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A Fediverse Alternative to TikTok (lemmy.cif.su)
submitted 3 days ago by anthony@lemmy.cif.su to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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In the last few months i really gotten into the whole Fediverse thing, but i noticed that, despite it being the most popular Social Media Platform, there isn't a TikTok alternative. I know there is Loops, but it's not open source or federated yet, so it's not really an option. Why is that?

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Video content is really computationally expensive to play and store. Seems like it requires centralization to make the service fast and responsive with enough storage.

I suppose I could imagine some kind of ephemeral TikTok that deletes videos from storage after a set amount of time. Or a lowfi TikTok that only allows uploads in 240p. Otherwise I just can't see it.

[–] anthony@lemmy.cif.su 3 points 2 days ago

A peertube approach would be a great way of saving bandwidth

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 5 points 3 days ago

Lowfi TicToc would be perfect. Just upload the thousands of loops from Z0R or POWN.IT and wait.