@dansup @pixelfed having you considered switching to kotlin eventually?:)

@dansup @pixelfed The public release of client apps would be a nice Christmas present for sure! 😉

@dansup @pixelfed there hasn't been a new GitHub release since July 1.

I think you often forget about every federated server that doesn't use your specific workflow.

Some? Many? Of us don't run the bleeding edge of a random dev-branch commit.

Some? Many? of us use docker and or helm to run the many complicated dependencies.

Even if pixelfed.social doesn't do this, you're leaving the rest of your federated servers in a lunch by subpar admin support

@dansup @loops Last mail I received said that there would be another email "later tonight or tomorrow" telling me how to get started. But I never got another email. Was it just postponed or did it get lost somewhere?

you seem to love hyping things up with waiting lists :P

@dansup Sweet, I was just about to ask - I got the first “Welcome to loops.video” email, but never got the followup email it talked about. Looking forward to it :)

@dansup Waiting for the login notification. :)

@dansup Waiting for Sign-up email 😁👀

@dansup any info on what’s happening with PixelFed?

@dansup Could I have an invite, btw?

@dansup Why bother? It’ll never ship.

@verge
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@verge I have signed up for this. Waiting to be accepted. It will not be great at first but I expect it to grow like Mastodon did.

@verge
Thanks for sharing this. The Verge
@dansup

@Sarahp CC: @dansup

@Sarahp I love that you cover all of these stories 🙏

@Sarahp Amazing article, thank you 🙏

@dansup The enshitification process is starting early with BlueSky.

@dansup Well I'm still glad I starred all of them before they were yeeted 😁

@dansup okay, what drama did I miss this time? 🍿👀

@dansup

Not a lawyer, so grain of salt, but I found the introduction of the term “Legal Terms” a little bit off. I would keep using “Terms of Service” to match the title of the document and abbreviate as “ToS” of “these Terms” if you are into the whole brevity thing 😊

@dansup I’ve never tried to read Terms of Service before, so I’m not sure what I should or shouldn’t be looking for, but hey this was as much fun as reading my lease front to back was, so I imagine you got something right!

@dansup Are they not the same problems you would have faced with Pixelfed?

(Or does Pixelfed also need some changes.)

@dansup Thanks for moving this forward! 🎉

@dansup Looks great. However, I always have to put on my sunglasses.

No, joking aside. Nice steady progress.

@dansup under 'Using the app' one of the hint questions is 'How do I share a Loop?' But this question is not on that page when you open it.

@dansup Choosing like jumping from the rain into the gutter. Unfortunately both are equally junky and very bad options in the many, many ways.

@dansup captchas might keep regular users out, or make them think twice, but those that want to test credentials or whatever, have ways around captcha. ddos+rate limiting might be more effective?

@dansup My experience with Turnstile is really good. Very user-friendly, free, and just works.

For reference: we send about 300k requests per month through it, with a solve rate of just about 93%. Never had a single complaint.

@pixelfed Ohhhh, is this why I didn’t get an email when I signed up?

@pixelfed Pixelfed App for iOS would be nice?

@pixelfed Can't wait. I already signed up, but didn't get my email yet. I've already got some content ideas lined up. Thanks for the hard work!!

@dansup @loops Well, you do have a thing for a bit over ambitious dates and then postponing. Nonetheless, your communication and interaction with the community is frequent, and in my eyes, very good!

In this regard, @Mastodon could take a leaf out of your book. In general, regularly (and even repeatedly) posting about features, maybe with small gifs / animations would be great, though with the limited resources, that is already a stretch.

Seems one should donate to the projects one cares about

@dansup @loops

"Coming Soon!"
(When we are ready)

This would have been much better without actual countdown. 😛

@dansup @loops I've been meaning to tell you that. However, instead of just extending the timer another week, I don't think you should have started the timer at all until you knew everything was ready (in the app store). I don't think anyone would have minded loops coming out later. What bothers us is having our expectations set and broken over and over again.

You're doing your best. No hate. Just trying to give feedback and perspective.

@dansup I cant' find the TOS and FAQ on the loops.video homepage. Would I need to log in first?

@dansup @loops is loops not FOSS software? I feel like how it has been presented so far is as a FOSS alternative to TikTok, however the TOS seems to make it seem as if loops, or at least the majority of it, is closed source. Am I reading it wrong or is this not an open source platform?

@dansup is the goal now to have a web ui on public launch or is this more just a settings thing? i do see a videos tab here so i wonder if this web interface is intended to be the equivalent of YouTube Studio for instance

@dansup don't worry about the delay ! Try to get some sleep !