Is Now the Time for Vine (Byte)?
Vine is back, and this time it’s called Byte. Vine cofounder Dom Hofmann released Byte, and in the first week it had 1.3 million downloads, 70% of which are from the United States.
Byte follows the footsteps of its Vine predecessor in allowing users to create quick six-second mobile videos. Now, Byte has some issues to overcome, such as spammy comments, but with plans to do a revenue share with content creators, Byte is positioning itself to be a viable competitor to TikTok when it comes to short-form mobile entertainment.
Vine was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down in 2016. The question is will Byte follow a similar fate or is now the right time for Vine?
There are a few reasons to think yes.
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