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.

  • WaryleEnglish
    203·
    2 months ago

    ITT: People in their mid-twenties or later, who feel superior to those that like one form of media over their preferred media.

    You’re just waving away an important fact, which is that shorts and their equivalents are notoriously known for killing attention spans and disrupting the management of dopamine in the brain, causing depression in particular.

    We are no longer simply in the traditional custom of the elderly who despise the activities of the younger generations, we are talking about health.

    • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      2 months ago

      While true, how is that any different to the arguments that were used for TV? Additionally, Lemmy is a social network in the same way that Reddit is. Is this not also dangerous?

      As has been the recommendation for practically everything for the four decades I’ve been on this earth, moderation is key. Instead of hating new media, either regulate it (if the evidence is truly that great) or treat it with healthy moderation.

      Let’s be blunt here. Most of the people in this thread aren’t worried about health. They don’t like short-form video/foreign-owned companies/things they didn’t grow up with, and their elitism is getting the better of them instead of them letting people like what they want to like.

      • ugjka@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        I made a rule that i only do social media on desktop pc. Phone is only for emails and rss feeds. Seems to work

      • WaryleEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        While true, how is that any different to the arguments that were used for TV?

        Television is bad because it is a passive activity, but it is less harmful than the continuous ingestion of micro-videos. But I don’t see what it has to do here.

        Additionally, Lemmy is a social network in the same way that Reddit is. Is this not also dangerous?

        What’s the connection? I didn’t mention Reddit.

        As has been the recommendation for practically everything for the four decades I’ve been on this earth, moderation is key. Instead of hating new media, either regulate it (if the evidence is truly that great) or treat it with healthy moderation.

        This would be to ignore the particularly addictive nature of this kind of content. It would be like comparing apples to Snickers: both are sweet, yes, but one is much more problematic.

        Let’s be blunt here. Most of the people in this thread aren’t worried about health

        That could be a point, but I’m pretty sure that if you ask anybody, the main reason given would be that it makes you stupid. But I can agree that this opinion would not necessarily be based on anything other than the eternal contempt for novelty as video games or manga were, for example, before they became popular.