The Fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops
The Fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops
Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called
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What's next? Fediverse Amazon?
Just stop đ
A decentralized marketplace would honestly be pretty sick as long as they can figure out how to ensure people don't't get scammed
"Sick" as in "slick?" "Good?" (Going to add "clueless oldster" to the description on my BH profile page).
Along the lines of a "Fediverse Amazon", @petrescatraian@libranet.de told me about flohmarkt, which does look interesting. One of its instances can be viewed here.
One note on "sick" being slang for "good": that particular slang started in the 80s, and some of the younger generation consider it to be old person slang.
So I'm even older than I thought?! đą
Sick mean cool or awesome. I guess
IMO we need to break it in a few independent but cooperating decentralized systems;
- A transportation service where consumers will request the transportation of goods or people from point A to point B, and providers will make bids for those requests.
- A storage service where providers will offer storage of goods at specific locations, and consumers that make requests for the storage.
- A LC service, where two parties can enter an letter-of-credit (LC) contract, and providers can guarantee the contract.
If these systems are available, it would be possible to implement additional decentralized services like;
- Marketplaces.
- Passenger transportation services.
- Food delivery.
- Probably many more.
So⌠doomed?
Why? Is it bad providing alternatives? Especially as it is Fediverse based, which is federated and not controlled by a single company. And being compatible to Fediverse protocol means you can use any application.
Imagine something like Amazon, a central place you go and everyone who federates with it can sell products. I'm not against it.
Fediverse is underpopulated cringe, this place is dead compared to everywhere else I go