SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE Vine URL http vine co PURPOSE Vine is a video sharing website and mobile app Users can watch upload share and comment on short looping video clips JUNE 2012 Vine is founded CURRENT CEO Jack Dorsey OCTOBER 2012 Twitter acquires Vine NUMBERS OF USERS more than 200 million AUGUST 2013 Vine reaches 40 million users JANUARY 2015 VineKids is launched
Meet the Founders DOM HOFMANN worked for the travel website company Jetsetter before co founding Vine That is where he met Yusupov and Kroll Hofmann served as lead general manager of Vine until 2014 RUS YUSUPOV has a degree in graphic arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City After graduating he worked for several Internet companies including Jetsetter Yusupov was the creative director of Vine until 2015 COLIN KROLL attended Oakland University in Rochester Michigan He met Hofmann and Yusupov while working for Jetsetter Kroll was general manager of Vine until 2014 Rus Yusupov Colin Kroll
CHAPTER 1 What Is Vine You and a friend create a funny skit Your mom films and edits it on her cell phone Soon it is ready to post on Vine The catch The entire video can only be six seconds long Instantly your friends watch and comment on the video That's Vine in action Vine is a mobile video sharing service Vine users or Viners create and post short videos called vines Vines can also be uploaded to other sites including Twitter Facebook and Tumblr Upon opening the Vine app Viners see videos posted by users they follow
Viners create videos of all kinds but making funny vines is very popular Vine is unlike any other video sharing service Each vine is limited to just six seconds These short clips play on constant loops They offer brief peeks into the worlds of their creators
