Micro-blogging site Twitter has finally shut down the Vine app service, revamping it into Vine Camera that will let users shoot 6.5 seconds looping videos which can be later uploaded.
According to a DailyMail report on Tuesday, it has not yet been revealed when the app will make the transition.
Twitter acquired Vine in October 2012, and as of 2016, the app had over 200 million active monthly users and more than 1.5 billion loops have been viewed since its inception.
It was earlier reported that Vine was also rolling out a way to make it easy for Twitter users to migrate their Vine followers to the social networking site.
"Users can upload their creations to Twitter right from the new app, if the accounts are linked, or by going through the social media site," the report noted.
With the emergence of new platforms like Snapchat and video on Instagram, Vine has lost its popularity. The company finally in October 2016 announced that it would soon discontinue the Vine services as it was planning to reduce its staff size world wide and cut down almost 9 per cent of the workforce.
While there are tough competitors of Vine who have managed to build a strong position amidst the users, however the news of Twitter pulling the plug on Vine did not go well with many social users who reeled over the news and expressed their sadness through tweets. This is what some of the users tweeted after the announcement.
"RIP VINE #GoneTooSoon," tweeted Patricia Laire (@patricialaire).
"Vine is a quarter of my life I' am so upset" wrote Twitter user moon (@hrtbreaker_mp3).
Others, however, saw the news as inevitable.
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