Mary Goodhart

I remember even one of our videos from the IndieViners literally got verbatim copied by one of the

I remember even one of our videos from the IndieViners literally got verbatim copied by one of the

bigger viners and that got re-vined and so now they're getting credit for this idea that wasn't theirs meanwhile we posted our video like three months prior to that and it did really really well and people really really liked it but of course these bigger viners got the credit because all their friends who had millions and millions re-vined it and so

bigger viners and that got re-vined and so now they're getting credit for this idea that wasn't theirs meanwhile we posted our video like three months prior to that and it did really really well and people really really liked it but of course these bigger viners got the credit because all their friends who had millions and millions re-vined it and so

You know, those kinds of things were a bit annoying and I guess seemingly unfair.

You know, those kinds of things were a bit annoying and I guess seemingly unfair.

We're not all playing an even game, right? We're not all like getting authentic views because of the app's algorithm and the people who genuinely like it. Once a 10 million, you know, Viner is revining someone who has... Seven million like that video is going to take off.

We're not all playing an even game, right? We're not all like getting authentic views because of the app's algorithm and the people who genuinely like it. Once a 10 million, you know, Viner is revining someone who has... Seven million like that video is going to take off.

They're all smart for getting together and be like, we're all going to just create this team and refine each other's videos so that we become the top. It worked, you know, so good on them for being able to think like that, you know. I know we eventually kind of tried to think like that, but I don't even know if I ever revined other people's videos that I wasn't in.

They're all smart for getting together and be like, we're all going to just create this team and refine each other's videos so that we become the top. It worked, you know, so good on them for being able to think like that, you know. I know we eventually kind of tried to think like that, but I don't even know if I ever revined other people's videos that I wasn't in.

That's not to say that I wasn't revining content that I was in because you have to start playing the game.

That's not to say that I wasn't revining content that I was in because you have to start playing the game.

Yes. So the three founders are Dom Hoffman, Russ Yusupov and Colin Kroll. So let's start with Colin Kroll. It's a sad start to our quest, unfortunately, because Colin is not here anymore. He was a computer scientist. He made his name with Vine and then later HQ Trivia. But he actually died in 2018 of an accidental drug overdose almost two years after Vine was shut down.

Yes. So the three founders are Dom Hoffman, Russ Yusupov and Colin Kroll. So let's start with Colin Kroll. It's a sad start to our quest, unfortunately, because Colin is not here anymore. He was a computer scientist. He made his name with Vine and then later HQ Trivia. But he actually died in 2018 of an accidental drug overdose almost two years after Vine was shut down.

So that leaves us with Dom and Russ.

So that leaves us with Dom and Russ.

Yeah, Dom, interesting guy. Quite elusive.

Yeah, Dom, interesting guy. Quite elusive.

A little inconveniently elusive for our purposes. He's got an incredibly sparse Wikipedia page and an even sparser personal website.

A little inconveniently elusive for our purposes. He's got an incredibly sparse Wikipedia page and an even sparser personal website.