dansup: "An open source/self hosted and federated Tik-Tok …" - Mastodon

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Fediverse@lemmy.ml – 39 points –
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As much as I find the idea great. The killer feature of TikTok is how easy it is to publish a video with filters and musics. Not sure how well a federated application can follow. Then, there is TikTok algorithm which is a common critic of the app but is how you get a never-ending flow of content which isn't uninteresting enough for you to turn the app off

Then, there is TikTok algorithm which is a common critic of the app but is how you get a never-ending flow of content which isn't uninteresting enough for you to turn the app off

I think there needs to be some kind of discovery algorithm for new users with an empty feed (or even existing users who just wanna find something new) but a federated alternative doesn't need something as powerful as the tiktok algorithm to be a decent replacement. It doesn't need to surface a "never-ending flow of content" because it doesn't have a financial incentive to keep you in the app endlessly.

The filters and music are certainly doable.
I'm not sure the endless scrolling is something that should be emulated.

Wow!

I hope it's like peertube that people can share bandwidth?

Since Pixelfed already supports that, I would assume yes.