 I spent way to long on the Loops video editor and it's not close to being done Will be delaying the editor so we can focus on getting the beta shipped ASAP In the meantime, we will allow you to select a video from your camera roll (that you can edit with CapCut or whatever) I'm currently building out the new loops backend (loopd) Laravel 11 + Sanctum + Valet = supercharged productivity In less than an hour I already have a production backend deployed with auth and a few API endpoints 💪
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  Hey Dan, I was wondering if you're familiar with Casey Neistat's failed social network Beme. I was on it at the time, and I always found the emphasis on authenticity hugely inspiring, and I shared far more on it than I ever did on instagram. Not sure what your vision for loops is, but I'm sure it'll be awesome. I just wanted to leave this with you to see if you get anything out of it:  TikTok, Instagram reels, VK clips and other similar services work because they have everything anyone has ever posted on there. Millions of minutes of video are uploaded every minute, and all that feeds The Algorithm™, giving it the freedom to choose what it serves to you. How are you going to address the problem of not having enough content in Loops due to its decentralized nature? So when someone starts a new server, where would the content come from? Would you just federate everything to all known network? I am a bit worried about publishing the #loops mobile app source code, specifically the camera logic There are no existing libraries or examples, that I'm aware of, that do what Loops Camera does I'm mostly worried about shady clone apps or other uses that violate our license I think an amicable solution would be to publish the app source, but with a placeholder basic camera while shipping the full camera to App Stores What do you think?
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 @dansup How about creating a library with the camera code and a really strong license? Add some features that will make it easily identifyable but can't be removed easily. That way copycats will either be identified quickly or have to put in enough effort to make copying unattractive. @dansup Do you use Open Source libraries in the software you build? Often libraries that did not exist until someone published them. It feels like somewhat against the very spirit of open protocols and collaboration to be considering publishing something like that closed source, pulling the ladder up as it were. @dansup I’ve grown a lot as a developer over the past few years. I never would have thought I could write a mobile app, now I’m writing 3. Y’all pushed me outside of my comfort zone and helped me grow, I’ll never forget that. This was a hobby that y’all helped make a career, and I’m so happy doing this. I do move fast but am mindful of the risk of burnout, and take my time accordingly. Long live the #fediverse ❤️  @dansup what's the third one you're working on? I, obviously, already know about Pixelfed and Loops!  I started working on a Text-to-Speech feature in Loops. Similar to the TikTok voice feature. It's complicated to say the least, especially when you allow users to set the start position, nevermind breaking it up into segment layers for precision timing. Will pause this for now and allow users to import from Camera Roll (so you can use CapCut for this), otherwise this would delay the Loops beta release for weeks.  If there are any other #fediverse developers working on a TikTok like platform for the fediverse: Maybe we can join forces and work together with Loops, and if not, lets keep in touch so we can work on #activitypub compatibility? I'm already working closely with @stux on #Goldfish, which is shaping up to be a serious fedi TikTok contender!
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 Hi Stefan, how have you been lately? Have you heard anything about a #TikTok "lookalike" for the #Fediverse? https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112127275181230634 Would be a nice supplement for the https://jointhefediverse.net/?lang=en-us website. 😉 The oldest 30 active pixelfed.social users will be invited to beta test @loops this weekend if everything goes as planned. More pixelfed.social users will be invited over the next few weeks and eventually we'll be ready to open to everyone. I want to get Loops shipped ASAP, even if it means delaying some major features (comments, notifications, mentions, hashtags) by a few weeks.
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 Good idea, There's going to be a lot of effort during these next few months to produce something akin to Vine or YouTube Shorts, in anticipation of filling a void. Shipping early to get those root balls well into spreading through the soil is prudent - just provide lots of sunlight and water :) #tallship #loops #Vidzy #VoD #PeerTube #Shorts ⛵ . Edit: The demo vid is live! Checkout https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/675986279573558465 Anyone want to see a video demo of @loops Camera? Good news regarding the pixelfed matrix channel! The managing director of Matrix has joined and mentioned a possible resolution to our admin permission issue! I'm really hopeful we can resolve this issue and make it our main chat over discord. I'll still be present in Discord, but I'd like to encourage Matrix use as it better aligns with our project. 
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 @dansup @pixelfed Actually, I can understand Meta doing this, but only in the same way as people who didn’t want to federate with Threads in the first place.  A "bug", or as they prefer to call it "a happy little accident". Lets not ruin the positive corpo vibes bro!  @dansup I just looked it up and... If I can assume that their website is also made using it.....then it made my fans spin up :neocat_woozy: I miss the notification filters on the advanced mastodon layout, "all" or "mentions only" is not enough imo  The goal: Show relevant videos they haven’t seen before The challenge: Tokenize videos using on device ML, link related topics, determine interested topics, paginate video feed with unseen and relevant posts Loops For You algorithm v1 is being implemented and will be tested by our first batch of beta users later this month! We will have a chronological feed, but we think you’ll prefer the For You feed 😎  @dansup It would be dope if Loops supported Nomadic Identity from the beginning. This is now a goal, thanks to @cats-shadow for the suggestion!  @dansup @cats-shadow Damn, Fediverse projects are exciiiiiting rn. Cool to see everything you're working on. 💪🔥👨🏻💻 Loops is a separate project from @pixelfed You will be able to use your PF account to login/join, but you will have a separate fedi account I'm keeping Pixelfed focused around photo sharing, you won't need to worry about us integrating #loops into our main app! Similar to Sup, we're keeping this separate, but easily accessible from the main app Also, I'm looking for a project manager for Loops to takeover when ready so I can focus on coding and they tell me what to do! Boosts appreciated!
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Will Pixelfed lose the ability to share videos? I wouldn't mind having a dedicated service for videos that integrates nicely with the fediverse and Pixelfed, if it supports video uploads on Android (which the Pixelfed app currently doesn't). I'm debating releasing the client and server code for Loops when the public beta is ready or holding off until v1. Unlike the @pixelfed app, Loops is a lot simpler and won't take as long to reach v1. I want to release it early, but at the same time, I don't want to deal with support from people who are running it in production. The public beta should be ready in the next week, and I'll be inviting a few people to the TestFlight (iOS only for now). 🤔
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@dansup @pixelfed I think it would be a good for all of us who are interested in hosting the application to see it, and play with it, as early as possible, with the understanding that it's released "as is" with no support. It's fine. Jerry |
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@dansup will you add moving an account? Like, let's say I uploaded few videos to loops using a pixelfed account, and I want to move all my videos, followers, etc, to a mastodon account.