What is the story behind Vine's rise and fall?
If it's not already obvious, I'm a die-hard Vine fan, and like many devotees, I've long been baffled by how something so popular, so foundational, so universally beloved, one, never even turned a profit, and two, folded entirely before its third birthday. For years, I've been uncovering the real story of what happened at Vine. What went on inside Twitter HQ?
Did creators really hold the app for ransom? The very same app that had made them rich and famous in the first place? And why, for the love of Vine, is Elon Musk putting out polls on X with the three-word question, bring back Vine, all these years later? This is the story of the brief, sweet life of Vine. Join me, my dudes... This is where it gets interesting.