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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 (www.theverge.com)

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Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

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[–] [email protected] 256 points 2 weeks ago (29 children)

Dude, it's the airport. It's boring as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

So are 10 second videos.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If only I could get addicted to something socially acceptable in under 35 minutes, like doing chores, or at least maths

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the addictability and social acceptability are mutually exclusive. I can't think of anything that's both. Maybe coffee.