{"id":21806,"date":"2019-03-27T14:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=21806"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:53:48","slug":"ageing-like-an-old-bottle-of-vine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/ageing-like-an-old-bottle-of-vine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ageing Like An Old Bottle Of Vine"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M\u00e1ire Nolan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vine’s time to shine, was, like it’s videos, really short-lived, but it left a legacy on the internet that will remain for years to come.<\/p>\n

The videos will still come up on your newsfeed lately, and yes, you will laugh at them.<\/p>\n

2013-14 really was the peak of online creativity due to Vine.<\/p>\n

The mobile app was created in January 2013 and allowed users to make videos but only in a 6-second time frame.<\/p>\n

In 2016, everyone was devastated that the app was going to be shut down, essentially because it wasn’t making the owners money.<\/p>\n

And to that I say – Let art be art, you cowards.<\/p>\n

Who cares if it wasn’t turning a profit?<\/p>\n

It made people happy. It ingrained itself into the public consciousness. It became a culture in itself.<\/p>\n

Everyone mourned the loss of Vine as it was the end of an era for all of its users.<\/p>\n

Vine spawned genuinely talented people.<\/p>\n

Singing became the second most published content on the platform after comedy.<\/p>\n

The platform really allowed people to demonstrate the best of their talents, whether it was covers or original songs.<\/p>\n

Grammy-nominee and chart-topper Shawn Mendes, and husband and wife \u201cUs the Duo\u201d benefited from the platform and have risen to massive success in the past five years.<\/p>\n

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Star: Canadian heartthrob Shawn Mendes is the first post-Vine household name<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It became almost more effortless to be noticed if you uploaded to Vine.<\/p>\n

Current popular music apps Musical.ly and Tik Tok are nowhere near the same level Vine was on.<\/p>\n

One-liner comedy was brought back in the best way possible.<\/p>\n

Vine allowed creators to invent comedy that would make viewers lingering for more.<\/p>\n

Iconic one-liners that everyone remembers would be “I’M SENSITIVE AUBREY,” “I can’t believe you’ve done this” and the favourite “Road work ahead? EH yeah, I sure hope it does”.<\/p>\n