Taylor Lorenz

like talents that they were really known for outside just like kind of being hot and like making funny videos like belatable videos um and so they would get up on stage and they would mostly just kind of like joke around with each other but there wasn't it wasn't i mean this is why a lot of these tours failed in the end is because they couldn't really perform but the people that came really didn't care that much like a lot of the young kids didn't care that much because they just wanted to meet their favorite vine star

like talents that they were really known for outside just like kind of being hot and like making funny videos like belatable videos um and so they would get up on stage and they would mostly just kind of like joke around with each other but there wasn't it wasn't i mean this is why a lot of these tours failed in the end is because they couldn't really perform but the people that came really didn't care that much like a lot of the young kids didn't care that much because they just wanted to meet their favorite vine star

The founders of Vine really did not like the most successful creators on the app. Vine servers would get a little traction, have a little success, and then the management would come in and try and thwart them. I mean, I use one example in my book where they rolled out these vanity URLs, which made it really easy.

The founders of Vine really did not like the most successful creators on the app. Vine servers would get a little traction, have a little success, and then the management would come in and try and thwart them. I mean, I use one example in my book where they rolled out these vanity URLs, which made it really easy.

Previously, you would have the Vine URL, like vine.co slash a bunch of numbers, which made it hard to kind of share your Vine handle. So They changed it to like vine.co slash, you know, whatever username you wanted to pick. And they didn't give creators heads up about this at all. So, of course, people essentially squatted on all these famous creators names.

Previously, you would have the Vine URL, like vine.co slash a bunch of numbers, which made it hard to kind of share your Vine handle. So They changed it to like vine.co slash, you know, whatever username you wanted to pick. And they didn't give creators heads up about this at all. So, of course, people essentially squatted on all these famous creators names.

And then when the famous creators complained to Vine and were like, hey, can we have like, I'm Nash Greer. Can I have, you know, vine.co slash Nash Greer? I have millions of followers. They intentionally said no to make things harder for the creators and to thwart discovery of the creators.

And then when the famous creators complained to Vine and were like, hey, can we have like, I'm Nash Greer. Can I have, you know, vine.co slash Nash Greer? I have millions of followers. They intentionally said no to make things harder for the creators and to thwart discovery of the creators.

Yeah. The founders would constantly mess with the popular feed. So the popular feed, you would imagine, would be reflective of the most popular content on the app. That was not true. A lot of the times, the founders of Vine would keep the most popular creator's content off the popular feed because they just didn't approve of it.

Yeah. The founders would constantly mess with the popular feed. So the popular feed, you would imagine, would be reflective of the most popular content on the app. That was not true. A lot of the times, the founders of Vine would keep the most popular creator's content off the popular feed because they just didn't approve of it.

And then they would stack the popular feed with content that they approved of. And they were essentially trying to force feed content to their users but it wasn't reflective of what was actually popular on the app. And so there was this disconnect and I think it hurt engagement.

And then they would stack the popular feed with content that they approved of. And they were essentially trying to force feed content to their users but it wasn't reflective of what was actually popular on the app. And so there was this disconnect and I think it hurt engagement.

And also it made creators irate because they were like, you know, I know that my video meets the threshold to be on the popular page and yet it's being excluded. And so they rightfully felt like Vine was thwarting them again at every turn.

And also it made creators irate because they were like, you know, I know that my video meets the threshold to be on the popular page and yet it's being excluded. And so they rightfully felt like Vine was thwarting them again at every turn.

Well, as a tech reporter, I heard about it, obviously, when Twitter acquired it pre-launch. It was in beta. The day that it exited beta, I downloaded it.

Well, as a tech reporter, I heard about it, obviously, when Twitter acquired it pre-launch. It was in beta. The day that it exited beta, I downloaded it.

Within a couple of days, I was in Grand Central Station and I recorded this like stop motion kind of animation thing of people walking through the big hall of Grand Central Station and it made the popular page. And that was like a huge deal for me at the time, you know.

Within a couple of days, I was in Grand Central Station and I recorded this like stop motion kind of animation thing of people walking through the big hall of Grand Central Station and it made the popular page. And that was like a huge deal for me at the time, you know.

What I condemn is the violence of our system, and I would love for you to acknowledge that.

What I condemn is the violence of our system, and I would love for you to acknowledge that.