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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 4 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.832s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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haunter ◴[11 Oct 25 23:06 UTC] No.45553492[source]▶
Vine. It was already pretty big back in 2013 but Twitter had no idea what to do with it. TikTok actually launched just a few months before Vine was shut down and erased from the internet.
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1. joshdavham ◴[11 Oct 25 23:19 UTC] No.45553602[source]▶
I've thought about this too. Imagine all the drama the US government could've avoided if Vine had won over TikTok!
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2. lazyasciiart ◴[12 Oct 25 02:55 UTC] No.45554769[source]▶
With Elon running it? He probably would have actively sold it to china.
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3. geoffpado ◴[12 Oct 25 03:04 UTC] No.45554815[source]▶
In a world where Vine is as successful as TikTok ended up being, who’s to say they get to a point where selling to Musk even happens?
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4. quinndexter ◴[12 Oct 25 10:07 UTC] No.45556950{3}[source]▶
guys when you invent fictional alternate realities, you're allowed to leave people out of them completely. Anyone you like.