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I saw people in many Chinese forums react the same way as HN folks here. And they (or we) became more and more surprised when Tik Tok continued to gain ground when none of us got it. In the end all it proved is that “we” lost connect to the common folks.

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From what I've seen of it, isn't it basically the exact same thing as Vine?

Why the hell did Vine ever shut down anyway? It seemed like it was doing well.

It was popular, but didn't generate revenues. It's not enough for a website to be popular, you have to figure out how to get people to give you their money.

Yep, plenty of flotsam and detritus amid failures to launch. Look at sites like Friendster. Why did friendster ٭die?

Failure to scale infrastructure in a cost effective way that matched it's growth curve. Also, Friendster failed to adapt and develop features that resonated with emergent user activity. Within a year or two, other players emerged to eat its lunch.

٭ ...and when I say "die," I mean decay into near total disuse and irrelevance by the end of 2004.

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