@pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub
pixelfed (@pixelfed@mastodon.social)
I believe they started (internal) testings last month? This is not ready yet but seems to be actively being worked on. The develop er posts about it multiple times a day
Stupid question:
What is the commercial comparison? Like vine/Instagram video/YouTube shorts?
I'm old and I don't understand how those social media platforms above work but I'm willing to figure it out to add content to the fediverse.
The snapchat equivalent would be "Snapchat Spotlight"
Yeah, Vine (now defunct) is probably the originator. YouTube has Shorts, Instagram has Stories, and it's the same in WhatsApp. Snapchat has one, Facebook has one, X has one (or used to? I'm not sure)... They are a part of most social media at this point, almost as ubiquitous as posts, shares, and links. Of course, TikTok is king right now their main innovation is inclusion of licensed music and removing most of the interface so that one video just flows into the next.
Link to the source?
Not out yet unfortunately.
EDIT: I lied, link is here. There's no releases as of yet.
Much respect for the creator of Pixelfed for their contributions to the fediverse and all for more fedi alternatives, but please fix basic functionality on Pixelfed first!
Seems like it's less a problem with pixelfed and more an issue with pixelfed.social?
Yes and no. Technically yes because the issue seems only to affect pixelfed.social; however, that happens to be the largest instance iirc. And hash tags are not federated, so one of the main features for discovery that is accessed from the landing page is unusable or broken (has been for months).
Meanwhile, people are out there talking and reading about this cool federated alternative to instagram called pixelfed, perhaps spending a few minutes browsing the site for the largest instance which also happens to have the word pixelfed in the URL, but as soon as they try interacting with it, they bounce off because they clicked on a link hoping to get more nature photos, but got an error instead. 🤷♂️
If anybody's interested in signing up for the rolling beta, here's the link
