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Loops aims to be an open Fediverse alternative to TikTok, Snapchat, and Vine. We take an early look at the app, and talk about what it's like!

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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Loops hasn’t yet released its source code or enabled federation, but project lead Dan Supernault has stated that he will do both in the near future.

Buying into promises is a gamble dependant on the crediblity and trustworthiness of the person/entity making them

[–] mosscap@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its always a risk putting your faith into a single person, but Dan is the same guy who built Pixelfed. He's a Fediverse OG, literally the exact opposite of a grifter. Trusting him is a risk for sure, but I can't think of many other developers I'd trust more than him (at least in terms of his intentions and determination... I'm not a skilled dev so I can't speak to whether he actually does good work, but Pixelfed seems incredibly legit given the limited resources he's worked with)

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Ah thank you! I didn't realize it was made by Dan. In that case Loops is probably a safer bet than the current alternatives👍