Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup I fear it will stay as buggy and unfinished as Pixelfed and threfore not get serious traction. We can't do the transition on hype alone. Monnett from Luxembourg is in a similar state. Promising intentions, barely working demo and the constant marketing lingo overpromise of a working alternative. Quality matters so much more to average users than to us ideological users. I've seen it too often now. I pledge: make it rock-solid first, then release it. Hype alone does not make a platform.
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@dansup I fear it will stay as buggy and unfinished as Pixelfed and threfore not get serious traction. We can't do the transition on hype alone. Monnett from Luxembourg is in a similar state. Promising intentions, barely working demo and the constant marketing lingo overpromise of a working alternative. Quality matters so much more to average users than to us ideological users. I've seen it too often now. I pledge: make it rock-solid first, then release it. Hype alone does not make a platform.
@yuliyan Clearly you haven't used it, it's pretty rock solid in its current beta form, with a dozen federated servers and constant updates.
Pixelfed grew really fast and is feature packed, while it does need more work, Loops is much more stable due to extensive phpstan testing during development.
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@yuliyan Clearly you haven't used it, it's pretty rock solid in its current beta form, with a dozen federated servers and constant updates.
Pixelfed grew really fast and is feature packed, while it does need more work, Loops is much more stable due to extensive phpstan testing during development.
@dansup Fair enough, it's been a few weeks since I last used it. I will try and use it now for a week consciously.
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup is loops a fediverse version of tik tok?
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@dansup is loops a fediverse version of tik tok?
@Zeal4living yes!
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup
Though I don't need a Tiktok-like social media for shorts myself, I will recommend it to others! -
Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
Still waiting for the apps to be on the regular app store and play store before recommending it to anyone non techy.
Do you have a timeline or a list of what still needs to happen before that?
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@yuliyan Clearly you haven't used it, it's pretty rock solid in its current beta form, with a dozen federated servers and constant updates.
Pixelfed grew really fast and is feature packed, while it does need more work, Loops is much more stable due to extensive phpstan testing during development.
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@hiphopheaven @yuliyan We have over 340 commits since the last release, Pixelfed isn't abandoned.
That being said, we're due to a massive release and that will be coming with some big ActivityPub improvements I'm working on now (borrowed from Loops).
Then the release after that will be the new webUI which is coming along very well. I haven't teased updates because I want to announce them after they shipped.
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup Will login redirect eventually be supported on PixelFed and Loops? I posted about it earlier this week, but when you try to like something on the Loops explore page for an instance, it prompts you to log in with your email and password, rather than first asking for your username+instance handle to direct you to where you already have an account, like Mastodon does. On PixelFed, interacting without an account is unavailable entirely!
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
What about AI content?
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@hiphopheaven @yuliyan We have over 340 commits since the last release, Pixelfed isn't abandoned.
That being said, we're due to a massive release and that will be coming with some big ActivityPub improvements I'm working on now (borrowed from Loops).
Then the release after that will be the new webUI which is coming along very well. I haven't teased updates because I want to announce them after they shipped.
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Pixelfed could seriously use a public roadmap, same as Loops has. more transparency, more accountability. (maybe fewer blown deadlines and deleting posts to cover them up?)
anyway, I don't understand touting the number of commits a project has. who cares? if updates are not working on public/private servers (NOT just test ones!), then commits are MEANINGLESS for the average end user. they do nothing to improve user experience UNTIL they're actually deployed and available to all.
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Pixelfed could seriously use a public roadmap, same as Loops has. more transparency, more accountability. (maybe fewer blown deadlines and deleting posts to cover them up?)
anyway, I don't understand touting the number of commits a project has. who cares? if updates are not working on public/private servers (NOT just test ones!), then commits are MEANINGLESS for the average end user. they do nothing to improve user experience UNTIL they're actually deployed and available to all.
there's no benefit to FormerInstagramUser12345 when a "commit" is made. if they're just trying to use Pixelfed to post photos, the "before" and "after" a commit looks exactly the same to them -- still broken, still janky, not updated.
it's like the repair guy saying your car is "fixed" when it's been sitting in the shop awaiting a shipment of replacement parts for the past week. the parts haven't arrived, they aren't installed, you're not driving the car, ergo IT IS NOT FIXED.
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there's no benefit to FormerInstagramUser12345 when a "commit" is made. if they're just trying to use Pixelfed to post photos, the "before" and "after" a commit looks exactly the same to them -- still broken, still janky, not updated.
it's like the repair guy saying your car is "fixed" when it's been sitting in the shop awaiting a shipment of replacement parts for the past week. the parts haven't arrived, they aren't installed, you're not driving the car, ergo IT IS NOT FIXED.
oh well.
maybe by the one-year anniversary of the oh-so-successful Kickstarter for "accelerated Pixelfed development" we might actually get something RELEASED.
that's only, what, a month and a half or so from now? plenty of time.
plus! that'll be a mere three months late on the #pixelfedChristmas update we were promised and told we wouldn't regret waiting for!
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Pixelfed could seriously use a public roadmap, same as Loops has. more transparency, more accountability. (maybe fewer blown deadlines and deleting posts to cover them up?)
anyway, I don't understand touting the number of commits a project has. who cares? if updates are not working on public/private servers (NOT just test ones!), then commits are MEANINGLESS for the average end user. they do nothing to improve user experience UNTIL they're actually deployed and available to all.
@worldruined i would be fine with a roadmap with no dates. I just want to know what it is currently on developement and what features and bugs are top priorities
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@worldruined i would be fine with a roadmap with no dates. I just want to know what it is currently on developement and what features and bugs are top priorities
anything is better than what we have now, which is nothing.
well, we get broken promises and moving goalposts, I guess. which might still happen with a roadmap, but what can you do.
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Now is the time to spread the message about Loops, the fediverse alternative to TikTok!
@dansup I don’t get it. It’s not available in the app store yet, so why promote it?
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