How do you guys feel about Loops?

nimpnin , 29 days ago

Short form content without a profix-maximizing algorithm pushing it to you does sound interesting, not gonna lie

Thorny_Insight , 29 days ago

I don't watch reels, shorts, tiktoks or any other short for videos and Loops is not an exception. I moved from Instagram to Pixelfed for the sole purpose of getting atleast some audience for my photography since Instagram wants you to post videos instead.

ItsYourBoyHalo OP , 29 days ago

What's your profile? Let me drop you a follow!

thesocavault , 29 days ago

They are working on loops but yet Pixelfed doesn't have push notifications yet.

Andromxda , 27 days ago

I hope they support UnifiedPush

thesocavault , 27 days ago

I just want a notification 😂😂😂😂

Andromxda , 27 days ago

So do I, but I don't have Google play services on my phone.

thesocavault , 27 days ago

I think they will push an update through their native app, at sometime in the future.

MxRemy , 29 days ago

I am very, very excited about it! I check for updates nearly every day lol

ItsYourBoyHalo OP , 29 days ago

Lmao same! I quit TikTok because of their TOS and Privacy Policy. I've been looking for an alternative ever since, but none are privacy respecting.

I wonder how it will work without an algorithm, though 🤔

bamboo , 29 days ago

The algorithms are what makes these services. Most interactions aren’t searching and selecting something specific or intentional, they’re just opening a fire hose and expecting the algorithm to pick content they find entertaining for them. It requires the algorithm to have a lot of information, both about the specific user, and about similar users.

JVT038 , 27 days ago

I think they could add a tag system, where the user enters their interests as a tag and then Loops shows all the content that shares the same tag.

Yes, it's more effort than TikTok, which automatically guesses what your interests are, but I think it's still a good, privacy friendly alternative.