Elon Musk Asks Twitter Users if Vine Should Return

A few days after acquiring the social media site, Twitter owner Elon Musk has already made a noise by posting a poll.

According to reports Sunday afternoon, the business tycoon is thinking about whether to charge verified users $20 a month to use their blue check marks.

A few hours later, Musk made a public suggestion that one of Twitter's largest purchases would return, Comicbook noted.

Musk tweeted a poll late on Sunday night asking his followers if they thought he should bring back Vine. This well-known app came before TikTok and is frequently credited with revolutionizing how a whole generation created content.

The "Yes" is winning at 70.7 percent as of this writing, and there are only 20 hours left before the poll ends. However, it is unclear if Musk wants to bring back the service or is just trying to get more people interested in his latest purchase.

What Is Vine and Why Is It Gone?

Vine was made by Vine Labs, which is a part of Twitter. It came out in 2013. People liked how the app gave people a place to show their creativity by making fun six-second videos.

More than 200 million users were estimated to have used the app, and prominent stars like Thomas Sanders, Jake, David Dobrik, and Logan Paul got their start on the internet through it.

Many Twitter users supported the notion of reviving Vine. Particularly to those who were eager to find out whether the original platform for short videos might rival TikTok.

Five years ago, Twitter shut down Vine, and since then, other applications like Instagram have made it easier to share videos.

TikTok dominated the market for short videos and emerged as the preferred platform.

On the other hand, Vine creator Dom Hoffman also created "Byte," a service launched in 2020, according to We Got This Covered.

Following TikTok's success, various social networking apps are now attempting to enter the short-form video industry.

Users associated with YouTube will soon be able to monetize their content, thanks to the recently announced "Shorts" feature.

Meanwhile, Instagram's attempt to become more of a video platform by placing Reels everywhere has drawn criticism from its users.

Musk wants to launch a paid subscription service for verification, so his poll about bringing back Vine could be a diversion.

However, if Vine does make a comeback, it would be interesting to watch how it competes with TikTok, a Chinese social networking app with more than 1 billion monthly users.

The Elon Musk Vine Idea Came From Unacademy Founder

Unacademy Group's founder Gaurav Munjal gave Elon Musk some ideas to grow Twitter ten times in a series of tweets.

Munjal told the new Twitter owner to bring back Vine to compete with TikTok.

Munjal also said there should be more flexibility on users' profiles in his discussion on Twitter titled "How can Twitter go 10x from here?"

"Let users highlight their most Iconic Followers. Showing off who follows you is an important feature." He tweeted,

"When clicking on Followers, most influential followers should be shown first for any user," he added.

Money Control noted that Munjal made several suggestions to Elon Musk, including the ability to highlight tweets, and stressed that "just pinning one tweet is not enough. Allow users to highlight more tweets. Instagram does this well."

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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