I disagree. Anybody that joins Loops right now is forced to the one instance. That's not federation. That's not an issue for you. Which is valid. But you don't get to police those who don't share your view.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nobody is "policing" anyone, I just don't think it's a valid argument.

[–] kat@orbi.camp -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The irony

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think you understand what that word means.

[–] kat@orbi.camp 2 points 2 days ago

Sure

[–] underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

They've done federation on a few test posts, but it's definitely not there yet for normal users to use.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My understanding is that it will when it’s more strange and that the dev did the same thing with Pixelfed.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

im a big fan of not marketing your product until it can do the things you intend. theyve been spamming loops everywhere for over 6 months.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Well Microsoft has been doing it for 30 years.

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's also very featureless. Basically videos, comments, likes. I'm on it, and I've opened it maybe 6x in 2 weeks? I also think it's just an open feed; all the videos posted in chronological order (but I could be wrong here). Idk if this goes against the Fediverse creed to have an algorithm-fed feed, but I think part of the nature of these short form, endless-scrolling apps is finding vids about your interests from new places.

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think we should ultimately support algorithm feeds, but they should be free and open algorithms that can be peer reviewed, and also maybe give the users some control over which algorithm is applied and how. The problem with current social algorithms is they operate in the dark and are manipulative, not that they provide relevant content to users.

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That, and it's arguable primary purpose is to serve ads. "People similar to you clicked on these ads" type shit. And I get it to a point, platforms need to support themselves, and unless it's a paid app, that doesn't keep servers running. But it'd be nice to just get one every 10 minutes, and not every 10 seconds, and also to opt out of tracking for served ads instead of just random ones.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

With the Tiktok ban I think marketing it prematurely has been a good thing and introduced a number of people from that world into the fediverse.