Loops is officially live on the Google Play Store. To everyone on Android who's been waiting, thank you for sticking around. You've been asking for this since day one, sideloading builds, poking me in replies, reminding me you exist. I heard you the whole time. So here it

Loops (the Fediverse alternative to Tiktok) is now available for both iOS, and Android.

It was previously only available for iOS, or Android (via APK).

  • shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml
    33·
    2 days ago

    I hope I’m wrong and Loops takes off, but I imagine there isn’t a lot of overlap between people who are thoughtful enough with their social media usage to want a a federated platform, and people who enjoy TikTok-style (short / vertical) videos

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      I haven’t used it in a number of months.

      It works as a short video delivery tool, but it’s filtering is almost non-existent.

      At the very least, let me limit what I see on a language basis.

      The lightning in the bottle for shorts is providing you what you like to see and refining that list to make it even better.

      It’s also what makes shorts platforms so addictive.

    • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      21·
      2 days ago

      My two most used platforms are actually tik tok and Lemmy.

      But never actually used loops, or even peertube, because lack of content.

      It’s easier for content to be generated by fewer users in lemmy or mastodon.

      • PoopingCough@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Same for me, although for loops the other thing I don’t like that much is that you have to curate it much more to be served videos you’re actually interested in. I understand many people here probably do their best to get away from algorithmically served content but it’s what TikTok does best imo.

    • gemakey@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 days ago

      I like shorts. Things like “DNS in 30 seconds.”

      It’s not the format or the platform that turns me away, it’s the content. I don’t care about people twerking in the street or “kid drinks coke with mentos.”

      • PoopingCough@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        I mean that’s kind of the one thing TikTok has going for it; it’s algorithm is very good at quickly adapting to what type of content you like. There’s plenty of IT/tech content on there, it just takes liking a few videos about a topic beforeyour feed adjusts. I havent seen “people twerking in the street” or “kid drinks coke with mentos” videos since basically the first time I opened the app.

        • gemakey@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 days ago

          Lol maybe it’s because every time I open the app I uninstall it. Kidding. I did see some absolutely incredible ways of teaching and learning math that made me utterly furious at the American education system. We teach academic subjects in the absolutely dumbest way possible. I learned that on Tiktok.

    • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      There might be a segment of users who want a “lefty” version of tiktok-style platform, in which Loops would probably fit that niche. My partner uses Red Note though, and it fits that criteria just fine while also being way more usable.