I don't know what to make of this. Regular tiktok just is sooooo offputting to me. The 50x overlays. The voiceovers which are the basis of the content, with the video that has NOTHING to do with the content. The chinese spying. It's all just very bad.

But then I remember a federated version would be.......different. I can't imagine it would be like tiktok with text overlays. I can't imagine the content would be similar either. It'll be like "here's the better way to sudo your linux....."

Which, as someone who doesn't care about linux, I'd find it less offensive, but still wouldn't care about it.

All in all, I'm not excited for it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

My Tiktok feed is legal analysis of court cases, magic the gathering card reviews, and Marvel deep dives. You get fed what you watch.

Just report that voiceover shit.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 13 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

... Who is going to be fronting all those video hosting storage costs??

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 1 points 3 minutes ago

Dan has mentioned some time ago that he was thinking about making the videos delete themselves after some time, but I'm not sure if he ever followed up with that.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Well peertube is struggling already so thats a valid question. Idk if they using peertube style bitorrent video delivery that might help offload the cost a little.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So what. The the eff is loops?

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 hours ago

It's like tiktok but federated

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee -1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

So tiktok for the fediverse...

Listen, I'm all for open sourcing stuff and I'm all for the fediverse and all. I just don't understand why one would want a fediverse tiktok.

Short form content is addictive af and doesn't add anything of substance to society.
Video hosting is expensive. Peertube is already struggling. How do you expect to financially sustain video hosting that is addictive to the user (which means more consumption) without running ads? Paywalling it won't be an option due to the network effect as well.

[–] MrFunkEdude@piefed.social 19 points 4 hours ago

I have hundreds of short form videos which are designed to uplift, encourage, and speak positively about mental health issues. I’ve had lots of people tell me that my videos in some small way encourage them to take the next step in their mental health.

In other words, it’s not the form of the video that matters, it’s the content.

As for the cost of the server, I think the videos will expire after a certain amount of time. Something like Snapchat.

The great thing about the Fediverse is that it offers options. Is this going to be exactly like TikTok? Of course not. Will it serve a purpose for some? Time will tell.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Tiktok and the sludge of normal social media is the prime suspect here, not types of freaking videos.

As for hosting, that's gonna have to be built/devised long-term. Nothing to do but get to it!

[–] MrFunkEdude@piefed.social -1 points 4 hours ago

I don’t think it’s gonna be here in a week. They are still accepting people for the beta.