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First, don't call it "Vine Two". Details are starting to emerge about v2, the forthcoming video app built to replace Vine by its former co-founder Dom..
If I'd written this article, it would have consisted of one word: "Poorly".
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/23/how-vine-2-works/
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(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Wednesday January 31 2018, @02:19PM (4 children)
I only have one question: why?
Back when Vine was a think, some social media consultant tried to convince us how important it was. We just had to have a Vine channel (or whatever they called it). It was trendy! It was new! It absolutely wouldn't soak up masses of our time for no purpose! It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he wanted us to pay him to make the videos!
WTF do people want 6.5 second videos? Cut cat videos, I can put on any of a zillion platforms, or just on my own damned website. Actual, useful content, in 6.5 seconds? Not possible.
So Vine flopped, quelle surprise. The guy wants a second bite of the apple. DIAF.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 4, Funny) by kazzie on Wednesday January 31 2018, @02:34PM (1 child)
Hm. I read your comment in 5 seconds.
(Score: 5, Funny) by bradley13 on Wednesday January 31 2018, @03:15PM
See? Proof!
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Wednesday January 31 2018, @07:55PM
More like it was bought and shelved. Maybe it would have been a success with more support, maybe not. But acquisition is one of the surest ways to squander any product's potential.
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(Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:24PM
I use snapchat occasionally. A picture or short clip is all you need for a lot of things. I have a friend who cooks so i snap her a pic of every meal i cook and she does the same. We don't chat, just send pics of our creations. My wife gets short cat clips when she's away. No need to permanently store that crap anywhere. Don't have a myfaceplace anyways.
I usually try out whatever trendy app there is to see what's going on. Most are really bad. Some are just confusing. Vine looked dumb. V2 looks dumb. I liked the concept of YikYak except legit conversations were impossible because everyone downvoted. Whatsapp is a good chat client (if you can convince others to use it).
Jumping onto a trending thing is fine if you jump in early. Especially if you don't over invest and have plans for the thing's unexpected death. It would be great if your company was able to reach new customers in a space with zero competition. But honestly, vine is dumb. Tying your company's PR to vine is extra dumb. Your company could have the guy make videos and upload them everywhere. When a new platform comes out you can drop all your existing videos on it.
SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday January 31 2018, @02:33PM
How about V-2 [wikipedia.org]?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 31 2018, @02:37PM (5 children)
Oh, you mean YouTube and Instagram?
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(Score: 2) by meustrus on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:01PM (4 children)
YouTube favors long content (10-30 minutes). The days of short YouTube memes is over.
Instagram is for still photos. There are many, many things you can't visually convey without motion.
I see Vine as the social-enabled YTMND. Which means that even though I don't do social-enabled, it's good for those that do to have this classic internet experience.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 31 2018, @09:49PM (3 children)
Viners adapted their content and style when they transitioned to YouTube. Many of them became "vloggers" and many make 10 minute videos (the easy trick to stuffing lots of ads into a YouTube video). The Viner-to-YouTuber evolution is discussed in this article over here that I submitted and everyone hated:
1600 Vine Street [soylentnews.org]
We got a literal old man over here!
Instagram Help Center: How do I post a video? [instagram.com]
Not only do they have videos, but they have to be short!
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(Score: 2) by meustrus on Thursday February 01 2018, @09:35PM (2 children)
Guess I'll accept being called old here since I'll fit in that way. But the real reason is that I have zero interest in social media, and for whatever reason the news that Instagram ventured out of their core product never reached me.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday February 01 2018, @10:01PM (1 child)
Instagram is for booty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXu90eooNjo [youtube.com]
^ Incredibly relevant video that came out a couple days ago.
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(Score: 2) by meustrus on Thursday February 01 2018, @10:18PM
I learned long ago not to click on random YouTube links offered up on discussion boards.
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