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Can someone explain what the use case of vine is? Why would I want to use it?
by bostonvaulter2 13y ago
Can someone explain what the use case of vine is? Why would I want to use it?
- craftkiller 13y agoLooks to me like they're replacing GIFs. Short clips, muted by default. If they succeed this will be a welcome change for the internet because video compression has advanced significantly since the days of GIFs.
- Smudge 13y agoIt's more of a tweet-like approach to posting videos. The way I see most of my friends using the service is as a companion to Instagram, when they want to express a moment in a series of small video clips instead of in a single photo. I suppose you could call that "replacing GIFs" but it's more like YouTube than it is like Geocities.
- wcfields 13y agoThere were a few companies that attempted to do this ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/04/after-its-12-seconds-of-fame-12seconds-tv-fizzles-out/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/04/after-its-12-seconds-of-fam... ) but Vine got it right: * Timing: More people have camera phones / 3G/4G/LTE * Aping the existing Instagram structure for the news feed * Probably initially used AWS backend for cheap storage * Native App focus first and foremost * Immediate acquisition by Twitter
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- IvyMike 13y agoIt's little video snippets, 7s max. They don't always click, but when they do, it feels like you're catching flashes of someone else's memory. One advantage is your friends will not watch another one of your uncut boring vacation videos. But they might still watch your vines, since they're so short.
- rahoulb 13y agotwitter for video (140 chars == 6s)