In the last few months i really gotten into the whole Fediverse thing, but i noticed that, despite it being the most popular Social Media Platform, there isn’t a TikTok alternative. I know there is Loops, but it’s not open source or federated yet, so it’s not really an option. Why is that?

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    2 months ago

    I am not a Tiktok user, but everytime someone shares a video with me it is clearly made by someone that did it because they want to build a following and monetize their channel. I mean, why else spend a lot of effort to make such short form videos?

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      2 months ago

      Not sure whether the video that get share out of TikTok are the ones average user make. For many it’s just fun filters, big music library and a way to share video with friends. I doubt teenager randomly dancing on a music, or sharing pics of their horse-riding lessons try to make money on-it.