https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epgv4k/byte-proves-that-vine-is-inherently-superior-to-tiktok > Over the weekend Byte, a successor to the dearly departed looping video app Vine, launched. Like Vine, Byte also allows users to create and edit six second looping videos. After perusing the app for a weekend, there's a part of me that feels vindicated—even if I have to call them Bytes now, Vines are just an inherently superior format than TikToks. I just hope the platform takes off. > When Vine was murdered by Twitter in 2016, the creators promised a Vine 2. But that was four years ago, and Vine 2 started feeling like vaporware. So when I saw friends of mine delightedly announcing that Vine 2, now called Byte, had actually launched this weekend, I immediately had to download it and see if I could recapture the magic of the community that brought us "Back At It Again At Krispy Kreme."