Manon Matthews
Appearances
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
Yeah, I mean, obviously, when I first started, there was no calculated amount. when's a good time to post? I was just very like, oh, these are going to, my friends are going to see this. Okay. I'll just post whenever. It wasn't really until I started collaborating and hearing other people's ideas about this is the best time to post. And I just trusted them. I said, okay, great.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
It was really fun to try to catch, okay, the kids are coming out of school. We got to post at one o'clock for them coming out of school. And then the Eastern Standard Time is going to be getting out of school and afternoon is best. Morning on the weekends around 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Try not to post too late at night. But that being said, I often went against it.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
And then sometimes I would just get a hit of inspiration and I'd be like, I'm posting this now. I don't care. I want to catch the energy of this video because this just happened. You have to, I mean, if you shoot something, especially in the beginning, you had to post it. You couldn't just like save it in your drafts, I don't think. The app evolved and then you could upload and post whenever.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
But I kind of had to shoot it and post it in the moment, which was just so fun. Because then you felt like you were getting people's lives, what was happening in that moment. That was the beginning of that. Now you can shoot a video and then a year later post it. You know, what's when. People are just now saying, congratulations, I heard you're expecting.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
And I'm like, I had the baby seven weeks ago.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
A lot of dopamine going on at that time. People start recognizing me on the street right away. I mean, I remember going to Universal CityWalk and people were coming up to me left and right and asking me to do impressions as if I'm some sort of monkey. I did do them. I remember one girl was like, can you do your glasses? And I did it. And she just looked at me and then walked away.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
And I was like, ooh, I never want to do that again. But generally, I love it. And I've loved it the entire time. It makes me feel like I'm friends with everybody now. in the world. It confirms, oh, these aren't just numbers. There are actual human beings watching and apparently laughing at this. And I miss it every day.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
It's a fake cry. I'm not really crying. Although I could, if I really sat and like thought about it, I'm sure I could produce some tears around it because it is really sad that it's gone. I mean, the only reason I did it was because it was fun. And I think when people do that, when they do it because it's fun for them, I think that's how energy transmutes.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
If I didn't enjoy doing that, I wouldn't keep making videos. It's been 11 years and I'm still obsessed with making videos. It's the same thing I did when I was little. So I feel like I'm going to do it literally. I'll probably record my own death. That's how long I'm going to be making videos.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
Hey, Kristen Stewart, what time is it?
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
I grew up in Los Angeles in the Valley area. And I think I started recording videos on my dad's camcorder where you put the actual VHS tape inside the camcorder. And then I started learning to edit videos. when I was around 12 years old and presenting to my parents.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
Thank you very much. He's seven weeks and 13 pounds, about, and he's the love of my life.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
And then I started studying improv, comedy improv. And then I started stand up. And in my stand up, I did a Kristen Stewart and Kim Kardashian impression. And so when I got on Vine, I didn't get on Vine to get a following. Obviously, I didn't know that that was a possibility. I just downloaded the app and started having fun with it. It was just like, oh yeah, this is interesting.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
I have like no followers, which didn't matter. I was just making videos. And I think I grew up to like 200 followers or something. And one of the followers said, hey, can you put up your Kristen Stewart impression? I saw you do it at the comedy store. And I was like, sure.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
3. Subway to Stardom
And I put up this impression, asked Kristen Stewart what her favorite ice cream flavor was, and then did the impression, which was like, hey, Kristen Stewart, what's your favorite ice cream flavor? I don't know. And that one vine- Took off and like the next morning I woke up to 13,000 followers and after a week got to 100,000 followers. Yeah, everything changed from that one moment.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
8. Famous
I do think it was as magical as people look back because it was everybody's first experience into this portal world where people are being funny and creative. So we were all in it together, experiencing it for the first time. I look back on it so fondly.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
8. Famous
I think I kind of shut myself off to the numbers of following really early on. I just wanted to have fun and enjoy myself. Kristen Stewart, I love you and I think you're beautiful. So are you. I'm over here. But it's definitely given me a sense of value. You know, I try not to tie my self-worth to the amount of followers I have.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
8. Famous
um but it's definitely there it definitely exists you know if i lost all my followers today i think i'd be pretty disappointed um but at the same time i did lose three million followers and as long as i'm creating i'm happy as long as i'm laughing and making something with a friend i'm pretty genuinely happy do i want people to see it do i want to share it absolutely
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
8. Famous
um but i think we're creative beings and as long as we're doing something that is what matters most the followers and the views are like the icing on the cake for me the only reason why i'm doing this because if you're coming on i'll talk about social media it's like oh i've done it before i've done it in the past but it's because it's about vine i've hit the next door neighbor's dog it's in the boot of my car
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
Although I knew and I'd met up with a lot of those Viners, that wasn't my, you know, we called ourselves like the indie group. Even though we weren't indie, like we still all had millions of followers, we weren't quite at the tens of twenties of millions of followers. And so we were continuing, my group was continuing to make content and enjoy the app and have fun.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
But we weren't aware that these conversations were happening. And so it would have been nice to kind of know about it so that I could take my 3 million followers and be like, hey, follow me on YouTube and Instagram and like, let's keep this thing going. It was kind of abrupt and weird. And like, why are they doing this? This seems a bit entitled. I remember thinking... Sure.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
Yeah, I guess we should be getting paid. But also remember, before this app existed, you weren't doing anything. So like, where's the gratitude? Of course, we should be compensated for our efforts. You know, if we weren't creating, then people wouldn't care about the app and the app would have just not. really done well. I always see both sides. I'm a Libra, so I see both sides.
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
Like, I'm just grateful that this app exists, so I'm going to give it what it's given me. And so to think that, you know, 20 people were like, we want this amount of money, and if we're not paying this, then we are leaving. It's like... Could you have demanded less money, maybe? I don't know. Like, can you ask for, like, a hundred grand each?
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
Like, why are you all each asking for a million dollars? Like, calm down. Half of those people didn't realize what they were doing. They're not on Vine anymore and they're not making any money. So, like, I don't even think that all 20 of those people were thinking, oh, what could happen if this app goes away?
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
7. The Battle of Vine Street
I think they were just, like, their ego got so inflated and then they just assumed that they'd be taken care of with these other apps. And they lost... so many followers, and they're not as successful as they were on Vine.