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TikTok is Vine 2.0, surprised it didn’t happen in the west as well.

I still don't understand why Vine went away. It seemed to be doing so well.

>I still don't understand why Vine went away.

Twitter/Vine did not want to pay creators. I don't know the history on why YouTube/Twitch/TikTok figured it out and why Snap/Twitter/FB drag their feet with it. I remember there was a turning point where many large creators on Vine decided to move to Instagram/YouTube because it was easier to monetize.

6s was the wrong choice for max length.

A surprising number of consumer startups are the same as another product, but with different business logic. Just look at Bumble.

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