Loops is... interesting
I, like many, have taken an interest in Daniel Supernault[a]’s new Loops[b] video service.
Unlike many, I’m not so much interested in a FOSS[a], Federated[b] clone of TikTok, YT Shorts, or Vine. I honestly don’t care for that kind of media. I don’t object to the format (other than vertical video being fundamentally kind of silly), but rather the content: vapid and often hard-boiled brainrot videos.
## What I’m really hoping for (and hoping against hope) is for some kind of reimagining of Casey Neistat[a]’s Beme[b].
Beme, ultimately, will be yet another entry in the list of famous-youtuber-tried-to-do-something-cool-and-basically-failed endeavors, and while I usually couldn’t care less about the efforts of “famous” people, I really loved the idea behind Beme:
- 30 second videos
- You recorded by holding the phone to your chest, face, or against a wall (it used the proximity sensor as the record button — later you could just press a button onscreen)
- The screen was OFF while recording
- No ability to edit, no ability to upload a clip you already made elsewhere
- Just very real and free expression
Now, the app (Beme) was buggy as heck, and not very well written (I lost a bunch of great videos I took vacationing in San Diego because I didn’t have a good quality cell signal. I mean… WHAT?!?), but the idea behind it was priceless.
I don’t see a LOT of that kind of content on Loops. Or rather, I see far more re-posted TikTok/YT Shorts content than I’d like (none, for the record). But I do see enough heart-felt just-for-Loops videos that it makes me happy, and hopeful.
I see the beginnings of a community of just-for-Loops artists (I hate the term “content creator”) that reminds me a bit of the community on Beme, and that is a wonderful thing.
So, umm… watch me[a] on Loops[b], as soon as I get my Groucho Marx glasses-and-mustache, I guess? 😄
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