I think I just had THE fediverse moment:Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video.
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@slothrop Eh, don't feel bad - I had the same problem. Fedi integration is nice but far from seamless. Lots of paths to get to the content and profile, but not all of them offer the follow. Thanks Franz! @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video
@coreysnipes @slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video what is the difference between posting videos on Loops versus on any Mastodon instance? Is Loops somehow optimized for video (storage)? Thanks!
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@coreysnipes @slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video what is the difference between posting videos on Loops versus on any Mastodon instance? Is Loops somehow optimized for video (storage)? Thanks!
@fedops @coreysnipes @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video AFAICT the Loops Ui is built along the same lines as TikTok: optimized for making, posting and viewing short videos.
I don’t know what the server side looks like.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
@hikingdude Exactly This is the magic of the fediverse everything just flows together
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@coreysnipes @slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video what is the difference between posting videos on Loops versus on any Mastodon instance? Is Loops somehow optimized for video (storage)? Thanks!
@fedops That's the question I keep coming back to, for myself. If everything federates, why bother with multiple accounts? (I tried pixelfed but didn't see an advantage for myself.) Maybe it's just a matter of what you're used to. Started with Instagram? Pixelfed. Started with TikTok? Loops. Started with Twitter? Masto. etc.
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@fedops @coreysnipes @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video AFAICT the Loops Ui is built along the same lines as TikTok: optimized for making, posting and viewing short videos.
I don’t know what the server side looks like.
@slothrop @coreysnipes @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video aha, that would be an explanation. Looking through a client like Pachli or Tusky it all appears exactly the same.
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@fedops That's the question I keep coming back to, for myself. If everything federates, why bother with multiple accounts? (I tried pixelfed but didn't see an advantage for myself.) Maybe it's just a matter of what you're used to. Started with Instagram? Pixelfed. Started with TikTok? Loops. Started with Twitter? Masto. etc.
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@slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video@coreysnipes @fedops @slothrop @elperronegro
Ah the one feature for pixelfed - for me - would be stories. But honestly not enough for me to use it a lot (even though I use Instagram and WhatsApp stories
). But whoever likes it, go for it. Peertube is just optomized for video streaming in different resolutions, subtitles etc.
But yes, I think a lot of people find themselves asking this question sooner or later.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
@hikingdude Yeah.
It's glorious.
And even better, there's probably humans moderating your instance who are keeping nazis and assholes out.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
This is a great feature. I haven't seen anyone from Loops yet, but I like that I can follow/view anyone on the rest of the Fediverse. I think I'm personally following at least one account on Pixelfed, and another one on Piefed, and can follow people on Lemmy (though votes seem to be unsupported(?))
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@fedops That's the question I keep coming back to, for myself. If everything federates, why bother with multiple accounts? (I tried pixelfed but didn't see an advantage for myself.) Maybe it's just a matter of what you're used to. Started with Instagram? Pixelfed. Started with TikTok? Loops. Started with Twitter? Masto. etc.
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@slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video@coreysnipes @fedops @slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video the way I see it, different Fediverse apps optimize the experience for their specific use cases. For example, Pixelfed optimizes for posting pictures (I believe Mastodon limits you to 4 pictures of a certain resolution per post and Pixelfed has higher limits), Lemmy optimizes for threaded discussion communities, etc. So even though you can consume and interact with a different app, the experience may be better on that app.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
@hikingdude YES!!! This is it! This is the mind blowing moment you realize the Fediverse *must* be the future!!
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