Vine was a pretty big deal when it hit the internet only a few years ago. Even during its short time it manged to make stars of a number of its users. The limitations of only having a few seconds of video to work with really helped to push some great bits of comedy now and then. Sure, most of Vine was filled with garbage and eventually devolved into re-vines of a few popular accounts, the app was still pretty fun.
Problems arose as other apps popped up doing the video sharing thing (most notably SnapChat) while other picture based apps added video features. This left Vine doing only the 6-second small video thing while nearly every other sharing app was expanding and expanding a user base. Hell, most Vines lately from the big names left were simply mini trailers for their YouTube content.
Twitter owns the video-looping service and is shutting it down as they struggle to turn a profit. When you factor in that a number of Vine’s biggest content creators left the service to explore other, more expansive options, this news isn’t that big a shock. But while the service is dead in the water, the website will still stick around to host everything that’s already been posted.
There is still a chance that Twitter integrates Vine into its own app (no idea why they never did this), but for now let’s just look back on a few Vines that the internet went nuts over and mourn all those YouTube channels that make their living stealing Vines for this compilations.
Why You Always Lying?
John Cena anything
Duck Army
Happy For Bad Present
How To Kiss Dogs
Spot The Difference
Man Shell Fish
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