willing to just scrape without permission.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago

They are claiming not to train AI using your videos/info theirselves. I don't think it's misleading just because other people can scrape that info.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

loops doesn't outright hand things over for third parties for that purpose.

Hey, check it out; it's the thing loops said buried in the middle of your paragraph highlighting what other parties can or will do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Not that that has anything to do with them of course.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

not to be a Debbie Downer or anything but I bet it runs like shit

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 19 hours ago (17 children)

Yes, and it will still be brainrot.

My attention span is just fine. I don't need to see it ruined by short format nonsense with about as much intellectual value as the nutritional value of a McDonald's cheeseburger.

I never installed TikTok or Snapchat on my phone, not because I had privacy concerns, but because I hate everything about the format.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Omg😱. Round of applause for Mr. Superior here!!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

I'll take it. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

The problem with tiktok is not close-source and being centralised. It is being tiktok

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