Vine Is (Sort Of) Back. But Can It Compete With TikTok?

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Vine Is (Sort Of) Back. But Can It Compete With TikTok?
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to get started with the program asks if you were a Vine user in the past – almost like it’s calling Viners back home. in its comment section with plans to at some point give users the ability to like comments and block or filter their comments. The developers also have plans to work on “creation features.”

In a way, byte and TikTok are long-lost siblings. In August of 2018, users on an app called Musical.ly woke up to find that their accounts had been migrated to this then-new Chinese import called TikTok. Vine pioneered the funny, artistic, meme-ish short-form video and many Viners relied on apps like Musical.ly to continue making content after their original digital home shut down. TikTok’s overnight success is largely due to its purchase of Musical.ly and the vacuum Vine left in its wake.

A quick scroll through the app's feed and discover pages reveals that most of byte’s users are former Viners, current TikTok’ers, or both. The Vine nostalgia is very real – enough to turn TikTok into the app of the decade. And given how easy it is to spend hours on either of those apps, there might just be enough love to go around.

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