By Baylie Clevenger The opinions and views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the opinion of Byte or Byte’s editorial board. After the video-looping app Vine died in 2017, an announcement of any kind of re-launching or revival for this beloved app has been much anticipated. Needless to say, when the creator of Vine, Dom Hofmann, announced what he calls v2 in December of 2017, users of the original app were elated. The launch was set for March of 2018. However, as March came and went those who were looking forward to this relaunch were disappointed to say the least. It was not until May 4 that Hofmann announced that the launch of v2 would be postponed indefinitely.
the v2 project is postponed https://t.co/H0e9e0BTdg pic.twitter.com/mN5wIbdQsf
— v2 (@v2app) May 4, 2018
Theory #1: There never was a Vine 2
forum about v2 Twitter bioTheory #2: Hofmann may work for Instagram
tl,dr: if you're building a consumer service, it's probably wise to be wary of IG.
— dom hofmann (@dhof) June 24, 2018
Theory #3: Data misuse
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