@smallcircles should PeerTube, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops, Bonfire and others merge in a single platform where a topic is more central, and not so much a file format?
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@smallcircles should PeerTube, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops, Bonfire and others merge in a single platform where a topic is more central, and not so much a file format?
Social coding commons at https://coding.social considers the online #SocialNetwork to offer a person integral social experiences. As they navigate the #SocialWeb their needs are satisfied by interoperable solutions, provided by apps and services that are delivered to the network. Social experience design #SX drives both the evolution of the technology base, as well as evolution of the ecosystem responsible for cocreating it. This results in a social-first approach focused on service delivery.
Current app-centric #fediverse follows a tech-first maturity model where app needs are leading. Individual app's requirements and features are source of truth, and secondary concern is 'pushing that on the wire'. Apps evolve as siloes independently of each other, and deal with interop issues later (and all the time, a continuous process as there is no real standard way).
So this merging will be very hard. The #ActivityPub API offers opportunity to improve ecosystem development methods.
To name just one example, where I think there exists a typical use case where #Loops can shine wrt #TikTok is personal Loops for friends and family. Friend of a friend personal social networking.
People make lotsa short vids with their mobile, when going on holiday and do all the things that make life worth living. And currently they share it in #BigTech's apps. Send that vid via #Whatsapp. Or place it on #Facebook or #Instagram.
But it would be perfect short-form content in the family's online corner of the web. Put some more integration with other #ActivityPub apps and services in the mix, and they have a full-service alternative to Big Tech stuffz at their disposal.
This is a different use case than how Loops is currently positioned most of all. It emphasizes the Creator. Creators have a need to publish, to reach audiences, to monetize and be able to live from their work.
The personal social networking case is for me personally the more attractive one.