I want to see the Venn diagram of people who care about open source, care about federation, and want to use something like TikTok
Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
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Re: Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#392Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not convinced this is specific to the format (or the platform). Whenever I try to search for a specific meme or gif on google, I find huge numbers of basically identical copies that come from separate sources. I've seen complaints on humor subreddits about how people repeatedly post copies of the same jokes, often without attribution. Out of curiosity, I asked my wife about this trend specifically, and while she…
I liked seeing the same meme because it was fun seeing the same thing be done by different people. Not everyone likes that type of novelty I guess. > complaints on humor subreddits about how people repeatedly post copies of the same jokes, often without attribution This feels like a reflection of what the person feels posting on the internet signifies. Are you publishing something, and thus you should attribute sourc…
Good points. This basically circles back to my parent comment; it seems like it's just a matter of personal taste, and there's nothing inherently more "brainrot"-y about this format than any others.
Re: Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#393The HN cycle for federated alternatives is now complete: email → chat → microblogging → short video. We're speedrunning the "open-source version of things we claim to hate" timeline. Can't wait for the federated, self-hosted casino.
> federated, self-hosted casino Good news: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
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#394The HN cycle for federated alternatives is now complete: email → chat → microblogging → short video. We're speedrunning the "open-source version of things we claim to hate" timeline. Can't wait for the federated, self-hosted casino.
It's not "things we hate". It's "things we didn't think of capitalizing on".
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No disrespect to the project, but it is a bit hard to find motivation to contribute to something that will most likely end up being used by like 100 people who'll all just post videos about how they're better than Tiktok users
This looks like a shallow dismissal to me.
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#396Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it could be what prescribed Methadone is to Heroin addicts.
Heroin is illegal, so the first step to make this analogy work is to criminalize TikTok.
That would be great, also I'd like to make advertising in public spaces with LED billboards illegal. But once politicians start using the form of media to get votes it's basically game over.
Re: Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#397https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/blob/main/INSTALLA...
Looks like an amalgam of php, node, mysql, redis and an AWS S3-compatible filesystem.
Re: Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#398https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/blob/main/INSTALLA... Looks like an amalgam of php, node, mysql, redis and an AWS S3-compatible filesystem.
That's one way to do it. There are 3rd parties that make it easier to deal with video than S3, though you do pay them for that privilege.
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.. ah, yes, "completely unmoderated free speech system that supports images" does mean "may contain CSAM". Heck, even Instagram had a horrific "mirror world" incident where the moderation bit got flipped on a number of images which ordinary users were exposed to. I wouldn't run any kind of publishing system for anons myself. It's potentially valuable for an actual social group though.
I've been hearing talk for years about a "web of trust" system, that could filter spam simply by having users vouch for eachother and filtering out anyone not vouched for. However, I haven't seen a function system based on this model yet. Personally I'd love to add in something like the old slashdot comment model, where people would mark content as "helpful", "funny", "insightful", "controversial" etc, and based on h…
I think Tildes and Lobste.rs does
Re: Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#400Earlier quoted context omitted.
.. ah, yes, "completely unmoderated free speech system that supports images" does mean "may contain CSAM". Heck, even Instagram had a horrific "mirror world" incident where the moderation bit got flipped on a number of images which ordinary users were exposed to. I wouldn't run any kind of publishing system for anons myself. It's potentially valuable for an actual social group though.
I've been hearing talk for years about a "web of trust" system, that could filter spam simply by having users vouch for eachother and filtering out anyone not vouched for. However, I haven't seen a function system based on this model yet. Personally I'd love to add in something like the old slashdot comment model, where people would mark content as "helpful", "funny", "insightful", "controversial" etc, and based on h…
> However, I haven't seen a function system based on this model yet.
HN's mirror-universe counterpart, Lobste.rs, works basically this way.