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A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source (www.theverge.com)

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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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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 64 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

So are 10 second videos.

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 48 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe the next one won't be boring though

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Or the next one

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They should go do a crossword puzzle and get off my lawn.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Tbh, doesn't sound like a bad option.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah there’s probably a park with a lot more grass

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 25 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Millions upon millions disagree. Some people are alcoholics and some people can enjoy a drink now and then. It's the same with short form video content. Not everyone is an addict and I like that I can search something and actually get answers instead of an article or 10 minute video begging for subscribers and 1/3 of the video being an intro.

[–] praxis_jack@lemmy.world 1 points 47 minutes ago

Right, exactly this. Also not ALL of the stuff that's shortform is brain rot or nonsense. There's so many different people doing so many different things and if you give it a chance enough to find the things you like it can be as enjoyable as a long form YouTube video or whatever form of media you do consider to be more respectable than short form videos. Dismissing ALL short form content is just silly. And sure if you actually just don't enjoy it than that's your thing.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 22 points 6 hours ago

TikTok quantified the precise amount of viewing it takes for someone to form a habit: 260 videos.

Kentucky authorities note that while it might seem a lot, TikTok videos can be just a few seconds long.

“Thus, in under 35 minutes, an average user is likely to become addicted to the platform,” the state investigators concluded.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, getting in the habit of making excuses for one's use is part of alcoholism.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

I'm not an alcoholic and I'm not addicted to TikTok because I watch it at the airport.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 8 hours ago

also not a fan of them, but people are enjoying it. so by definition it's not boring for them