We’ve dedicated various ‘six seconds’ of our life watching good, bad, weird and hilarious Vines. It is with a heavy heart that we announce Twitter (the owner of Vine) is shutting down the Vine mobile app. This news comes just after Twitter revealed plans to lay off 9 per cent of its workforce.
Twitter blessed us with Vine back in 2013 to share short six-second video clips. It was an absolute hit but with strong competition from Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, Vine has struggled to keep up.
A message was posted to Medium:
Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold. Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we’ll be discontinuing the mobile app.
Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today. We value you, your Vines, and are going to do this the right way. You’ll be able to access and download your Vines. We’ll be keeping the website online because we think it’s important to still be able to watch all the incredible Vines that have been made. You will be notified before we make any changes to the app or website.
Thank you. Thank you. To all the creators out there?—?thank you for taking a chance on this app back in the day. To the many team members over the years who made this what it was?—?thank you for your contributions. And of course, thank you to all of those who came to watch and laugh every day.
What’s next? We’ll be working closely with creators to make sure your questions are answered and will work hard to do this the right way. We’ll be sharing more details on this blog and our Twitter account, and will notify you through the app when we start to change things.
You’re very welcome, it was a pleasure contributing content, even if not many others thought it was funny. Anyway, the news of Vine getting axed makes us almost as sad as this girl who just wanted to nap. You will be missed Vine, you will be missed.
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