John Paul M. Joaquin Tech 11.01.2022 09:Nov AM EDT

Elon Musk Puts Twitter’s Engineers To Work to Bring Back Vine Before End of 2022

The grandfather of the short video platform could be back into action before 2022 ends.

The Big Twit himself, Elon Musk, had reportedly had Twitter's engineers look into resurrecting Vine, the world's first short video platform, back to life after six years of being discontinued.

Musk previously published a poll that asked everyone worldwide if he should bring back Vine, possibly as part of his plans to improve the company's profitability.

Twitter Vine Revival Details

People familiar with Twitter's inner workings revealed that Musk reportedly had the microblogging platform's engineers look into bringing back its long-discontinued short video app, Vine, this year, per Axios.

They added that although it is possible to resurrect the decades-old app from its digital grave, the app would need "a lot of work" to do so.

There is cause for concern in terms of difficulty. According to Gizmodo, it is not clear if using Vine's old code, which should be between five to six years old as of the writing of this article, is sensical.

As such, it could take some time and work to bring the app's old code up to speed to compete with its successors, such as Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and most importantly, TikTok.

This development follows Musk's Twitter poll that he published on Sunday asking people worldwide if he should bring back Vine. When the poll closed, about five million people answered the poll. Around 705 of them said that Musk should revive it, while roughly 30% said no.

Many notable people supported Musk's idea of bringing back Vine, such as YouTuber MrBeast, who even gave suggestions to The Big Twit, and Alex Ernst, who previously enjoyed success on Vine and gained popularity there before moving his content to YouTube.

The celebrities mentioned that Musk should make the new Vine into something hard to copy and a platform that doesn't spy on its users.

You may remember that the Trump administration previously bans TikTok from being downloaded and used in the US due to national security reasons, per NPR.

Trump's successor, President Biden, dropped the ban in early June 2021 in favor of a thorough evaluation through "rigorous, evidence-based analysis," according to the BBC.

Musk's Other Plans For Twitter

Aside from reviving Vine back from its digital grave, the Big Twit himself has had Twitter's employees work on various ideas to improve the company's profitability and enhance its cash flow.

One of these ideas is charging people $20 to have and keep the verified account status on their account, though a poll launched by Jason Calacanis showed that it is unpopular.

According to Calacanis' poll, around 81% said they wouldn't pay to get and keep the verified account status on their accounts, while the rest said they would be willing to pay $5 to $15 to get and keep such a status.

One of the people who said they wouldn't pay for the status is Stephen King, who recently voiced his opinion in a tweet. Musk saw King's tweet and replied to it, saying that Twitter can't rely entirely on advertisers to "pay the bills."