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by kadenwolff 1500 days ago
Interesting that he co-founded Periscope and they also just removed any mention of Periscope from their TOS. Maybe just an artifact of them considering removing him, or it has no meaning. Just found the timing notable.
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peppertree 1499 days ago
Periscope was one the main reasons they killed Vine.
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newsclues 1499 days ago
Funny that Vine was essentially TikTok and they killed it.
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HaZeust 1499 days ago
TL;DR: The world wasn't ready to monetize and mass-produce short clips at Vine's time.
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natly 1499 days ago
That makes no sense to me, they're completely different products. (Periscope is about livestreaming vine was short clips.)
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peppertree 1499 days ago
Beykpour convinced the board live video was the future. Vine founder left so no one was around to defend Vine.
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