A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse
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Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.

Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

    • WhyJiffieEnglish
      141·
      26 days ago

      for example by being aware that the format is harmful to psychological health

    • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      25 days ago

      Cultural osmosis.

      Just because I never installed TikTok or Snapchat, doesn’t mean I’ve never seen or heard anything from it. Snapchat used to be big, TikTok is even bigger right now, it’s completely impossible to actually avoid seeing anything from it. And then there’s YouTube with their shorts.

      • cows_are_underrated@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        25 days ago

        To be fair, Snapchat is still better than tiktok, because you can actually communicate with friends. Their spotlight is as much brainrot as it gets

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          25 days ago

          And very few people (at least people my age) are still on Snapchat. They all moved to Instagram stories years ago. I finally deleted my Snapchat account a couple months back, because the only reason I was still using it was to trade pictures with a friend of our cats.