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Is there a federated/decentralized version of tiktok? Right now would be the perfect time to implement one of these.
Loops.
However, of a dozen instances that exist, only the main one - loops.video - functions well and serves a diversity of content. It's still in heavy development, but technically, ActivityPub is already included.
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Suspended instantly
So much for open web heh
You probably used a VPN or privacy browser. Social media platforms are terrified of bots and will punish a poor Recaptcha V3 or similar score without telling you.
Which is like half the people interested in grassrootsing a place like this
It is possible to be private without being suspicious by using a stock Firefox or Brave profile on mobile data.
Brave regularly gets me flagged as a bot on Android
Make sure you have shields on standard.
Mobile data is logged though, but yea anonymous from the platform, sure
VPN + adblocker + resist fingerprinting + mail alias (Addy) indeed
They have cloudflare captcha which I passed, so they’re being annoying
Update: unbanned after contacting their support by mail. No questions asked
It could be the mail alias. Most platforms have rules against disposable email addresses.
Probably
Got unbanned by their support, nice.
There is but it's not on any app store yet, not even f-droid
Whats it called?
loops.video I think