It’s not finished.

It’s not finished. It’s not perfect. But it’s real. 🥹

Loops is now open, built in public, and growing every day — laying the groundwork for a future where you can build your own TikTok.

A future where governments can’t censor you. Where corporations can’t control the conversation. Where the social web belongs to the people again.

This is how it starts.

Loops - Short videos. Your community. Your rules.

All the fun of short-form video, none of the corporate control. Loops is federated, open-source, and designed to give power back to creators and communities.

(joinloops.org)

#loops #tikTok #activityPub #freedom #federation

@dansup well done! Congratulations.
So needed. I hope it gets very successful.

@dansup is it intended to play on a web browser or in an app (TikTok is both). Also, like TikTok, can folks anonymously browse?

@dansup I feel abandoned having an early account on loops.video. No web interface, no federation.

@virtuous_sloth it’s coming this week, don’t worry!

It seems the joinloops.org front page doesn't like Firefox Mobile much. Slow to load, refuses to scroll, the buttons remain below the fold.
@dansup

@dansup Dan, thanks for confirming no telemetry but can I also get you to confirm:

Are there any hooks/code for pushing ads/hashtags/etc? Either opt-in or opt-out?

@john Nope!

@dansup I'm trying to figure out your "Login or Register" UX flow. On an Android phone from a Chrome browser, there's a "Login" but not a "Register" flow that I can see.
Would love to try it out before I try learning TikTok !

@dansup congrats!! 🥳 excited to watch Loops continue to grow!

dansup@mastodon.social there are no video controls on firefox mobile on android