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| 3 | ->''[[RunningGag "Do it for the Vine!"]]'' |
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| 5 | In June 2012, the trio of Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll created Vine, a mobile app that allowed users to create and post looping 6-second clips. In October of the same year, Website/{{Twitter}} bought Vine for a reported $30 million. It did not see a public debut until it reached the App Store in January 2013, [[PopCulturalOsmosis and the rest is history]]. |
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| 7 | [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Despite its novel concept]], it became the most used video-sharing app on the market in a matter of months, and in April 2013 became the most downloaded free iOS app. |
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| 9 | In May 2014, an [[http://www.vine.co official Vine website]] was started to make exploring Vines more convenient. |
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| 11 | Nothing lasts forever, though. In October 2016, Twitter announced that [[https://medium.com/@vine/important-news-about-vine-909c5f4ae7a7#.or8s6q30g it would eventually shut down Vine and discontinue its app,]] [[https://medium.com/@vine/vine-update-59426a5adfab#.wexubhrfz but after outcry and negotations with creators,]] it will continue to live on in the future with an app called Vine Camera, allowing users to continue making 6-second-long looping videos, but they will be directly uploaded to Twitter rather than Vine's dedicated site/app. |
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| 13 | Platform/{{TikTok}} has become Vine's SpiritualSuccessor as the launch pad for memes and viral videos; however, Hofmann launched a competing app originally called Byte in 2020, which was subsequently rebranded as Clash in 2021 and as [[https://huddlesapp.co/ Huddles]] in 2022 before being shut down in May 2023. |
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| 15 | -->''[[BrickJoke "I ain't gon' do it!"]]'' |
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