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He also said the Loops backend will be open sourced along side this.

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[–] rglullis 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to support the guy, but damn does he like to overpromise and underdeliver...

We've been hearing about Loops being open sourced (which would imply the ability to be federated) for months already. Just publish the thing and let the community help, @dansup@mastodon.social !

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

maybe he's worried about people implementing a premature protocol?

[–] rglullis 28 points 1 week ago

One more reason to be asking for help from the community and to be doing everything in the open.

He doesn't need to know everything. No one is expecting him to deliver flawless software. But I'd have place more trust on someone that works in the open than someone who keeps saying "next week!" out of fear of being judged by the initial quality of their software.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I know this is a contentious topic around here but what's the news of Loops' recommendation algorithm? Does it have one?

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If it is open source and on-device (for personal recommendations) then I see it as a great thing.

Lemmy has demonstrated that it can really work. Quiblr even has personalized recommendations on-device (~~not open source though~~ and it's now open source).

Mastodon and others should take note.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I must have missed that one.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 1 week ago

I agree. For stuff like Mastodon and Loops I really want "For You", not a simple chronological feed.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 14 points 1 week ago

Irrc, a 'For You' algorithm is on the road map, but it doesn't currently have it.

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Probably won’t have one for a while. Pixelfed still doesn’t have one afaik and that’s another of their projects.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago

No. Posts are chronological.