Loops

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Capture. Share. Loop.

This community is to discuss the Loops project.

Loops is a short video sharing platform created by the developer of Pixelfed.

Feel free to post feedback, ideas or any thoughts you have about Loops!

For sharing Loops videos, you should check out : !loops@midwest.social

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Loops is out now, let's discuss ! (loops.video)

submitted 2 years ago by Krafting@lemmy.world to c/loops@lemmy.world

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Did you try it ? How was it ? Tell us everything you think of this new Fediverse platform!

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[–] Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's ok for how early it is but it needs a lot of work still (and content)

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, the app is reaaaally rough, and it really needs a web version (even TikTok has a web version)

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any Android app yet?

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes there is! Loging to you account on loops.video and download the apk

[–] mastazi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Basically I'm interested but 99% of my screen time is on desktop, so I wanted to ask if there is any roadmap about a fully functional web interface? Anyone knows? Right now the website is just a dashboard to manage my account and nothing else, at least for me.

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, for now it will be really focussed on a mobile-first experience, but imo they HAVE to have a web version, to at least share videos to people who don't have the app yet!

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't make an account yet :(

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 years ago

The webpage OP linked says "We're not accepting new users at this time.", so it's not surprising. They need additional instances to take on the burden of actually hosting the content, as they continue the software development.

[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m confused, is it Fediverse service? If so how I find instances? Why app only leads to this specific instance only?

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is in heavy development, federation has not been enabled yet and the server source code is not available for now, bit it is just a matter off time, for now there is only one main instance

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

yay thanks for reminding me. i had the application going for a while and forgot about it. just uploaded my first loop! i'm too old and "scared" for tiktok, so i love giving this a shot

[–] m_f@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Nails the experience of mindless scrolling entertainment, for better or for worse. Definitely still a beta product, stuff like dark mode and skipping already-seen videos haven't been implemented afaik. Still fun though. Hopefully there will be some way of interacting with it that doesn't just contribute to lowest-common denominator videos, and can push interesting and thought-provoking content above silly cat videos.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm unable to post a video through the app, and I've tried logging into the website to see if there's an update, but it just sits there when I click 'login' - no error.

Are there any known issues? (My app is version 1.0.0.9 and I'm on the latest version of Android).

EDIT: I wasn't using my email address to log into the website. Once in, I was able to download version 1.0.0.11 and it worked.