Nova<p>I made an account and began using the ACTUALLY open source (glaring at you loops) <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> alternative, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vidzy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vidzy</span></a> I know they are in an alpha state having just started, but I feel in my heart <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@vidzy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vidzy</span></a></span> is gonna be really awesome and I'm excited to say I was so early I watched every video on vidzy at some point. Vidzy is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> , plans to use <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> , and all the good things and has both an online interface and app. <br>There are 48 TikTok alternatives on alternative.to. When you filter for open source, there are 4. Of the four, one is abandoned, one isn't actually open source (Loops), and one is overrun by AI bots pushing crypto (Olas). <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Olas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olas</span></a> is further into development so it works smoother but it has a good amount of spam and is still a bit buggy. I hope it gets better but it's pretty tech-bro scam-y.<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loops</span></a> creator dan is problematic for a variety of reason including the fact that he continues to not share current code for Loops, is very immature/rude, and he 'joked' about adding ads.</p>