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In response to "Every video on twitter seems to be tik-tok. Why did they get rid of vine for it to be replaced by tik-tok? -- nm" by JaxSean

'They' didn't. Twitter purchased it before their debut and apparently had no idea what to with it

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) May 14 '20, 15:06

I wish I could say that they let it whiter on the....

So Vine founded June 2012, Twitter purchases it Oct 2012. Goes live Jan 2013

Oct 2016 They disable uploads??!?!

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Yeah, but now everything is TikTok. Seems like they killed it off, and a new Vine came along to fill the void. -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 15:37 3
- There are probably differences between Tiktok and Vine that are not obvious to the "hey they both make short videos so they are the same" crowd - rollo May 14, 15:50 2
  - TikToks can be edited afterwards I think, while Vines were in-camera edit only - Reagen May 14, 15:54 1
    - Affirmative -- nm - con_carne May 14, 16:44

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'They' didn't. Twitter purchased it before their debut and apparently had no idea what to with it

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