Thursday, July 25, 2013

Why Vine is Better than Instagram Video?

On June 20, 2013 Instagram added an update so that 15 second videos would be available. This started an entire debate whether Instagram video was better than Vine. In my own opinion, Vine came up with their own idea and Instagram just stole their idea and threw their own spin on it.

I'm sure this is exactly what the developers were probably thinking. "Instead of 6 second videos, why not 15 seconds? Looping is old school; lets make it stop at the end of it too. I'm sure the consumers will be able to see how much better and different we are than that lame Vine app."

Many people did start using Vine less and Instagram videos has been used frequently by users. I already felt bad for the Vine app because I thought that they would get rid of the due to lack of interest. I was surprisingly sympathetic to an app that I started using it. I went to the explore page and went to the popular tag and to my surprise, I saw a lot of interesting and funny vines.

I now go to Vine daily to check out the new vines and some of my favorites come from Torrei Hart, Simone Shephard, Landon Moss, Lamorne Morris, Phil DeFranco, Shug Avery and others. They keep me laughing and now since revining is a thing, my profile isn't as boring. I reallly appreciate that when I go to my profile, I can see all the vines I liked.

But I digress, the questions is Why Vine is Better than Instagram Video? Well Vine is original. Liked vines are accessible. They have a niche and is dedicated to short interesting vines. They loop. Last but not least, people are funnier on Vine than Instagram. 

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