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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] 281 points 3 weeks ago (50 children)

Maybe I'm just old, but I traveled by plane recently (I don't fly very often) and seeing everyone around me mindlessly scrolling short-form video content was shocking. Looked identical to the people in the space ship in WALL-E.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As opposed to doing what exactly?

If you are upset by the video length I can provide you plenty of videos of absolute tosh that are over 18 minutes long.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Reading, maybe. People don't read actual literature as much as they used to.

A long video would also be better for you, yes, instead of being designed to catch your attention and keep giving you dopamine hits.

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