psst: you didn't hear it from me, but the cool thing about the loopies, you can connect a @loops server to your @pixelfed or @Mastodon instance and handle login with your local users, while maintaining a separate db/storage for loops.
pretty spiffy if you ask this random guy with no connection whatsoever to the project
@loops tl;dr
- loops is the fediverse TikTok
- you can run your own loops server
- you can allow pixelfed/mastodon users to login to Loops using existing local account
- the API is pretty extensive, allowing 3rd party clients to have same access as official
- video storage can be handled by separate hot/cold bucket/caches and more
- the loops mobile app/backend will be open source before release
- the "algo" will be very basic
- open to working with others, come join @loops