Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter may include bringing back Vine, the short-form video app the company . According to , Twitter’s new “Chief Twit” told a group of engineers to work on a reboot that could be ready by the end of the year. The Verge’s Alex Heath, who was among the first to report that Musk was considering making the company’s Twitter Blue subscription The news was confirmed by a spokesperson.
“I have also heard this, though unclear if Vine will actually be relaunched at this point,” . “Musk also has a lot of people telling him to just bake the experience into core Twitter.”
While we’re probably at the stage where Musk is contemplating any and all options, there’s certainly some evidence to suggest he is seriously considering bringing back Vine. Earlier today, he He reached out to his 112,000,000 Twitter followers to inquire if the company should restart the app. MrBeast is one of the most recognizable YouTube stars. it would be “hilarious” if Musk did that and Vine went on to compete with TikTok, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO asked him “what could we do to make it better than TikTok?” Bringing back the platform would also certainly seem to align with Musk’s stated goal of transforming Twitter into a “super app” akin to China’s WeChat.
However, the timeline, like the one Musk reportedly set for monetizing Twitter’s verification feature, is likely unrealistic. According to Axios, the company hasn’t updated Vine since it shut down the app more than six years ago. “It needs a lot of work,” one source told the outlet, referring to the software’s codebase. At this stage, it’s also hard to see the platform competing with TikTok and YouTube ShortsEven if it comes back, you should not. So much of TikTok’s success is a result of its “For You” algorithm which always seems to know what videos will keep you glued to the app. Vine had nothing comparable and many of its most prolific creators moved to other platforms.
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