Twitter Vine: Have You Tried it Yet?
Last week Twitter released its own app for sharing videos, allowing its 500 million strong user base to share 6-second video clips with their fans and followers.
The main question posed since the release is ‘why 6 seconds?’ Vine co-founder, Dom Hofmann has provided the answer in the following statement:
“Posts on Vine are about abbreviation – the shortened form of something larger. They’re little windows into the people, settings, ideas and objects that make up your life. They’re quirky, and we think that’s part of what makes them so special.”
The app, which is currently only available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch (they are going to work to bring Vine to other platforms in due course), is free to install and links directly to your Twitter account.
It’s very early doors at the moment, and many are just starting to experiment so it will certainly be interesting to see how businesses use this to their advantage moving forwards. Today, however, I thought I’d share a few examples that we’ve seen from other companies since last weeks release of the Vine application.
Urban Outfitters: What it feels like to have a bestie.
What it feels like to have a bestie: vine.co/v/bJTP2QTDrT2
— Urban Outfitters (@UrbanOutfitters) J anuary 29, 2013
NBC News: One of their reporters showing the aftermath of a fire in a Brazil nightclub.
MT @keirsimmons: This morning we are live from outside the Brazil nightclub for the@todayshow vine.co/v/bJpjam0TtnY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) Janua ry 29, 2013
Gap: Showing off one of their products.
Our 2nd @vineapp experiment: stop motion 1969 denim. What should we #Vine next? vine.co/v/bJ6QQYKuDgz
— Gap (@Gap) January 28, 2013
Buzz Feed: A lot of chocolate (it’s quite obvious why I’m a fan of this one).
Chocolate vine.co/v/bJTqT3rEBiX
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) Januar y 29, 2013
Birmingham City FC: Playing a game of ‘guess the question’. Players answer, followers need to guess what the question was.
These lads have given their answer but what was the question? #GuesstheQ #BCFC vine.co/v/b5t2iKvwXK5
— Birmingham City FC (@BcfcDotCom) Jan uary 25, 2013
Have you tried Vine yet? What would you consider using it for? Share your thoughts with us @silverbean
You can easily see how TV shows and content publishers are going to use this to whet consumer appetite for content. The NBC News Vine is a great example of that.