Elon Musk Says Will Look Into Reviving Old Vine Accounts

"Will Look Into It" Elon Musk Replied On Recovering Old Vine Videos

Twitter Chief Elon Musk has replied to a user who was asking to recover old videos of the micro-blogging site's short-form video application, Vine.

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"Will we get our old Vine accounts back?" a Twitter user asked.

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To this, new Twitter CEO replied: "Friends have asked me if there's a way to recover their old Vine videos! Will look into it."

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Last month, Musk had posted a poll on the micro-blogging platform, asking users if they think Vine should be brought back, with a caption, "Bring back Vine?"

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Vine was a 6-second looping video clip sharing platform owned by Twitter.

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The company shut down the Vine app service in 2016, revamping it into Vine Camera that allowed users to shoot 6.5 seconds looping videos.

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Twitter acquired Vine in October 2012, and as of 2016, the application had over 200 million active monthly users.

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