Comment by haunter
Comment by haunter 2 days ago
Vine. It was already pretty big back in 2013 but Twitter had no idea what to do with it. TikTok actually launched just a few months before Vine was shut down and erased from the internet.
Comment by haunter 2 days ago
Vine. It was already pretty big back in 2013 but Twitter had no idea what to do with it. TikTok actually launched just a few months before Vine was shut down and erased from the internet.
There's an excellent write up at https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/28/extreme...
Perhaps because they already had Periscope that no one used. It was a "buy competitor to kill it" play that didn't have the desired effect.
I've thought about this too. Imagine all the drama the US government could've avoided if Vine had won over TikTok!
With Elon running it? He probably would have actively sold it to china.
guys when you invent fictional alternate realities, you're allowed to leave people out of them completely. Anyone you like.
Whoever took the decision to kill Vine was an absolute moron, even without hindsight. It was square videos, how hard could it have been to shove an ads banner above it and call it a day? Incredible