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Vine is a mobile app by Twitter that enables its users to create and post short video clips.
Video clips created with Vine have a maximum length of six seconds and
can be shared on a variety of social networking services, such as
Twitter or Facebook.[1]
Vine was founded by Dom Hofmann and Rus Yusupov in June 2012. Colin
Kroll joined Vine as CTO in July 2012. The company was acquired by
Twitter in October 2012[2] and debuted on 24 January 2013[3] as a free iOS app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Twitter is working on bringing the app to other platforms.[4][5]
Less than a week after its debut, pornographic video clips started appearing on the service. Pornography is not forbidden by Twitter's guidelines.[6] One sexually explicit clip was featured as an "Editor's Pick" in the Vine app, which Twitter blamed on "human error".[7] On February 5, 2013, Twitter raised the minimum age limit to 17 years of age, from 12, to download the application.[8]
Nonetheless, the app can be applied to other fields such as
journalism. For instance, a Turkish journalist has successfully captured
the aftermath of the suicide bombing outside the U.S. embassy in Turkey
on February 1st, 2013.[9]
The BBC has deemed aggregates of Vine "mesmerising", and notes not
only that advertising agencies have been quick to seize on Vine's
potential, but that stop motion animation is alive and well.[10]
References
- ^ Price, Emily. "Hands On With Twitter's Social Video App, Vine". Mashable. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ http://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-buys-vine-a-video-clip-company-that-never-launched/
- ^ Crook, Jordan. "Twitter’s 6-Second Video Sharing App, Vine, Goes Live In The App Store". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Brett Molina (24 January 2013). "Twitter launches video sharing service Vine". USA Today. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ http://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-buys-vine-a-video-clip-company-that-never-launched/
- ^ Musil, Steven (January 27, 2013). "Pornographic video clips already showing up on Twitter's Vine". CNET. CNET. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Twitter accidentally promotes porn clip". 3 News NZ. 29 January, 2013.
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/twitters-vine-app-store-rating-17-adds-social/story?id=18420254
- ^ http://www.fastcompany.com/3005630/fast-feed/using-vine-cover-breaking-news?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21267741