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

ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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

conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

So are 10 second videos.

jaybone@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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

Telorand@reddthat.com · 3 months ago

Tbh, doesn’t sound like a bad option.

Lennny@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Maybe the next one won’t be boring though

TheFriar@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

Or the next one

crowbar@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

One more video and ill stop

kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

NineMileTower@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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.

Rimu@piefed.social · 3 months 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 · 3 months ago

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