After Vine was unceremoniously ripped from our hands earlier this year, the internet has since become a black hole. I’m not saying these things are related, but after killing Vine:
- Trump was sworn in as the 45th President
- “The Emoji Movie” came out
- Fidget spinners became a thing — and then not a thing
- Taylor Swift released “Look What You Made Me Do”
- And California caught on fire
Again, I’m not saying they’re related, but they probably are.
Today though, we get a glimmer of hope. Vine’s founder Dom Hoffman took to Twitter and detailed his desire to work on a follow-up to the popular app known for creative six second looping videos.
i'm going to work on a follow-up to vine. i've been feeling it myself for some time and have seen a lot of tweets, dms, etc.
— dom hofmann (@dhof) November 30, 2017
Hoffman intends to fund the endeavor himself, at least at first, and work on it as a sort of side project. He cites user demand in the form of tweets and messages as the motivation behind the move.
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This is all we know currently, but anyone who offers to bring back Vine is a hero in our book.
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