How many times has this happened to you? You find a good network, platform, app or API to grow your digital IQ and performance, and then, seemingly out of nowhere, there it is, the dreaded “service is ending” announcement. Such was the case in late October with news that Vine, an online platform that enabled users to create short looping video clips, would be shutting down its mobile app.
We have some important news to share about Vine. Read more here: https://t.co/jPveGelXgS
— Vine (@vine) October 27, 2016
Important News about Vine
Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold. Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we’ll be discontinuing the mobile app. Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today.
So what happened to this video sharing app? Did its acquisition by social media giant Twitter cause a downward spiral, or was it simply a matter of a shiny new toy losing its luster? Here are a few theories about the demise of Vine and tributes to yet another app gone too soon.
The reasons why Twitter won’t let anyone save Vine
There are so many ways Twitter could end up looking like a fool if it gave up control of Vine that it would rather bury the app than sell it. There’s little to gain and a lot to lose. So in the…
Short Video Sharing Platform Vine to Shut Down; Here’s Why Twitter is Being Blamed for it
Through a Medium post by Vine itself, the company confirmed that they will discontinue the mobile app. This essentially means that Vine will be closing down its business, but Twitter will continue to support the website and keep all the vines in place there.
One of the main reasons Twitter killed Vine? Its top users stopped posting
Vine is dead. With more and more concerns sprouting over its own business, Twitter on Thursday announced it will shutter the popular video-sharing app, bringing an abrupt end to a service known for its abrupt, yet often entertaining, looping videos. So why’s Vine getting the axe?
Vine Founder Regrets Selling to Twitter: ‘Don’t Sell Your Company!’
In response to Twitter’s announcement on Thursday that it will shut down Vine, the video platform’s founder Rus Yusupov threw some shade at the social network. According to TechCrunch, Yusupov didn’t know that Twitter was shutting down the service until the publication contacted him earlier Thursday morning.
Vine users mourn the death of the quirky app | Toronto Star
NEW YORK-You can watch any video for six seconds, played on an infinite loop. The funniest ones only get more ridiculous with repetition. That was the beauty of Vine, the simple, pioneering mobile video app that Twitter has decided to kill off. Its loyal users are mourning its weirdness, humour and creativity-boosting constraints.
You may not have understood Vine, but its demise is a huge cultural loss
Vine, Twitter’s unorthodox six-second, mobile-only video app, is shutting down. Without giving a specific timeline, the company stated on Thursday that sometime “in the coming months” it will be discontinuing its video uploader but preserving, at least for now, the millions of videos that already exist on the website.
RIP Vine, the Platform That Managed to Make 6 Seconds Feel Like Forever
Vine is dead. On Wednesday, the site’s founders posted an announcement on Medium noting that its mobile app would be discontinued “in the coming months.” (The announcement also noted that Vine’s website would be kept online, and that users would “be able to access and download [their] Vines,” so don’t worry: Damn Daniel isn’t going anywhere.)
Vine was an underrated source of joy on the internet
It’s October 27th, 2016, and Vine is being given its last rites. Twitter made the announcement today that it would be shutting down the video platform’s mobile app in the coming months, although…
Twitter announced it’s shutting down the #Vine video site. These are a few of the Vines we’ll miss. pic.twitter.com/OqECEKBdpp
— NBC BLK (@NBCBLK) October 28, 2016
My last @vine. Saved this for a rainy day, literally ⚡💦 #FBF to hanging out at #Vine @torikelly https://t.co/H4kFgJrFhe
— Grace Segundo (@gracesegundo) October 28, 2016
Let’s take a moment of silence for the death of #vine pic.twitter.com/dpvBcY2288
— SLOTH (@Timmyham) October 27, 2016
Rest in cyber peace, Vine. It was a quirky run.
Do you have a favorite app that’s gone, but not forgotten? Do you have suggestions on how to minimize the impact of a loss? Will you be moving on to Snapchat, Instagram or moving back to YouTube? Feel free to share your thoughts or expressions of sympathy in the comments section of this post.
GB O’Brien
LGK Principal
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