Comments (quality ones) are the life of a community.

This. Normal people can barely remember a domain name unless it’s also the name of the brand. So this platform is filtering for tech enthusiasts which leaves us with the same two-dimensional profile as every other platform.

Not memes but I keep the address bar in the screen shot.

Yes, I feel the same way you do. I really don’t want to add to the download metrics. I’m making an exception this time. Some good journalists, for example Richard Chambers (Ireland), have downloaded it to test and debunk claims made by Musk about safeguards. I think their contribution was a net positive. So there are cases where it’s worth doing.

I did not need to open the app once. Just downloading it allowed me to complain to apple using the link above. I feel when it comes to a CSAM factory such as this (possibly even trained on CSAM material), and with EU headquarters in my country (Ireland), I have to report it so Apple cannot claim ignorance. Who knows, maybe a whistleblower will someday tell us how many reports there were. Unfortunately our leaders are not leading on this issue, so the social contract is broken and we should all (IMO) do much more than posting on social media. My personal discomfort is less important.

Perfect. Done. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

Thanks, this is very helpful!

It’s only allowing me report apps I’ve installed so I’m wondering if I should very briefly install the app to allow that. I’m generally cautions of allowing dodgy apps on my devices.

Do tell. It deserves a post of its own.

I just came here to post the same thing haha. It’s very cool! Reminds me of when MTV started. I’ve only watched about an hour of this station but it appears that:

• Live stream music video format
• Independent musicians feature
• There is a schedule you can view on the site to see which genres / shows you want to tune in for
• There are no presenters currently
• There is a group chat feature which sometimes opens for some viewings
• There is a follow button that lets you get notified of broadcast. It works via your fediverse handle.

Personally I think this is among the coolest things to happen online in some time.

https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/

Yes. Piefed is just as bad. I can see the confusion on their faces as soon as I say it and I don’t blame them.

I don’t recommend it to non-techie friends and family for this reason.

Damn. Disappointed in Ubuntu and I’m not motivated to distro hop. But maybe it’s time to bite the bullet. It’s tricky because I also avoid software hosted on Microsoft services such as GitHub. Ubuntu being hosted on Launchpad helped there.

It was broadcast here when I was a kid, and I’ve always been very glad I saw it. It taught me about structural injustice and solidarity. But I can imagine exactly what you mean too.

I recognise most of those:) It’s like a tug of war because the part of me looking for comfort is drawn to the old stuff but I also want novelty. The lesson I’ve learned is to help my kids form attachments more to better things than games and TV.

I struggle to enjoy childhood stuff these days (TMNT, Knight Rider, Star Trek etc). They’re not as good as I remember them (and ADHD makes it hard to be patient if it’s not excellent). And yet the new interpretations are even harder to relate too.

I’m exploring new ways to unwind and have fun, and thankfully there are many.

Hold on: isn’t it a smear to say someone has a bad reputation and not supply a reason? Because you’re basically giving me your interpretation and no substance.

He is hard working. It’s difficult to build and communicate and do open source but all of those things are happening with regards to Loops. Nobody is perfect and a label like “bad reputation” is very subjective.

Somewhere between being a hater and a fanboy, there’s basic respect. And it’s a one-person project for now, not a big company, so the words we choose should reflect that.

You’ve expressed my feelings about it exactly. It’s very easy to criticise things that aren’t custom made to our individual preferences. But every time we do that we short circuit our capacity for reflection and empathy. I wonder if developers are so often a target of harshness and abuse because software users are used to instant gratification.

It’s a monumental job he’s doing and open sourcing it is basically a gift to the entire internet. The new features keep coming and with video being so expensive to host, it’s a very different undertaking to non-video social media.

I suppose that by using the word “publish”, I made it sound like the algorithm had been private until this point. I could probably have chosen a better phrasing like “published breakdown illustration”.

Edit: I’ve updated the title.

Not that I know of, but you could make a feature request if one doesn’t already exist https://github.com/joinLoops

I would like to be notified when users who are on a warning post or comment.