The Announcement That Twitter Has Snuffed Vine Is Rocking the Online World
Vine is dead.
The hugely popular Twitter-produced social media platform that rocketed to prominence in 2013 and introduced the world to the glory of teeny-tiny video clips is getting killed off by its parent company. The Vines will remain, but the ability to create new ones will be ripped away “in the coming months,” says a Medium post.
Vine launched hundreds of careers and reportedly had 200 million unique users a month. That isn’t enough, apparently, and after months of financial losses, Twitter is also set to cut its global workforce by 9%.
The founder has spoken out about this sad turn of events…
Don’t sell your company!
— Rus (@rus) October 27, 2016
…as has just about everyone else. Twitter users got busy sharing their favorite six-second videos to eulogize the app.
RIP Vine https://t.co/EgD0De6uMs
— CAFE (@cafedotcom) October 27, 2016
i mean how are you going to take this art away from us https://t.co/5033n74uHL
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) October 27, 2016
(In response to the above clip, Mediaite’s Sam Reisman said, “I’m not going to miss Vine one bit.”)
I never understood this Vine, but I also *deeply* understood it. https://t.co/gOk2U7kaMs
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) October 27, 2016
— Connor (@McCartyConnor) October 27, 2016
Thank you for the memories, Vine: https://t.co/y6QXyEujKp
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) October 27, 2016
When you hear they’re taking down Vine but you still gotta keep playin…. https://t.co/jB26WVIHQ4
— Mikey (@fsmikey) October 27, 2016
she wants none of it! https://t.co/5l4wGdALpv
— Carina Hsieh (@carinahsieh) October 27, 2016
(In response to the above clip, Mediaite’s Sam Reisman said, “…can you send that to me?”)
In all seriousness, this might have been Vine’s raison d’être. RIP. https://t.co/P3TSYRl1Zy
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) October 27, 2016
— darth™ ? 12 days (@darth) October 27, 2016
I’ll be organizing a memorial best vines thread for the next 48 hours. Here’s the first and possibly BEST vine https://t.co/FjcVqBp6Bf
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) October 27, 2016
Please join everyone in mourning and post your favorite Vines below.
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