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Vine is the video equivalent of the carefully cropped Facebook photo.

The narcissistic services like Twitter and Facebook haven't really had a video equivalent. By limiting the videos to 6 seconds people will be able to post little videos without requiring the talent or effort to make something longer that people will be willing to watch.

Just as the reddit front page has become dominated by meme images that require little brain power to consume, Vine will ideal for LOL videos posted by people. I suspect it will be very successful.

Also, the OP says "Instagram makes everyone ‘creative’." Seriously?

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You're right. The ease of content creation is the initial appeal for the masses. Then those who are or want to be more creative can rise above others, and create consumable content that's clever, entertaining, beautiful, fun, etc..

Yes. People who are creative will use the medium (in this case 6 second videos) in interesting ways. Of course, Vine will highlight those videos as examples of how great the service is.

There's really no difference between this and giving everyone a box of Crayolas: most people will produce crap, a few will be Picasso. The ease of sharing your creation is the key element.

I was never good at crayons. I can definitely hit 'Record' on my phone though and point it at things I find interesting or beautiful, that surely some others will find interest in as well.

If you can do it well, that's quite a talent!

[Youtube Capture](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube-capture/id576941441?...) for iOS is a pretty remarkable tool for quickly capturing and sharing video as well. I think it's far superior to Vine, especially because it leverages the powerful YT platform while still including FB and Twitter.

I would assume that the same filters from YT in the Browser are coming to the app as well, making it a far more compelling "Instagram for Video".

It's really not about just capturing what's in front of you. That's easy, you can do that with the built in Camera. The only thing this app adds is some sugar around that experience.

The crux of why video isn't like photo is that editing it is so bloody difficult... and the only way you create compelling video is through editing. This app does nothing to help that.

Nothing in the post implies I support this self-curation. I don't. Also, the quotes around 'creative' are instructive.

> Also, the OP says "Instagram makes everyone ‘creative’."

Just as alcohol makes everyone funny.

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