The interest has been extremely encouraging, but it has also created some roadblocks. I underestimated the amount of enthusiasm and attention the announcement would generate. When I announced that I was working on a follow-up to Vine, I also (perhaps foolishly) announced that it would be a personal project and personally funded.

Hofmann posted an update on V2’s incredibly active, somewhat bizarre forums, confessing he didn’t have enough money to successfully launch Vine’s successor. The dream came crumbling down in May 2018. Vine was back.Īs a famous philosopher once said, “Vine is dead long live Vine.” No one questioned whether the internet needed a modern Vine, if a successor could match the cherished cultural moment that existed for a brief second. People desperately seeking out new Vine content, having grown bored or accustomed to the same popular six-second video added to every compilation (looking at you, potato that flew around the room), would finally get new material. Dom Hofmann, one of Vine’s co-founders, announced “V2,” a followup to Vine that could potentially launch by the end of 2018. There was a moment of hope between November 2017 and early May 2018. Twitter may have killed Vine, but the platform’s spirit survived in the millions of people who pored over their favorite videos. Obituaries were written for the community of weird and funny kids, and diligent archivists were quick to build compilations in honor of Vine’s triumphant impact. Vine, a six-second video-hosting service that became an instant haven for DIY comedy, went offline in January 2017.

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