The great Vine ends

Vine users say goodbye to the much loved application.

Vine will be discontinued in the coming months and users of the much loved app are at a loss for words.

The application was launched January 2013 and at the time it was a unique way to upload videos. It allowed users to record and upload six second videos which were mostly funny, memorable and catchy. It called to people’s creative side and was a hilarious success at the time.

Twitter bought the application in 2012 for a reported $30million. Three years ago Vine was in a class of its own, it made users create six second loop videos that would quickly have people laughing and creating their own videos. However, Twitter neglected to make the application dynamic in the years to follow, making it stagnant and unprogressive. Many would argue that it failed to compete with its competition, Snapchat and Instagram.

Now, after only three years in the game, it has come to a not so funny end.

In a bid to calm user’s Vine explained that the app and its website would not abruptly disappear.

“We value you, and your Vines, and are going to do this the right way. You’ll be able to access and download your Vines. We’ll be keeping the website online because we think it’s important to still be able to watch all the incredible Vines that have been made. You will be notified before we make any changes to the app or website.”

We will miss you Vine…you and your six seconds of total laughs.