I'm just happy there are no 8-second brainrot videos that could've been posted as a single sentence. I saw someone linking something like that here once, and I now have a client-side block on tiktok.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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I am confused. Plenty of videos get posted to Lemmy.
you mean like tube links?
I havent seen posts with build-in player feature, like the ones that encourage uncoscious behaviour as in the examples mentioned, does that make sense?
Ahh, I see. Yeah, the web interface doesn't have that, but many apps for Lemmy do.
I just hope we can shed more light on this, so the community here will always hold onto that paradigm that this format and so the adapted content brings nothing but doom
Yep, Lemmy is not engagement-driven in the same sense as other platforms. Thus, development doesn't necessarily have to distill itself into yet another short video slop sharing platform.
There are videos (youtube/peertube) linked here, but many are long-form analyses, news releases instead of vine-style memes.
this is what I mean, and I hope the community will fend off any attempt to implement these features!
There are plenty of video posts, there are even communities that are for video posts only.
URLs to videos (YT or peertube) are allowed. I think some front-ends even embed videos in posts.
The strength of Lemmy is you can use a frontend (or change the settings of your current one) to make it work for you.
It's presumably because they're expensive to host
I love that I recognize the expression from the poo-brain horse in Adventure Time.
Loops was a thing for awhile, the links were all over the place when it came out. I haven't seen one in months though and I don't think I blocked them. Does anyone know what happened to Loops?
Loops.video is the homepage. They were poised as a TikTok replacement for the fediverse, made by the same devs who made Pixelfed.
Since this is c/newtolemmy, Lemmy is the reddit alternative on the fediverse (federated and decentralized software circle). Pixelfed is an Instagram replacement for the fediverse that has some limited compatibility with Lemmy.
A lot of links to !loops@midwest.social were posted by @m_f@discuss.online but they got a new phone that was incompatible with the Loops app so they were going to have to stop posting until the app was updated.
Ah yes, that's the account I remember seeing. That would explain it, thanks!
Yeah, I'd love to post more but still not working for me. There's been a few posts since I stopped but not many. Hopefully the dev can get stuff figured out, especially the web version he's been teasing.
I love how a single person can so easily have such an impact here. m_f, you're lemmy-famous!
Loops was a thing for awhile, the links were all over the place when it came out. I havenβt seen one in months though and I donβt think I blocked them. Does anyone know what happened to Loops?
I think the developer is splitting their time between pixelfed AND loops and maybe even one more fediverse project.
something something butter spread over too much bread.
you're right Reddit has too many short videos and gifs, mostly in portrait aspect ratios lol
A lot of people browse on their phones these days, the portrait vs landscape debate is moot.
yea my complaint isn't mainly about the aspect ratio, moreso the prevalence, and the sources these videos are pulled from (TikTok mostly)