On Monday 20% of my Instagram friends posted a pic telling their followers they are now on Vine. Being German, the phonetics of this Vine made me think of a nice Merlot or Chianti. So, I had to check it out!
Low and behold, I too ended up telling my IGers (hip gangsta term for Instagram friends or followers) to find me on Vine. Here is the 6 second run down of what Vine is:
- 6 second video clip app for your smartphone
- a new social network developed by Twitter, Inc.
- it was released last week on Thursday January 24, 2013
- most first clips posted by users involve kids or pets
I am guilty of the first. This my little Emily jailbreaking her PJs.
- you can find clips and have your clips discovered via hashtags #
- they have a few hashtag groups on the main explore screen that make finding what interests you more easy (I’m the burger, haha)
Here is what can be improved in my opinion and I am sure there will be many tweaks and changes after the first roll out.
- ability to tag users with @ symbol as we know it from other social networks
- disabling notification when someone else leaves a comment on the same clip I did (this gets very annoying when you commented on a “big site” or popular people who get lots of comments following yours)
- not sure if 6 seconds equals the brevity of 140 characters in type, but I think 15 seconds would allow for even more creativity
- ability to share clip after it has been posted to vine, right now you can only chose the sharing option as you publish it
- add more sharing options like email, google+ ect.
So why use it!? Personally, I find the video-sphere to be my next social frontier. As I told you in 5 Reasons to Attend an Online Blogging Class, making a YouTube video is on my online bucket list, but first I have to work up the courage to get in front (or even behind) the camera. A video is very personal. It combines two sensory modalities and people love watching pictures in motion – you might have heard of a small venue called the movie industry!? or a small website called YouTube?! 🙂 Videos allow the audience to feel like they can take part in someone else’s life, from the comfort of – well – wherever they are. As bloggers we strive to make connections with people and build a community. Seeing a video of the other person (hearing their voice!), seeing their space, their interest, their daily life – basically seeing the world through their eyes even for just 6 seconds makes me feel like I know this person and can truly relate to them.
I’d say let’s go out there and expose ourselves a little more! Make the formerly known anonymous online world be inhabited by real life human beings. Let’s add another dimension to our story! We are still the editor in chief and can scream “CUT!” at any point 😉
What are your thoughts? If you have a Vine account, what’s your username?
I am andcute
Hugs!
Dani!
Bridgee says
Dani, this is an awesome post !!! I SO agree with you and like you I am eager to branch out into vlogging – getting a cutting & editing tutorial this week ! 😉 Have fun with vine and you just GO girl ! You can do ANYTHING !!! 🙂 XO
Dani says
🙂 thanks darling. I love watching all your clips on Vine! Which software are you using for your vlogging project? Big Hugs!
Sandy says
The last days I was a bit disappointed by the performance of Vive. Uploading failed several times and after a few hours Vine has stolen my videos – not so nice, isn’t it?
But I really like the app and the idea of vlogging. At home I use iMovie and it’s great even if you are a rookie in creating videos. The only thing I am afraid of is that there will be a lot of crap. But thinking positive and let’s enjoy a little geek tool.
Hugs,
Sandy
Dani says
Wow, Sandy, Vine stole your videos? How so? How did you find out? Thanks for the tip with iMovie – I have on my ‘puter and now I guess is the time to get acquainted with it 🙂
Ilze says
hi Dani – I am exploring too…. posted something – not really worth watching yet ?! …but it has a bit of teething problems, I’d say… or maybe I am just still stupid…. but everytime you go on it – it randomly starts to “play” – so you can’t actually open it in a “quiet place’ – trying to figure that out…and totally agree – I don’t want to post “on the spot” – I wanna first think if I wanna do it. It is also “hanging” a lot….so, not sure what I posted and what not – hope I can delete later??!!! Or people will block me – never mind follow me !! ha-ha !!! But hey – we just hop on and enjoy the ride with all things new !!
Dani says
Oh I know what you mean about the quiet mode. I just turn my phone on mute if I want to watch something but don’t want others to listen, haha. And yes, you can delete you post. What’s your Vine name?
Marianne says
I like the idea of Vine! During class Holly told us that video’s is the next big thing for blogs! I already that it wasn’t something for me…until Vine appeared.
I am lemon8blog on Vine.