• @MolecularCactus1324
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    6 days ago

    That’s funny because it’s not difficult at all to build an app like this. The value in buying such a business would be the scale of its user base, which is likely only several thousand at this point. And, if it were sold, most people would leave since most of those users are just dipping a toe in at this point to see what the app is like. Frankly, the content sucks. People are using this app out of goodwill and an interest in helping to build an alternative to the corpo apps. If dansup sells or does not open source, then that goodwill evaporates.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 days ago

      That’s funny because it’s not difficult at all to build an app like this.

      It is a fuckton of unpaid work, it never feels right to talk about donating their time and effort like that.

    • @[email protected]
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      125 days ago

      Building an app like this for 100 people, sure. Making something handle smooth, affordable video delivery at scale. That’s a spicy meatball.

      The front-end is a mess for testing but doable. Then if you do live, you’ve got proxies and stream copies.

      I host stuff at great scale, it’s a different beast.

    • @[email protected]
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      156 days ago

      The value of loops right now is the attention it is getting. Buyers are trying to swoop in early and bet that they can capitalize on the growth to get more money from other investors.

      VC are gambling money as always

    • @RememberTheApollo_
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      5 days ago

      Agreed. I am downloading and occasionally checking out some of the content on all of these apps like Loops or Pixelfed because I’d like to see them succeed. I’m not a content generator, but I hope having accounts on and viewing these services helps somewhat.

      E:typo

      • @[email protected]
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        126 days ago

        I’m not a content creator, but I recently went on vacation and put my best stuff up.

        Without the algo, everything just gets lost to time. When I put a few things up, they faired well, but once they were out of the front seat, ( a day or so ) they were never seen again.

        Where I post a couple nice things on bluesky, I get reverberations for days.

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          85 days ago

          This seems to be the main issues with his apps. Visibility is scarce beyond the original post, wherein even with followers the chances of someone seeing your post beyond that honeymoon phase dwindles.

          The only exception are users with lots of followers. From what I’ve seen in my brief time using Pixelfed for example, it’s usually accounts with at least a few hundred followers that see a highet retention of visibility.

    • ÚwÙ-Passwort
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      66 days ago

      You cant do more than dip a toe in, as there is no more functionality and even that is buggy and incomplete.

      • @MolecularCactus1324
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        96 days ago

        Yeah this guy toying with selling is pretty insulting to anyone trying to help him out.

          • @MolecularCactus1324
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            12 days ago

            He is pointing to these apparent offers, likely to gain attention and as a way to pressure people to donate to his kickstarter.