I guess the data mining was the missing ingredient for popularity?

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    9 months ago

    Vine never allowed more than a 6 second clip. Other platforms immediately included short video formats upon Vines success, but added more flexibility to content creators. When content creators got “Vine famous” they moved to other platforms that allowed for flexibility in content. Vine died when it had no more creators.

    It is content and content creators that make a platform successful or not. It’s why platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Twitch, etc., pay big creators millions of dollars for exclusive rights to their content. Anyone can make a content sharing platform, but they can’t take content.

    • Psychodelic@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      9 months ago

      A ton of this!

      I’m a way bigger fan of long-form content. I hardly even get any videos suggested on TT that are less than 3-5 minutes (mostly history and philosophy type stuff). It’s pretty awesome how good it is at recommending stuff you’ll like!

      I could never imagine watch strictly 6 sec videos. It’s just not for me

      • poppy@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        9 months ago

        That was only months before Twitter announced it would be slowly shutting it down in October. It was a last gasp, too little too late unfortunately. The article you posted even mentioned it was a reaction to creators posting “teasers” that lead watchers to other sites, where the creators were establishing, or had already established, a solid base.

    • Flumpkin@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Yeah I think paying the creators generously and allowing them to make a good living is how tiktok got off the ground so fast.

      I really love the vine 6 sec sketch format but I only ever watches compilations on youtube. It’s like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’ll get, but eat enough of them… :D