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Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated using #ActivityPub
We're really excited to share this sneak peek that showcases the new onboarding flow and discovery features (Connect Mastodon) and look forward to the upcoming beta release!
Are you ready for #Loops ?
Makes me wonder if we could get an open source Google-style ad platform that only works in the fediverse and directly funds whoever’s server is being used.
Nah, I’d much rather go down the micro transaction route. You get to watch some portion of the video (say, 30s), then you need to pay a few cents to continue.
We’d need a centralized payment service to keep costs down, but the rest can be decentralized. I’m thinking we’d use something like GNU Taler, so you’d load up your account, use Taler to pay creators, and then creators could cash in every to often.
Makes me wonder if we could get an open source Google-style ad platform that only works in the fediverse and directly funds whoever’s server is being used.
Oh man I can’t wait for the rational, level-headed discussions that would come out of this.
But yeah I do think a project like this will be inevitable, it just remains to be seen how palatable people will find it
Nah, I’d much rather go down the micro transaction route. You get to watch some portion of the video (say, 30s), then you need to pay a few cents to continue.
We’d need a centralized payment service to keep costs down, but the rest can be decentralized. I’m thinking we’d use something like GNU Taler, so you’d load up your account, use Taler to pay creators, and then creators could cash in every to often.